A Mother's Love
- Authors: Danielle Steel
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- Genres: General Fiction
- Rank:Top 100 in Best Family Life Fiction Books on AmazonTop 300 in Best Contemporary Women Fiction on AmazonTop 300 in Best Contemporary Romance Books on Amazon
- Rating: 4.5 based on 2,835 reviews
- Release Date: June 24, 2025
- Print length: 288 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
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 Steele's gripping novel is a story of emotional resilience and truly letting go.