Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and an aristocrat. As a child, she is abandoned in the abyss that yawns between them, blamed by her mother, ignored by her father, and neglected by both. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to hide from the dangers around her, drawing as little attention as possible to herself, to be “invisible.”In her isolation, books are her refuge and movies her escape. A day spent being carried away by an unforgettable film in a dark theater is her greatest thrill. Her love of the movies turns into a dream to become a screenwriter, and a summer job at a Hollywood studio. There, a famous British filmmaker notices her, and suddenly she can remain invisible no longer. He wants to put her in a movie and make her a star. It is a dazzling opportunity but a terrifying one, as it strips her of the camouflage that made her feel safe. She is suddenly thrust into the public eye—and even more so when they fall in love.She will never let go of her true dream of becoming a filmmaker, though, and if she wants to make that leap, she will have to expose herself in ways she never has before. When tragedy strikes, she must decide whether she will remain center stage or become invisible again, where she feels safest. Will she face her demons, or run and hide?In this extraordinary novel, Danielle Steel tells the story of a woman who must decide how high a price she is willing to pay to pursue her passion
—and whether it is possible to stay true to herself while she does.
This past weekend I sat down with coffee, a warm blanket, and this book for a few hours. With the many snow days, pandemic and quarantine days I’ve been able to keep up with reading as Danielle publishes these past two years. We have to be reaching the number 200 soon. Personally I am nearing my fourth decade reading her. This last book reminds me of her writing in the late 1980s. I first read her books in the early 1980s. They still feel like sitting down with a friend over coffee and telling a story. Zen. Escaping into the worlds she creates for an hour or three. Always great fun for me.
I copied from her website her list of books listed there. I have read every single one…..
A Chronology of Danielle Steel Novels
FLYING ANGELS
November 2021 Hardcover (9781984821553)
THE BUTLER
October 2021 Hardcover (9781984821522)
COMPLICATIONS (9781984821492) August 2021 Hardcover
NINE LIVES
July 2021 Hardcover (9781984821430)
FINDING ASHLEY
April 2021 Hardcover (9781984821461)
THE AFFAIR
March 2021 Hardcover (9781984821409)
NEIGHBORS
January 2021 Hardcover (9781984821379) November 2021 Paperback (9781984821393)
ALL THAT GLITTERS
November 2020 Hardcover (9780399179686) October 2021 Paperback (9780399179709)
EXPECT A MIRACLE
October 2020 Hardcover (9780593136584)
ROYAL
August 2020 Hardcover (9780399179655) July 2021 Paperback (9780399179679)
DADDY’S GIRLS
June 2020 Hardcover (9780399179624) May 2021 Paperback (9780399179648)
THE WEDDING DRESS
April 2020 Hardcover (9780399179594) March 2021 Paperback (9780399179617)
THE NUMBERS GAME
March 2020 Hardcover (9780399179563) February 2021 Paperback (9780399179587)
MORAL COMPASS
January 2020 Hardcover (9780399179532) December 2020 Paperback (9780399179556)
SPY
November 2019 Hardcover (9780399179440) October 2020 Paperback (9780399179461)
CHILD’S PLAY
October 2019 Hardcover (9780399179501) July 2020 Paperback (9780399179525)
THE DARK SIDE
August 2019 Hardcover (9780399179419) May 2020 Paperback (9780399179433)
LOST AND FOUND
June 2019 Hardcover (9780399179471) March 2020 Paperback (9780399179495)
BLESSING IN DISGUISE
May 2019 Hardcover (9780399179327) January 2020 Paperback (9780399179341)
SILENT NIGHT
March 2019 Hardcover (9780399179389) December 2020 Paperback (9780399179402)
TURNING POINT
January 2019 Hardcover (9780399179358) July 2019 Paperback (9780399179372)
BEAUCHAMP HALL
November 2018 Hardcover (9780399179297) October 2019 Paperback (9780399179310)
IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS September 2018 Hardcover (9780399179266) May 2019 Paperback (9780399179280)
THE GOOD FIGHT
July 2018 Hardcover (9781101884126) March 2019 Paperback (9781101884140)
THE CAST
