Posts Tagged ‘Danielle Steel’

		No Greater Love: Excerpt Chapter One The only sound in the dining room was the ticking of the large, ornate clock on the mantelpiece, and the occasional muffled rustling of a heavy linen napkin. There were eleven people in the enormous dining room, and it was so cold that Edwina could barely move her fingers. She glanced down at […] Read more
		Jewels: Excerpt Chapter One The air was so still in the brilliant summer sun that you could hear the birds, and every sound for miles, as Sarah sat peacefully looking out her window. The grounds were brilliantly designed, perfectly manicured, the gardens laid out by Le NÙtre, as Versailles’ had been, the trees towering canopies of green […] Read more
		Remembrance: Excerpt Chapter One The train rolled relentlessly into the Italian darkness, its wheels chattering rhythmically against the rails. There were fat peasants crowded everywhere, and skinny children, and seedy- looking businessmen and hordes of American GI’s. There was a sad, musty smell in the train, like a house that hasn’t been cleaned in years and years, […] Read more
		Mixed Blessings: Excerpt Chapter One The sky was a brilliant blue, and the day was hot and still as Diana Goode stepped out of the limousine with her father. The angles of her face were softer than usual beneath a haze of creamy ivory veil, and the heavy satin dress whooshed softly as the driver helped her out […] Read more
		Vanished: Excerpt Chapter One Charles Delauney limped only slightly as he walked slowly up the steps of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, as a bitter wind reached its icy fingers deep into his collar. It was two weeks before Christmas, and he had forgotten how cold it was in New York in December. It was years since he’d been […] Read more
		Accident: Excerpt Chapter One It was one of those perfect, deliciously warm Saturday afternoons in April, when the air on your cheek feels like silk, and you want to stay outdoors forever. It had been a long, sunny day, and driving across the Golden Gate Bridge at five o’clock, into Marin, it took Page’s breath away as […] Read more
		Wings: Excerpt Chapter One The road to O’Malley’s Airport was a long, dusty thin trail that seemed to drift first left, then right, and loop lazily around the cornfields. The airport was a small dry patch of land near Good Hope in McDonough County, a hundred and ninety miles southwest of Chicago. When Pat O’Malley first saw […] Read more
		The Gift: Excerpt Chapter One Annie Whittaker loved everything about Christmas. She loved the weather, and the trees, brightly lit on everyone’s front lawn, and the Santas outlined in lights on the roofs of people’s houses. She loved the carols, and waiting for Santa Claus to come, going skating and drinking hot chocolate afterwards, and stringing popcorn with […] Read more
		Lightning: Excerpt Chapter One The voices droned around the conference room as Alexandra Parker stretched long legs beneath the huge mahogany table. She jotted a note on a yellow legal pad, and glanced across the table briefly at one of her partners. Matthew Billings was older than Alex by a dozen years, he was in his mid-fifties, […] Read more
		Five Days in Paris: Excerpt Chapter One The weather in Paris was unusually warm as Peter Haskell’s plane landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The plane taxied neatly to the gate, and a few minutes later, briefcase in hand, Peter was striding through the airport. He was almost smiling as he got on the customs line, despite the heat of […] Read more