The Stars Shine Down

By Sidney Sheldon

A page-turning thriller of love and betrayal from the bestselling Master of Suspense and author of If Tomorrow Comes and The Other Side of Midnight.

The novel tells the story of Lara Cameron, a successful real estate developer who came from a broken family in Nova Scotia. Early in life, she learns to fend for herself and how to get her own way in a male-dominated world. After her father's death, Lara secures her first deal with the owner of the boarding house and before long her real-estate empire is booming. Moving to Chicago she goes on to become one of America's most successful businesswomen. She falls in love with a talented pianist, Philip Alder, and marries him, but her past comes back to haunt her and she is on the verge of losing everything. Can Lara recover from all her shattered dreams and win back the only man she has ever loved?

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Jun 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9780007386857

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon is the mega-selling international author of seventeen bestselling novels and one autobiography. There are now over 275 million copies of his books in print worldwide and he features in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most translated author. He is also a highly acclaimed, award-winning scriptwriter for stage, film and television. He died in 2007 at the age of 89.

Reviews for The Stars Shine Down

[henrimoreaux · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Sidney Sheldon is quite the writer and that is reflected once again in The Stars Shine Down which follows a young girl with an abusive father who shrugs off the shackles of her small town and father to rise to the top of the real estate development world, then towards the end it looks as if one too many risks have been taken and everything is going to crumble back down. It's a good page turner which draws you in with a decent female protagonist however I couldn't help but feel the ending was a bit of a let down, I felt like there could have been more too it and detail what actually happened to the main characters. Despite that it was still an entertaining read.

[soosthemoose · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Didn't really care for the main character. She had a terrible childhood that made her become obsessive with owning property and having the best.

[moonshineandrosefire · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lara Cameron is a young and beautiful self-made tycoon. She doesn't realize that a spurned lover will stop at nothing to get revenge against her. I give this book an A+! because it was so good.

[mausergem_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This is the life story of Lara Cameron, a small town girl who makes it big in the construction business. It's a story of her highs and lows. She uses hard work and deception to get her ends.I'm reading [[Sidney Sheldon]] after a gap of more than ten years. Back the I really enjoyed his books but reading it now I found this book very shallow and lacking any literary content.

[bobleino · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not much conflict. Maybe a little boaring.