Most Popular Books by Danielle Steel

An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately there is a story she has protected for years . . . Blaise's daughter Salima, blinded by juvenile diabetes, lives at a year-round boarding school. But when the school suddenly closes, she returns home to Blaise's New York apartment with her new carer, Simon. As new challenges change the way they see one another, the bond between mother and daughter deepens as never before. Then Blaise's personal and professional worlds collide, and the well-guarded secrets of her home life are exposed. Suddenly her life is no longer perfect, but real. Can mother and daughter together learn how to face a world they can't control? An unforgettable novel about a mother and daughter trading perfect for real - from the incomparable storyteller Danielle Steel. Danielle Steel is famous for her inspirational stories about family, love and life. Her novels will be enjoyed by readers of Penny Vincenzi, Jodi Picoult and Diane Chamberlain.

From Manhattan to Paris and all the way to Tehran, Danielle Steel weaves a powerfully compelling story that reminds us how challenging and unpredictable life can be—and how the bonds of family hold us together. FAMILY TIES Annie Ferguson was a bright young Manhattan architect with a limitless future—until a single phone call changed the course of her life forever. Overnight, she became the mother to her sister’s three orphaned children, keeping a promise she never regretted making, even if it meant putting her own life indefinitely on hold. Now, at forty-two, still happily single with a satisfying career and a family that means everything to her, Annie is suddenly facing an empty nest. With her nephew and nieces now grown and confronting challenges of their own, she must navigate a parent’s difficult passage between helping and letting go. The eldest, twenty-eight-year-old Liz, an overworked editor in a high-powered job at Vogue, has never allowed any man to come close enough to hurt her. Ted, at twenty-four a serious law student, is captivated by a much older woman with children, who is leading him much further than he wants to go. And the impulsive youngest, twenty-one-year old Katie, is an art student about to make a choice that will lead her to a world she is in no way prepared for but determined to embrace. Then, when least expected, a chance encounter changes Annie’s life again in the most surprising direction of all. . . .

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A woman who longs to avoid risk at all cost learns that men who love danger are the most exciting in this moving novel from New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel. After a carefree childhood, Mary Margaret Kelly came of age in the shadow of grief. Her father, a dashing daredevil Air Force pilot, died when she was nine. Maggie saw her mother struggle to put their lives back together. As the family moved from one city to the next, her mother warned her to beware of daredevil men and avoid risk at all cost. Following her mother’s advice, and forgoing the magic of first love with a high school boyfriend who was too wild to feel safe, Maggie instead sought out all the things her mother had lost—a predictable partner, a stable home, and a regular paycheck. She chose to marry a dependable, kind man who was a reliable husband and successful accountant. Together they had a son and found happiness in a conventional suburban life. Until tragedy struck again. Now on her own, feeling a sense of adventure for the first time, Maggie decides to face her fears, setting off on a whirlwind trip from San Francisco to Rome, Paris, and Monaco. But when her travels reconnect her with the very same irresistible, thrill-seeking man she’s spent thirty years trying to forget, Maggie becomes terrified that rushing into love and sharing his life may very well end in disaster. But ultimately, while Maggie tries to outrun her fears and painful memories of her past, fate will surprise her in the most astounding of ways, as she walks the tightrope between danger and courage, and between wisdom and love.

Mens stormen Ophelia raser over New York City, bliver seks mennesker, deres familie, venner og millioner af newyorkere omkring dem fanget i de frygtelige oversvømmelser, der følger. Den succesfulde indretningsdesigner Ellen Wharton flyver ind fra London for at besøge sin mor, Grace. Men da katastrofen rammer, bliver de to kvinder tvunget ud på en farefuld færd for at redde sig i sikkerhed. Den britiske investeringsrådgiver Charles Williams er på forretningsrejse og vil besøge sine døtre, som bor hos hans ekskone i byen. Da uvejret sætter ind, må han gennemsøge byens tilflugtssteder for at finde dem, koste hvad det vil. Samtidig kæmper Juliette Dubois, en dedikeret læge på et af byens traumecentre, for at redde liv, mens nødgeneratorerne svigter, og strømmen sætter ud. "Storm over Manhattan" er en smuk og rørende skæbnefortælling om tab, håb og nye begyndelser. Den amerikanske forfatter Danielle Steel (f. 1947) er kendt for sine romantiske dramaer, hvoraf adskillige er blevet filmatiseret. Hun er en af de bedst sælgende forfattere i hele verden med over 800 millioner solgte bøger. Selvom Steel mest skriver voksenromaner, har hun bevæget sig inden for flere forskellige genrer heriblandt billedbøger, børnebøger og non-fiktion.