May 2018 Hardcover (9781101884034) January 2019 Paperback (9781101884058)
ACCIDENTAL HEROES
March 2018 Hardcover (9781101884096) December 2018 Paperback (9781101884119)
FALL FROM GRACE
January 2018 Hardcover (9781101884003) October 2018 Paperback (9781101884027)
PAST PERFECT
November 2017 Hardcover (9781101883976)August 2018 Paperback (9781101883990)
FAIRYTALE
October 2017 Hardcover (9781101884065) May 2018 Paperback (9781101884089)
THE RIGHT TIME
August 2017 Hardcover (9781101883945) April 2018 Paperback (9781101883969)
THE DUCHESS
June 2017 Hardcover (9780345531087) February 2018 Paperback (9780425285411)
AGAINST ALL ODDS
May 2017 Hardcover (9781101883914) January 2018 Paperback (9781101883938)
DANGEROUS GAMES
March 2017 Hardcover (9781101883884) December 2017 Paperback (9781101883907)
THE MISTRESS
January 2017 Hardcover (9780345531117) September 2017 Paperback (9780425285381)
THE AWARD
November 2016 Hardcover (9781101883853) August 2017 Paperback (978110188387)
RUSHING WATERS
August 2016 Hardcover (9780345531094) May 2017 Paperback (9780425285435)
MAGIC
July 2016 Hardcover (9780345531100) April 2017 Paperback (9780425285442)
THE APARTMENT
May 2016 Hardcover (9780345531070) January 2017 Paperback (9780425285428)
PROPERTY OF A NOBLEWOMAN
March 2016 Hardcover (9780345531063) November 2016 Paperback (9780425285398)
BLUE
January 2016 Hardcover (9780345531056) September 2016 Paperback (9780425285404)
PRECIOUS GIFTS
December 2015 Hardcover (9780345531032) June 2016 Paperback (9781101966921)
UNDERCOVER
September 2015 Hardcover (9780345531049) April 2016 Paperback (9781101966914)
COUNTRY
June 2015 Hardcover (9780345531001) February 2016 Paperback (9780345531018)
PRODIGAL SON
February 2015 Hardcover (9780385343152) January 2016 Paperback (9780440245186)
PEGASUS
October 2014 Hardcover (9780345530974)November 2015 Paperback (9780345530981)
PRETTY MINNIE IN PARIS (for children) October 2014 (9780385370004)
A PERFECT LIFE
July 2014 Hardcover (9780345530943) June 2015 Paperback (9780345530950)
POWER PLAY
March 2014 Hardcover (9780345530912) January 2015 Paperback (9780345530929)
WINNERS
October 2013 Hardcover (9780385343220) September 2014 Paperback (9780440245254)
PURE JOY (nonfiction book about dogs) October 2013 Hardcover (9780345543752)
FIRST SIGHT
July 2013 Hardcover (9780385338301) April 2014 Paperback (9780440242055)
UNTIL THE END OF TIME
January 2013 Hardcover (9780345530882) January 2014 Paperback (9780345530899)
THE SINS OF THE MOTHER
October 2012 Hardcover (9780385343206) September 2013 Paperback (9780440245230)
A GIFT OF HOPE (short book about helping the homeless)
October 2012 Hardcover (9780345531360) October 2013 Paperback (9780345532060)
FRIENDS FOREVER
July 2012 Hardcover (9780385343213) June 2013 Paperback (9780440245247)
BETRA Y AL
March 2012 Hardcover (9780385343190) January 2013 Paperback (9780440245223)
HOTEL VENDOME
November 2011 Hardcover (9780385343176) October 2012 Paperback (9780440245209)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
July 2011 Hardcover (9780385340304) July 2012 Paperback (9780440243342)
44 CHARLES STREET
April 2011 Hardcover (9780385343145) February 2012 Paperback (9780440245179)
LEGACY
September 2010 Hardcover (9780385343138) September 2011 Paperback (9780440245162)
FAMILY TIES
June 2010 Hardcover (0385343167) June 2011 Paperback (9780440245193)
BIG GIRL
March 2010 Hardcover (0385343183) March 2011 Paperback (9780440245216)
SOUTHERN LIGHTS
October 2009 Hardcover (0385340281) October 2010 Paperback (0440243327)
MATTERS OF THE HEART June 2009 Hardcover (0385340273) June 2010 Paperback (0440243319)
ONE DAY AT A TIME
February 2009 Hardcover (038534029X) January 2010 Paperback (0440243335)
A GOOD WOMAN
October 2008 Hardcover (0385340265) August 2009 Paperback (0440243300)
ROGUE
June 2008 Hardcover (0385340257) June 2009 Paperback (0440243297)
HONOR THYSELF
March 2008 Hardcover (0385340249) January 2009 Paperback (0440243289)
AMAZING GRACE
October 2007 Hardcover (0385340230) September 2008 Paperback (0440243270)
BUNGALOW 2
June 2007 Hardcover (0385338317) May 2008 Paperback (0440242061)
SISTERS
March 2007 Hardcover (0385340222) April 2008 Trade Paperback (0385342268) January 2008 Paperback (0440243262)
H.R.H.
