Second Chance, Danielle Steel
Second Chance, Danielle Steel
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Second Chance

Author: Danielle Steel

Narrator: Matt Walton

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/29/2004


Synopsis

Eccentric high fashion meets buttoned-up Madison Avenue in Danielle Steel’s captivating tale of two perfect-for-each-other people from two wildly different worlds. In a fresh, funny look at what happens when a woman who has everything finally meets her match, Danielle Steel proves that, in life and love, it’s never too late for a second chance....

SECOND CHANCE

As editor-in-chief of New York’s leading fashion magazine, Fiona Monaghan lived a life as hectic and high-toned as the fashion world itself, jetting back and forth between her stylish Manhattan brownstone and the couture shows of Europe. With closets stuffed with Fendi, a snoring bulldog named Sir Winston sharing her bed, and a houseman who favors gold lamé and borrows her shoes, Fiona was utterly content with her life. Until the sweltering June day John Anderson strolled into her office.

After a dinner date left them both wanting more, Fiona impulsively invited John to the Paris couture shows. And in the most romantic city in the world, somewhere between the magic of the runway and the stroll along the Seine, Fiona let this man into her heart. A widower with two daughters, John Anderson was nearly Fiona’s opposite in every way. As conservative as she was freewheeling, John was both amused and appalled by Fiona’s world of high-strung designers, anorexic models, and high-heeled housemen. But within weeks of their return to New York, John was making friends with Sir Winston—and Fiona was making room in her closets.

It didn’t take long for the dominoes to start falling. First, John introduced Fiona to his daughters, their blood-thirsty Pekingese, and a snarling housekeeper straight out of Hitchcock’s Rebecca. It was hate at first sight. Then, after a dinner party with John’s biggest client goes disastrously awry, Fiona and John’s relationship began to unravel with alarming speed. What happens next will set Fiona on a journey filled with pain and revelation, awakening and change.…For when she returns to Paris alone and takes an amazing risk, an extraordinary series of events begins to unfold. And as the snow falls on the city of light, Fiona is about to get the surprise of her life: a second act she never saw coming.

In a dazzling tale of modern misadventures and career-crossed relationships, Danielle Steel brings us into the lives of two unforgettable people as they love and laugh, struggle and survive. With unerring insight, she captures the heady magic of instant attraction, the challenges of change—and the hope that comes when we dare to do it all over again.

About Danielle Steel

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947 in New York. Her father was a descendant of the Lowenbrau beer family and her mother was the daughter of a diplomat. She studied both literature and fashion design, first attending the Parsons School of Design and then New York University, graduating in 1967. Danielle Steel is currently the bestselling author alive today, and the fourth bestselling author of all time with over 650 million copies of her books sold. Steel has written 129 books, 93 of which were novels, primarily romance. Every one of her novels has achieved best seller status. She has been published in 69 countries and in 43 different languages. She has had 22 of her novels adapted for television movies and two of those received Golden Globe nominations. Danielle releases three new novels a year and works on multiple books at a time, often as many as five at once.

Steel has been married five times and although she is currently divorced, she is a strong believer in marriage and family. An only child, she discovered the joys of a big family as a child through one of her friends. She has nine children (seven biological and two stepsons that she has always considered her own) that are her greatest accomplishment. Her joy in life is her children and she speaks of them frequently on her website and her blog. Many of her books have been dedicated to one or more of her children. She was based in California for most of her career and now lives in both San Francisco and Paris.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Suz on December 25, 2016

I had to stop reading this as I've the feeling it's been read before. Or it's too generic. Who knows?! I was looking for a fluffy read. Will have to take a look at my two bags of DS novels and chose another. What a hard life!......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on May 11, 2019

This book was amazing. Danielle Steel never fails when it comes to her books. Her writing style is elegant, sophisticated and pure. When reading this book I had a feeling that I had already read this book before, and as it turns out, I have but I was already half way through the book, and I had forg......more

Goodreads review by Carol on February 23, 2021

Everyone always talks about Danielle Steel phoning it in, but this time it was just too much even for me. Fiona is a total Miranda Priestley clone, and John is like a random phot0-shopped image of a rich white businessman in a suit. They get together but it doesn't work out because John's daughters,......more

Goodreads review by MisskTarsis on May 20, 2018

Es un libro precioso que me hizo aguar los ojos en los momentos importantes. Es un amor que va madurando, ambos protagonistas no son niños, ya llevan un camino recorrido y con una maleta a cuestas en su vida. La prota me encanta, es una mujer empoderada, que ha tenido fama, dinero y respeto. Que no e......more

Goodreads review by Julie on December 11, 2019

I’m so pissed by Fiona. After all the heartbreak he caused you, you took him back after a one night stand? Seeeeeesh!!!!......more


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Praise for Danielle Steel

“Steel is one of the best!”Los Angeles Times

“Few modern writers convey the pathos of family and material life with such heartfelt empathy.”The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. . . . She delivers!”Publishers Weekly

“What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.”San Francisco Chronicle