First time in paperback! In this beguiling novel, Danielle Steel tells the story of three very different people, each of whom reaches a crucial turning point on the same day—a time to blow out the candles, say goodbye to the past, and make a wish for the future. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Valerie Wyatt is the queen of gracious living. Since her long-ago divorce, she’s created a successful TV show and reached the pinnacle of her profession, with a camera-ready life in her Fifth Avenue penthouse. So why is she so depressed? Because all the hours with her personal trainer, hairdressers, and cosmetic surgeons can’t fudge the truth: Valerie is turning sixty. Valerie’s daughter, April, spends every last ounce of her energy on her popular one-of-a-kind restaurant in downtown New York. She has no love life and no prospects. Ready or not, though, April’s life is about to change, in a tumultuous transformation that begins the morning it hits her: She’s thirty. And what does she have to show for it? Jack Adams is the most charismatic sports analyst on TV. Twelve years after retiring from the NFL, he still has his pick of the most desirable twentysomething women. But Jack wakes up on his fiftieth birthday, his back thrown out of whack, feeling every year his age. In a novel brimming with warmth and insight, beginning on one birthday and ending on another, Valerie, April, and Jack discover that life itself can be a celebration—and that its greatest gifts are always a surprise. DANIELLE STEEL

In eighteen years of marriage, Liz and Jack Sutherland had built a family, a successful law practice, and a happy home near San Francisco, on Hope Street. Then, in an instant, it all fell apart. It began like any other Christmas morning. But for Jack Sutherland, a five-minute errand ends in tragedy. And suddenly, Liz is alone, in the wake of an unbearable loss. How can she go on without her husband, her partner, her best friend? How can she grieve when she must console five devastated children, including one with special needs? Powered by her children's love, Liz finds the strength to return to work, to become both mother and "daddy." One by one the holidays come and go, until a devastating accident sends her oldest son to the hospital—and brings Dr. Bill Webster into her life. Bill becomes a friend to Liz as he slowly heals her shattered son. With the first anniversary of Jack's death approaching, and with it another Christmas in the house on Hope Street, a new relationship offers new hope, and Liz reflects on the little blessings that give strength when nothing else is left. But she will face one more crisis before she can look ahead to the beginning of a new life. The House on Hope Street is about learning to live again after you think life is over. It is about cherishing small miracles, and believing in big ones. It is above all about hope.

Jean Roberts, having sought security in a wealthy man's love, finds that her values have betrayed her daughter Tana, who casts her destiny with the civil rights movement

To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful--a secret realm only they inhabited. Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever. It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson's life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have. From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and the passion for a cause, between sacrifice and desire. But at the heart of Mirror Image is a fascinating, realistic portrait of identical twins, two vastly different sisters who lead their lives and follow their destinies against a vivid backdrop of a world at war.

Miracle is a breathtaking story that soars with hope and the promise of love and friendship ...

Inspired by the hit TV show Downton Abbey, Beauchamp Hall is an uplifting story of an ordinary woman embracing an extraordinary adventure, from the international number one bestseller Danielle Steel. Winona Farmington once dreamed of graduating from college and moving away from her small Michigan hometown. Then real life got in the way, and now she’s in a dead-end job with a loser boyfriend. As she comes to believe that perhaps dreams are meant for others, at least she can console herself by escaping into the world of Beauchamp Hall, a hugely popular British TV series set on a Norfolk estate in the 1920s. When Winona is betrayed by both her boyfriend and best friend and loses her job, she feels that life can’t get much worse. So she impulsively buys a one-way ticket to the UK to visit the village where Beauchamp Hall is filmed. The colourful cast become her friends, and the behind-the-scenes affairs become a drama to match the show. What happens next, as Winona takes the boldest step of all, reminds us never to settle for second best – and to always follow our dreams . . .

