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      Special overseas edition 1993

       This paperback edition 1994

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1993

      ANGEL. Copyright © Barbara Taylor Bradford 1993. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

      Barbara Taylor Bradford asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      Source ISBN 9780586212841

       Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007401567 Version: 2017-11-14

      Dedication

      For my beloved husband Bob,

       with whom I have always shared the many-splendoured thing.

      Epigraph

      The angels keep their ancient places;—

      Turn but a stone, and start a wing!

      ’Tis ye, ’tis your estrangèd faces,

      That miss the many-splendoured thing.

      Francis Thompson

      Contents

       Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Epigraph

      Part One Shining Stars

      One

      She stood near one of the huge stone pillars, a…

      Two

      A blast of cold air hit Rosie in the face…

      Three

      Almost three hundred people had been invited to the wrap…

      Four

      It was a glittering day.

      Five

      Nothing much had changed in the apartment since she had…

      Six

      Kevin Madigan stood leaning with his back against the bar…

      Seven

      The bar was called Ouzo-Ouzo and it was located on…

      Eight

      Out on the sidewalk, the two detectives stood talking for…

      Nine

      The house stood on a high, densely-wooded hillside in Benedict…

      Ten

      Johnny Fortune did not like Nell’s friend.

      Eleven

      Rosie was mortified.

      Twelve

      Long after the two women had left, Johnny was still…

      Thirteen

      ‘So, come on, ’fess up, Rosie mine. What exactly did…

      Fourteen

      ‘I’ve been here for over twenty minutes and you haven’t…

      Part Two Sacred Friendships

      Fifteen

      Although the traffic in Paris was heavy, it moved along…

      Sixteen

      Rosie looked across at Collie, and said quietly, ‘I was…

      Seventeen

      ‘Mademoiselle Colette looks so much better, n’est-ce pas?’ the housekeeper…

      Eighteen

      Within the space of a few seconds, Rosie was slamming…

      Nineteen

      Much later, after she had bathed, redone her make-up and…

      Twenty

      ‘What happened between your father and Kyra? Did they quarrel?’

      Twenty-One

      Kyra Arnaud came back to the Loire Valley a week…

      Twenty-Two

      There was something quite majestic about Kyra Arnaud, Rosie decided,…

      Twenty-Three

      Two pairs of eyes, one set blue, the other green,…

      Twenty-Four

      Tiredness overwhelmed Collie.

      Twenty-Five

      The skies of Paris were an etching in grisaille, a…

      Twenty-Six

      Back at his suite in the Ritz, Gavin ordered a…

      Twenty-Seven

      ‘A man who gives a woman pearls of great value…

      Twenty-Eight

      Collie was desperately ill and Henri needed her.

      Part Three Dangerous Relationships

      Twenty-Nine

      ‘You’re making progress, really doin’ good, Kevin,’ Neil said. ‘You’ve…

      Thirty

      It was icy weather, and the drizzling rain was rapidly…

      Thirty-One

      Ever since Collie’s untimely death in the middle of January…

      Thirty-Two

      Johnny Fortune stood in front of the mirror in his…

      Thirty-Three

      In a funny sort of way, Johnny was relieved to…

      Thirty-Four

      It seemed to Rosie that Johnny Fortune had taken possession…

      Thirty-Five

      Johnny was waiting for her in her suite at the…

      Thirty-Six

      An hour later Rosie stood to attention in front of…

      Thirty-Seven

      Morning sunlight streamed in through the huge plate-glass windows. It…

      Thirty-Eight

      Henri de Montfleurie had never presumed to understand women, finding…

      Thirty-Nine

      Vito Carmello was so pleased he