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Fans of Danielle Steel's bestselling brand of romance will enjoy this set of films based on the author's popular novels. This two-volume collection includes PALOMINO, SECRETS, and STAR, plus the bonus film THE PROMISE. These love stories capture the romance of Steel's books and feature all-star casts including Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint, Christopher Plummer, and Stephen Collins.

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Fans of Danielle Steel's bestselling brand of romance will enjoy this set of films based on the author's popular novels. This two-volume collection includes PALOMINO, SECRETS, and STAR, plus the bonus film THE PROMISE. These love stories capture the romance of Steel's books and feature all-star casts including Oscar-winner Eva Marie Saint, Christopher Plummer, and Stephen Collins.

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A single mom and successful newscaster (Cheryl Ladd) falls in love with a wealthy surgeon and widower with children of his own (Michael Nouri). When she is offered the position of a lifetime in New York, she must choose between her career and uprooting her family to become part of his world in Los Angeles. Based on Danielle Steel's best-selling novel.

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HEARTBEAT: John Ritter and Polly Draper star in this adaptation of HEARTBEAT, the bestselling novel by romance author Danielle Steel. Bill Thigpen is a successful television producer whose workaholic attitude leads to the dissolution of his family. Although he initially enjoys his newfound freedom, after a while he begins to want something more. Meanwhile, Adrian Towers is impregnated by her husband, Steven, who offers her a devastating ultimatum: she must choose between him and their growing baby. She chooses the child, and enters a life of loneliness, until she meets Bill by chance. Each finds in the other someone to alleviate the isolation they feel, but soon a strong and powerful romantic connection develops between them. HEARTBEAT is a tale of romantic fulfillment and redemption from one of the most significant authors in the genre. MIXED BLESSINGS: Danielle Steel's bestselling novel MIXED BLESSINGS is adapted into a television movie with such stars as Scott Baio, Gabrielle Carteris, and Bruce Greenwood. The plot, featuring the melodramatic situations and tear-jerking romance typical of Steel's tales, focuses on the parallel stories of three couples struggling to have children. Diana and Andrew live a charmed life, until they discover that Diana is unable to conceive. Meanwhile, Charlie discovers that his new wife Barbi has no intentions of bearing children with him. Finally, aging Pilar and her older husband Brad must decide to conceive soon if they want to at all. MIXED BLESSINGS looks at a problem faced by many couples in the course of their relationship in the familiar and entertaining Danielle Steel way. FINE THINGS: Bernie Fine's glamorous life takes a much needed romantic turn when he meets Liz and her daughter Jane. After they marry, their life begins to crumble when tragedy strikes: Jane's father kidnaps her. Determined to rescue her at any cost, Bernie plunges into a desperate and international race to reunite the only family he's ever known. Based on Danielle Steel's novel. JEWELS: Danielle Steel is one of the best-selling novelists of all time, and a number of her books have been made into successful television miniseries, including JEWELS. American Sarah Thompson falls in love with English nobleman William Whitfield, and the pair settle in France to start a family. When the Second World War disrupts all of Europe, the wealthy family buys the jewels of many people to help them raise money to survive the conflict. But the postwar era creates new problems for the Whitfields, as the many gems and family heirlooms they now hold cause problems for them in the community. JEWELS received a Golden Globe nomination for best miniseries.

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VANISHED: An adaptation of Danielle Steel's bestselling novel, VANISHED was directed by TV veteran George Kaczender. It features Steel's formula of glamorous period settings, romantic triangles, and family melodrama. Marielle Delauney moves to New York after an accident in Paris tears her happy family life apart. She meets and marries wealthy industrialist Malcolm Patterson, with whom she has a child. But when her child is kidnapped, Marielle realizes that the events of her tragic past in Europe may be the motivation for the crime. DADDY: Based on Danielle Steel's bestseller, this story is about an ad executive (Patrick Duffy) who moves to L.A. after his wife (Kate Mulgrew) leaves him to take care of their children alone. When he meets a beautiful Hollywood actress (Lynda Carter) he must decide whether his family is ready for him to take romantic chances. CHANGES: A single mom and successful newscaster (Cheryl Ladd) falls in love with a wealthy surgeon and widower with children of his own (Michael Nouri). Then she is offered the job of a lifetime--but it's based in New York, and she must choose between her career and the prospect of uprooting her family to become part of his world in Los Angeles. Based on Danielle Steel's best-selling novel. KALEIDOSCOPE: Three sisters are separated after their parents are killed. Thirty years later, a detective is hired to track them down and reunite them--for reasons that aren't necessarily charitable. Based on the novel by Danielle Steel.

