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Danielle Steel is one of the world's most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with over ninety international bestselling novels in print and more than 600 million copies of her novels sold. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved. To discover more about Danielle Steel and her books visit her website at www.daniellesteel.com You can also connect with Danielle on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DanielleSteelOfficial or on Twitter- @daniellesteel
Steele has the romantic saga market well and truly conquered. The inside cover of this novel confidently proclaims, 'In her fifty-fourth bestselling novel...', and this before it has even been released. The novel concentrates on three very different men - Coop, Jimmy and Mark - and shows the impact that they have on each other's lives. Cooper Winslow, once a major star in Hollywood, owns The Cottage, a palatial Bel Air property. Coop has extremely expensive tastes but no longer the means by which to accommodate them. Since he would rather die than sell The Cottage, his accountant Abe leaves him no choice but to rent out the guest wing and the gatehouse to bring in much-needed funds. Potential tenants should ideally be young, beautiful and female; dogs and children are definitely unacceptable. Jimmy O'Connor's wife, Maggie, has recently died of a brain tumour and he doesn't much care where he lives. The gatehouse's isolation from the main house suits him and he feels that Maggie would have approved of this choice. Mark Friedman's wife Janet has moved to New York to be with Adam, a New York doctor. Mark must sell the family home and needs somewhere to live. Encouraged by Abe, he decides that the guest wing of The Cottage will be ideal. Before long his two teenage children, Jessica and Jason, decide they are less than enamoured with Adam and ask to 'come home' to live with their father. Trials and tribulations are ahead for all three, but thankfully there is also happiness and new love. A near-death accident, an unexpected case of paternity and the vagaries of fame, fortune and the media ensure that Coop, Jimmy and Mark will become bound together in ways none of them anticipated. Steele describes all of her characters at length before the reader encounters them. She knows every attribute, their likes, dislikes, each nuance that makes them an individual, although sometimes this feels a bit like a list, and she frequently repeats important information. However, this is an engaging if sometimes predictable tale and her fans will enjoy it as much as the previous 53. (Kirkus UK)
