Beautiful: A breathtaking novel about one woman’s strength in the face of tragedy

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When a quick getaway presents a welcome break on the heels of Paris Fashion Week, Veronique is thrilled to escape her busy schedule. Both run the risk of being killed, Mike in terms of his profession and killers are out to exhort millions from Theo after killing her husband and child. As Véronique struggles to find herself after losing so much, she discovers long-held family secrets.

Beautiful by Danielle Steel - The Bashful Bookworm Book Review: Beautiful by Danielle Steel - The Bashful Bookworm

After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family’s haute couture Italian leather brand. Once she is well enough, her mother's Law partner brings the will to her, and much to surprise, her mothers left quite an estate on top of a life changing secret. What annoys me most about this book is not only the repetition but the fact that it' takes a very serious, heartbreaking subject and turns it into inane, vapid fodder. When she goes to New York to meet him finally, she meets a plastic surgeon who helps her feel better about her scars and tells her about the work he does in Africa with children who are injured by mines and such and don’t have access to the care they need if the volunteers don’t come and work with them. These books introduced me to the feeling of other worldliness - the experience of leaving your own room and entering another's.Still reeling from their deaths, Theo barely manages her own company as well as her late husband's global businesses. Her career as a model is over but she discovers that she is more than a face for others to enjoy looking at. There was a ransom demand that Theo could easily have paid, but the authorities wanted more time to try to solve the case. Theo is a broken woman and is slowly healing as she gets back out in the world and oversees her business and her late husband’s business. Unlike many Danielle Steel novels, this one doesn’t have the main character— a woman— painted as a feeble, weak, reliant on a man to exist.

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I used to lock myself in my room on Saturday's and immerse myself in Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins along with their friends and families. A former journalist,Violet Smith is at a crossroads as well, and this temporary job is exactly what she needs to tide her over. When a quick getaway presents a welcome break on the heels of Paris Fashion Week, and before a Vogue cover shoot in Tokyo, Veronique is thrilled, eager to escape the mayhem of her busy schedule.point for glorifying an ED (the main character is literally praised for skipping meals - non merci) and -0. In The Whittiers,Danielle Steel delivers an inspiring story about the everlasting bonds of one unforgettable family.

Beautiful by Danielle Steel - Looks Like Books Review: Beautiful by Danielle Steel - Looks Like Books

If this is your first visit to Looks Like Books, check out our Aboutpage so you can learn a little more about the Looks Like Books mission. When his head clears, he decides to get as far away from Los Angeles as possible until the dust settles and he can find a new way forward. There are some lame, half-formed platitudes about beauty being subjective or internal, but let's be real. Her many international bestsellers include All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy’s Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, and other highly acclaimed novels. I know Steel can make you feel things for characters, she's written some lovely stories that will rip your heart out.Steel forgoes the romance route and delivers into the main character pulling from within to find what fulfills her, makes her happiest. One of the things I loved most about this book is that it’s about finding the inner strength to overcome physical and emotional challenges that seem completely insurmountable and coming out the other side as a stronger, whole person. Although she prefers to keep a low profile after the unthinkable struck her family – her husband and their son were kidnapped and held for ransom. This see-sawed a lot until she takes the plunge and becomes involved with Mike, the handsome CIA agent.