Danielle Steel vuelve a emocionar a sus lectoras con una historia inspiradora sobre los vínculos eternos de una familia inolvidable. Preston y Constance Whittier han forjado juntos una vida feliz y han criado a seis hijos en su hermosa mansión en Manhattan. Ahora, con el nido casi vacío, es más fácil que nunca para ellos mantener su tradicional «luna de miel invernal», un romántico viaje de esquí en pareja. Pero con el viaje de este año llega la tragedia y, de repente, los hijos de los Whittier se encuentran reunidos en la casa familiar sin sus padres por primera vez en su vida. El mayor, Lyle, atraviesa un momento crítico en su matrimonio y debe decidir si un divorcio sería lo mejor para él y sus dos hijos. El exigente trabajo de Gloria en Wall Street no le ha dejado tiempo para encontrar pareja, y a los treinta y nueve años se siente sola. Los gemelos, Caroline y Charlie, comparten apartamento y un negocio en el mundo de la moda que no pasa por su mejor momento. Benjie, con necesitades especiales, y Annabelle, que sigue en la universidad y parece estar perdiendo el control de su vida, son los únicos que todavía viven en la casa familiar. Los cuatro hermanos mayores se ven obligados a dejar de lado sus problemas personales y su dolor para mantener unida a la familia y apoyarse mutuamente. Vender la casa sería otra pérdida devastadora. ¿Existirá alguna alternativa, por poco convencional que parezca? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In this heartwarming novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, adult siblings find their way back home--and back to each other--after loss. Preston and Constance Whittier have built a happy life together, with a brood of six children raised in a beautiful historic Manhattan mansion. Now, with a nearly empty nest, it's easier than ever for the Whittiers to maintain their tradition of a solo romantic "Wintermoon" ski trip. But with this year's trip comes tragedy, and suddenly the Whittiers' adult children find themselves reuniting in the family home without their parents for the first time ever. The oldest, Lyle, is reaching a breaking point in his marriage and must decide whether a divorce would be best for him and his two children. Gloria's big job on Wall Street has kept her single at thirty-nine and growing ever more cynical. The twins, Caroline and Charlie, moved out long ago to start a fashion business that may now be faltering. Benjie, with special needs, is hit hard by the loss of his parents and needs his siblings' help. And Annabelle, the youngest, drops out of college and starts to spin out of control. The eldest four are forced to put aside their personal issues and their grief to keep the family together and support each other and their two youngest siblings. Selling the house, along with all the memories that live in its walls, feels like yet another devastating loss. Could there be another way, as unconventional as it seems? In The Whittiers, Danielle Steel delivers an inspiring story about the everlasting bonds of one unforgettable family.

At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel’s tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all. “This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death. I want to share the story, and the pain, the courage, the love, and what I learned in living through it. I want Nick's life to be not only a tender memory for us, but a gift to others. . . . I would like to offer people hope and the realities we lived with. I want to make a difference. My hope is that someone will be able to use what we learned, and save a life with it.”—Danielle Steel From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him—and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans.

Hard work had made Jeremiah rich: at the age of forty-four he was one of the wealthiest mining barons in America. When he married the captivating Camille - less than half his age - he was looking for more than love. He was looking for a woman to found a great family. And for that family, he built a mansion: Thurston House. The vast mansion was the finest in the city - a palace for a prince, a princess and their children. In bricks and mortar, turrets and columns, it symbolised the great power of the new dynasty it was to house. Many generations would live and love and die in Thurston House. Each generation would ask itself whether money alone can buy happiness, a family and love. Thurston House is the compelling tale of three generations of the Thurston family: Danielle Steel is a master storyteller.

When Granny Dan died, all that remained was a box of memories wrapped in brown paper, tied with a string. The box of memories uncovered her secret love and left a legacy to those she loved, especially her granddaughter, who never really knew her.

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Marielle, Malcolm and their son Teddy live in New York in the 1930s. When Teddy is kidnapped, Marielle's first love Charles, is arrested and the country is mobilised to look for the child. Piece by piece the uncovering of their past creates a complex mosaic of the motives and passions controlling their lives.

Lone Eagle is a love story between a young woman and dashing aviation protege that spans three decades, beginning in 1940, as Europe is ravaged by war.

Kate is only eighteen when she meets Tom Harper, one of America's biggest pro-football stars.á á They share an idyllic and glamorous first love.á á But the bullet that suddenly ends Tom's career also ends their life together.á á A failed suicide attempt will leave him mentally and physically disabled forever.á á Kate will be left alone, heartbroken, and pregnant with their son.á á Soon she will have another chance at love, but it will mean learning to let go of the past and learning to trust again.