To Be the Best (Emma Harte Series #3) » (Reprint)

Barbara Taylor Bradford started her writing career in the 1960s as a journalist who felt destined to become "a hard-bitten reporter in a dirty trenchcoat." However, her breakout bestseller, A Woman of Substance (1979), sparked her prolific career as the author of thrilling novels of romance and intrigue.

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has captivated millions of readers with her sweeping saga of power, wealth, and family secrets. Now the legacy of matriarch Emma Harte lives in one woman’s inspiring challenge to be the best…

DRIVEN BY LOVE

Paula McGill O’Neill learned the lessons of success from the master—merchant princess Emma Harte, her grandmother, her teacher, her idol. Left to Paula, the legacy of Emma’s international empire still thrives as the strong-willed heiress wields control with hard-earned compassion—and well-earned suspicion of every secret threat.

INSPIRED BY SUCCESS

Blessed grandchild, super-wife, and loving mother, Paula has one desire—to keep her grandmother’s visionary dream alive, and through sacrifice and ambition carve out an empire of her own. But every move has been shadowed by two families whose fortunes are intertwined with hers—and by an unscrupulous blood enemy moving in for the kill…

CHALLENGED BY BETRAYAL

Once banished from the family fold, Paula’s cousin Jonathan has emerged from the darkness to wrest control of everything he wants—and destroy all that Paula has fought for. Now, sweeping across the world, and testing her most intimate fears and emotions, Paula’s struggle to safeguard her happiness and her family’s future becomes her ultimate challenge.

“A novel for everyone…A satisfying, lushly detailed saga.”

—Rave Reviews

Joyce Cohen

It's easy to laugh at a book in which the heroine's husband says to her, ''You look beautiful,'' and then adds, ''So stop titivating yourself.'' But don't worry. Reading ''To Be the Best'' does not require that you keep a dictionary close at hand.... The weak plot sends us around the world, fromYorkshire to Hong Kong to Sydney, providing a handy excuse for place-name dropping. In the end, good triumphs over evil....''To Be the Best'' is so earnest and so sweet that it's almost possible to forgive this kind of silliness. -- New York Times