October 2006 Hardcover (0385338295) September 2007 Paperback (0440242045) August 2008 Trade Paperback (0385342535)
COMING OUT
June 2006 Hardcover (0385338325) May 2007 Paperback (044024207X)
THE HOUSE
March 2006 Hardcover (0385338287) January 2007 Paperback (0440242037)
TOXIC BACHELORS
November 2005 Hardcover (0385338279) September 2006 Paperback (0440242029) August 2008 Trade Paperback (0385342527)
MIRACLE
July 2005 Hardcover (0385336330) May 2006 Paperback (0440240778)
IMPOSSIBLE
March 2005 Hardcover (0385338260) February 2006 Paperback (0440242010)
ECHOES
November 2004 Hardcover (0385336349) October 2005 Paperback (0440240786)
SECOND CHANCE
July 2004 Hardcover (0385336357) June 2005 Paperback (0440240794)
RANSOM
March 2004 Hardcover (0385336322) February 2005 Paperback (044024076X)
SAFE HARBOUR
November 2003 Hardcover (0385336306) October 2004 Paperback (0440237629)
JOHNNY ANGEL
July 2003 Hardcover (0385335490) June 2004 Paperback (0440236789)
DATING GAME
March 2003 Hardcover (0385336314) February 2004 Paperback (0440240751)
ANSWERED PRAYERS
October 2002 Hardcover (0385335431) September 2003 Paperback (044023672X)
SUNSET IN ST. TROPEZ
June 2002 Hardcover (0385335466) June 2003 Paperback (0440236754)
THE COTTAGE
February 2002 Hardcover (0385335520) February 2003 Paperback (0440236819) September 2008 Trade Paperback (0385342543)
THE KISS
October 2001 Hardcover (0385335407) October 2002 Paperback (044023669X)
LEAP OF FAITH
June 2001 Hardcover (0385332963) May 2002 Paperback (0440236991)
LONE EAGLE
April 2001 Hardcover (0385335377) January 2002 Paperback (0440236665)
JOURNEY
October 2000 Hardcover (0385316879) October 2001 Paperback (0440237025)
THE HOUSE ON HOPE STREET June 2000 Hardcover (0385333064) July 2001 Paperback (0440237009)
THE WEDDING
April 2000 Hardcover (038531437X)
February 2001 Paperback (0440236851) September 2008 Trade Paperback (0385342551)
IRRESISTIBLE FORCES
November 1999 Hardcover (0385319606) October 2000 Paperback (0440224861)
GRANNY DAN
July 1999 Hardcover (0385317093) July 2000 Paperback (0440224829)
BITTERSWEET
April 1999 Hardcover (0385319576) March 2000 Paperback (0440224845)
MIRROR IMAGE
November 1998 Hardcover (0385315090) November 1999 Paperback (0440224772)
HIS BRIGHT LIGHT
October 1998 Hardcover (0385333463) February 2000 Paperback (0385334672)
THE KLONE AND I
July 1998 Hardcover (0385323921) August 1999 Paperback (0440225698)
THE LONG ROAD HOME
May 1998 Hardcover (0385319568) March 1999 Paperback (0440224837)
THE GHOST
December 1997 Hardcover (038531695X) November 1998 Paperback (0440224853)
SPECIAL DELIVERY
August 1997 Hardcover (0385316917) August 1998 Paperback (0440224810)
THE RANCH
May 1997 Hardcover (0385316348) March 1998 Paperback (0440224780)
SILENT HONOR
November 1996 Hardcover (0385313013) October 1997 Paperback (0440224055)
MALICE
May 1996 Hardcover (0385306040) June 1997 Paperback (0440223237)
FIVE DAYS IN PARIS
