A Mother's Love

By Danielle Steel

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A devoted mother outrunning a troubled childhood and adapting to an empty nest is tested in ways she never expected in this suspenseful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

On the occasion of her daughter Valerie's wedding and her upcoming fiftieth birthday, bestselling author Halley Holbrook finds herself reflecting. Raising twins Valerie and Olivia is her proudest accomplishment. Halley has been able to give them the loving and safe home she never had, having survived a childhood so traumatic she's never talked about it with her girls. Long ago, Halley decided to live in the sunlight of the present, not the dark shadows of the past.

After Valerie moves to Los Angeles with her producer husband, and Olivia follows to remain close to her sister, Halley is empty-nesting in her Fifth Avenue apartment. Facing her first holiday alone in years, she books a trip to Paris.

On the flight over, she meets charming Bart Warner, and the two become fast friends. Halley hasn't dated since her partner died three years ago, yet she quickly begins to feel more like herself. But when a cunning thief makes off with her handbag and then begins to harass her, it reawakens old ghosts from her past. Vowing not to be a victim, and with Bart's help, she chooses a bold course of action.

The moving story of a woman determined to give her daughters what she never had--a mother's love--Danielle Steel's gripping novel is a story of emotional resilience and truly letting go.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593498739
• ISBN13: 9780593498736
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Women's Fiction

This is a Women's Fiction/Romance. I love the characters in this book, and I love getting to know all the characters. I read this book by listening to the audiobook, and I liked the narrator. There was family drama and our drama like most Danielle Steel books. I love how hard hitting her books are, but this book is not hard hitting. I also really enjoyed this book. I received an ARC of this book. This review is my own honest opinion about the book like all my reviews are.