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Second chance

Second chance

by Danielle Steel

2004WidowersLiteraturePublishingPeriodicalsFiction
5.0
Open Library
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As editor-in-chief of New York's leading fashion magazine, Fiona Monaghan was utterly content with her life, jetting back and forth between Manhattan and Europe--until the sweltering day John Anderson strolled into her office. A widower with two daughters, John was as conservative as Fiona was freewheeling, both amused and appalled by her world of high-strung designers, anorexic models, Fendi-stuffed closets, and Sir Winston, her snoring bulldog. But after Fiona impulsively invited John to the Paris couture shows, somewhere between the magic of the runway and the stroll along the Seine, she let him into her heart. And 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 hostile daughters and their bloodthirsty Pekingese and snarling housekeeper. Then, after a disastrous dinner party with John's biggest client, Fiona and John's relationship began to unravel with alarming speed. What happens next will set Fiona on a journey filled with pain, revelation, and awakening. When she risks everything and returns to Paris alone, an extraordinary series of events begins to unfold. And as the snow falls on the city of light, the curtain will rise on a second act Fiona never saw coming.In a dazzling tale of modern misadventures and career-crossed relationships, Danielle Steel 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.From the Paperba…

Themes & subjects

WidowersLiteraturePublishingPeriodicalsFictionFashion
First published 2004

Setting

FranceNew YorkNew York (N.Y.)New York (State)Paris (France)

About the author

Danielle Steel
Danielle Steel

August 14, 1947

Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel, better known by the name Danielle Steel, is an American novelist, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million copies sold. [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Steel

Author

Danielle Steel

First published

2004

Pages

285

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

16

Languages

English, nor, Spanish

Publisher

Random House Audio

ISBN

9788250954441

Where to buy

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