Review: One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel

Hardcover, 320 Pages
Published by (Dell) on February 24,2009
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Summary: Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family. Her mother, Florence, is a mega-bestselling author. Her sister, Jane, is one of Hollywood’s top producers and has lived with her partner, Liz, for ten years in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. But Coco, a law-school dropout and the family black sheep, works as a dog walker, having fled life in the spotlight for an artsy Northern California beach town.

When Coco reluctantly agrees to house-sit for Jane, she discovers an unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but down-to-earth British actor who’s fleeing a psycho ex-girlfriend. Their worlds couldn’t be more different. The attraction couldn’t be more immediate. And as Coco contemplates a future with one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their lives, old wounds are healed and new families are formed—some traditional, some not so traditional, but all bonded by love.

With wit and intelligence, Danielle Steel’s novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the lives of three unusual but wonderfully real couples. Funny, sexy, and wise, One Day at a Time is at once moving, thought-provoking, and utterly impossible to put down.
(Taken from amazon)



My Review: This book wasn't over the top amazing or anything, but was fairly good. I enjoyed the story, but kind of felt like it was over played. The main character's family part of the story I feel was the best part of the book. It starts off being a not so great family and then the ending is just a happy one!


Stars: 3/5

Review: The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

Paperback, 420 Pages
Published by (Grand Central Publishing) on April 1, 2005
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Summary: Volunteer fireman Taylor McAden is driven to take terrifying, heroic risks to save lives. But there's one leap into the unkown he can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. A man who likes to rescue troubled women, he inevitably leaves them as soon as they want more from him. Then one day, a record-breaking storm hits his small Southern town, and Taylor comes across a young single mother named Denise Holton in a crashed car. When she revives, Taylor finds himself looking for her missing son- and involved in a rescue different from all the others. This one wil require him to open doors to his past slammed shut by pain. And with Denise's help, dare him to make the greatest commitment of all: love someone forever.



My Review: I was immediatley drawn in from the first page.  This is a page turner that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside, and might make you cry but will definitely get you smiling. A must read!



Stars: 5/5

Paperback, 288 pages

Published by (Forever) on November 1, 2008

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Summary:

Freya Daly is all business, all the time. She's thisclose to taking over her father's Boston real estate business when he retires. Trouble is, she keeps crying, for no reason, and it's ruining her rep. When her dad sends her to Deer Creek, Idaho, to buy a run-down campground, she thinks he's setting up one last hoop to prove her competence- and she intends to jump through it with ease.

It would be easy if it weren't for Nate Brody, who promised his dying father not to sell the land. Then there's Piper, Nate's bright young daughter, who winds her way into Freya's heart almost as fast as Nate does. But a search for a valuble heirloom and a dangerous secret from generations past are about to collide...and force Freya to choose between the life she thought she wanted and the love she never imagined possible.

(Taken from the back of the book)

My Review: This was the first book I read from this author and with the way it went with this book, I will definitley be reading more! I loved this book. I love a good romance without being too mushy gushy. (Okay, I love those too!) I don't want to spoil anything but the way this romance happens is so fun! Lets just say "hard to get." This is a very humurous and satisfying read. You won't be disappointed!

Stars: 4/5