Without a Trace is a moving tale of second chances and creating a life worth living from the Number One bestselling author, Danielle Steel.Charlie Vincent feels trapped in his treadmill of a life. He's wealthy and successful doing a job he doesn't want to do, in a marriage to a woman where the romance died many years ago. All that interests Isabelle is his money to fund her extravagant lifestyle. The children have left home and there is nothing for him to look forward to.One Friday evening he leaves work in Paris after yet another row with his CEO, to head to their Normandy chateau where Isabelle has invited guests for the weekend. He's been working late every night, he's tired and he's not concentrating. Just an hour away from the chateau, his car veers off the road, down a cliff and into the sea. The accident should've killed him and he almost felt ready to die. However, he does escape the vehicle and he somehow finds the strength to climb to safety. The area is remote but in the growing darkness he sees a light on in a cottage in the woods. He knocks on the door and is greeted by Aude, an artist who is escaping her own demons.This fateful meeting will change Charlie's and Aude's lives forever.
When Samantha Taylor''s husband leaves her for another woman, she retreats to a ranch in California where she finds joy in the simplicity of ranchlife and in an affair with the ranch foreman. But Samantha''s trials are not over--her lover disappears form the ranch and a chance fall from a horse paralyzes her. Can Samantha reconstruct her life for a third time and learn to feel happiness again?
When Oliver Watson''s wife leaves their family and returns to school, Oliver must be mother and father to his three children. The upheaval continues when Oliver''s mother dies and his father remarries shortly thereafter, and Oliver''s 17-year-old son moves out of their house and in with his girlfriend and baby. Through the changes, none of the Watson men will be the same, and each will learn anew what it means to be a daddy.
After more than 20 years, three college friends are reunited at the Grand Teton ranch in Wyoming. Although Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe have very different lives, each has come to the Grand Tetons to escape a troubled life. Will their shared past help a rock star, a socialite, and a clinic doctor find comfort as well as common ground with each other? In her 39th novel Danielle Steel reminds us why she''s still on top.
Una joven japonesa decide cursar sus estudios en California a principios de los años cuarenta. Atrapada entre la pasión por la modernidad occidental y el arraigado tradicionalismo de su país, Hiroko vive inmersa en profundas contradicciones. El ataque a Pearl Harbor agudiza su malestar, pues de la noche a la mañana se convierte, junto con toda la colonia japonesa, en enemiga del pais donde reside y en victima de la hostilidad y los prejuicios de los norteamericanos. Solo la calida relacion con un profesor universitario introduce un rayo de esperanza en su negro horizonte, pero ni siquiera el amor puede sustraerse a los efectos de la guerra...