December 1995 Hardcover (0385315309) January 1997 Paperback (0440222842)
LIGHTNING
July 1995 Hardcover (0385311923) July 1996 Paperback (0440221501)
WINGS
December 1994 Hardcover (0385306059) October 1995 Paperback (0440217512)
THE GIFT
July 1994 Hardcover (038531292X) March 1996 Paperback (0440221315)
EL REGALO (THE GIFT) (Spanish Edition) July 1994 Hardcover (0385313276)
ACCIDENT
March 1994 Hardcover (0385306024) March 1995 Paperback (0440217547)
V ANISHED
August 1993 Hardcover (0385306032) October 1994 Paperback (0440217466)
MIXED BLESSINGS
December 1992 Hardcover (0385299109) December 1993 Paperback (0440214114)
JEWELS
June 1992 Hardcover (0385304900) June 1993 Paperback (044021422X)
NO GREATER LOVE
November 1991 Hardcover (0385299095) October 1992 Paperback (0440213282)
HEARTBEA T
March 1991 Hardcover (0385299087) March 1992 Paperback (0440211891)
MESSAGE FROM NAM
June 1990 Hardcover (0385299079) April 1991 Paperback (0440209412)
DADDY
November 1989 Hardcover (0385297661) November 1990 Paperback (0440207622)
STAR
March 1989 Hardcover (0440500729) March 1990 Paperback (0440205573)
ZOY A
June 1988 Hardcover (0385296495) July 1989 Paperback (0440203856)
KALEIDOSCOPE
November 1987 Hardcover (0385295944) November 1988 Paperback (0440201926)
FINE THINGS
March 1987 Hardcover (0385295278) March 1988 Paperback (0440200563)
W ANDERLUST
July 1986 Hardcover (0385294638) July 1987 Paperback (0440193613)
SECRETS
November 1985 Hardcover (0385294182) November 1986 Paperback (0440176484)
FAMILY ALBUM
March 1985 Hardcover (0385293925) March 1986 Paperback (0440124344)
MY FAVORITE
FULL CIRCLE
June 1984 Hardcover (0385293267) June 1985 Paperback (0440126894)
CHANGES
September 1983 Hardcover (0385292597) November 1984 Paperback (0440111811)
THURSTON HOUSE
January 1986 Paperback (0440185327)
CROSSINGS
August 1982 Hardcover (0385281226) November 1987 Paperback (044011585X)
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
December 1983 Paperback (0385166497) Originally published in Trade Paperback April 1982
A PERFECT STRANGER
June 1983 Paperback (0385168724)
REMEMBRANCE
September 1981 Hardcover (0385288433) April 1983 Paperback (0440173701)
P ALOMINO
December 1982 Paperback (0440167531) Originally published in Trade Paperback April 1981
LOVE: POEMS
November 1984 Hardcover (0385293631) August 1989 Paperback (0440153778)
THE RING
August 1980 Hardcover (0385288727) February 1983 Paperback (0440173922) Published in Trade Paperback February 1984
LOVING
October 1981 Paperback (0440146577)
TO LOVE AGAIN
April 1981 Paperback (0440186560)
SUMMER’S END
October 1980 Paperback (0440184053)
SEASON OF PASSION
August 1980 Paperback (0440177049)
THE PROMISE
April 1978 Paperback (0440170796) Hardcover 1978 (hard to find)
NOW AND FOREVER
February 1978 Paperback (0440117437)
PASSION’S PROMISE (also known as GOLDEN MOMENTS) January 1977 Paperback (0440129265)
GOING HOME
1973 Paperback (0671749412)
It has been a beautiful reading journey.