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ZOYA: Melissa Gilbert and Bruce Boxleitner star in this two-part mini-series based on Danielle Steel's popular novel ZOYA. In this inspirational historical drama, a beautiful countess flees 1917 Russia and travels to America where, in spite of all the odds stacked up against her, she manages to start life anew. NO GREATER LOVE: Kelly Rutherford and Chris Sarandon star in this TV-movie version of the Danielle Steel bestseller NO GREATER LOVE. In this heart-wrenching historical drama, a young woman must fend for herself while mothering her siblings after her fiancé and parents die on the Titanic. FAMILY ALBUM: Jaclyn Smith and Michael Ontkean star in this two-part television mini-series based on Danielle Steel's popular novel FAMILY ALBUM. Smith plays Faye Price Thayer, a fictional film star whose shiny public image contrasts with her messy private life. FULL CIRCLE: Teri Polo and Corbin Bernsen star in this TV-movie version of the Danielle Steel bestseller FULL CIRCLE. From her rape as a young woman to her strained relationship with her mother during adulthood, Donna narrates her journey through life, love, careers, and heartbreak.

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REMEMBRANCE: Based on a novel by the queen of romantic melodrama, Danielle Steel, REMEMBRANCE is the tale of one woman's loves against the backdrop of war and loss. Serena (Eva LaRue Callahan) is an Italian noblewoman dispossessed of her title and wealth by the chaos of World War II. Soon after the war, however, she meets an American serviceman, Brad Fullerton. They marry and return to the United States together, and Serena's life seems perfect with her new husband and family, until the military calls Brad again, and he is killed in action during the Korean War. Out of desperation, Serena turns to modeling to support herself and her young daughter, but discovers the world surrounding the business both a moral and physical threat to her well-being. With the upheavals of history as a backdrop, REMEMBRANCE utilizes the popular emotional Danielle Steel formula. ONCE IN A LIFETIME: All the romance and melodrama associated with the name of Danielle Steel are present in this adaptation of her novel ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Lindsay Wagner plays Daphne Fields, who lies in a hospital bed recalling the moments of her life that led her there. Her beloved husband and daughter are tragically killed in a house fire, leaving the pregnant Daphne alone. After the birth of her son, she manages to support the two of them by becoming a successful novelist. But despite her success and the love of her son, Daphne still feels unfulfilled: she longs for romance. And, amazingly enough, her recuperation from a car accident may provide that final piece in the puzzle of her life THE RING: An adaptation of a novel by Danielle Steel, THE RING features her trademark combination of epic melodrama and romance set against the backdrop of terrible historic events. In the days of Hitler's Germany, a young woman named Ariana von Gotthard (Nastassja Kinski) finds herself in grave danger after the suicide of her mother and the disappearance of her father and brother. Luckily, she meets a young officer who falls in love with her, and the two are married. But during the chaos of the last days of the war, he is killed, leaving Ariana alone once more. With only her mother's ring to remind her of her family, she immigrates to the United States in the hopes of locating her father and brother, only to find a new love and the possibility, finally, of happiness. A PERFECT STRANGER: Best-selling novelist Danielle Steel, known for her tales of romantic fulfillment and tear-jerking drama, wrote the story adapted in A PERFECT STRANGER. Raphaella Phillips (Stacy Haiduk) is a young woman married to an aging millionaire, John Henry Phillips (Darren McGavin); despite the difference in their ages, they are very much in love. But when John has a stroke, Raphaella must care for him as he slowly dies. On a cross-country flight, she meets Alex Hale (Robert Urich), a divorcé with whom she begins a loving relationship. But her guilt over cheating on her sick husband, as well as her fear over what his reaction might be, leads her to break off the relationship with Alex. Alex, however, refuses to let her go easily. Will Raphaella allow herself to be wooed by A PERFECT STRANGER?

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A collection of TV movies and mini-series based on the novels of Danielle Steel, including "Kaleidoscope," "Daddy," "Heartbeat," "Star," "Jewels," "Changes," "Secrets," "Palomino," and "Fine Things." Available by subscription, cassettes arrive every six weeks. Some titles available independently from other suppliers (see individual listings for details).