Danielle Steel - H.R.H.

PRAISE FOR
DANIELLE STEEL

Steel pulls out all the emotional stops. She delivers.

Publishers Weekly

Steel is one of the best!

Los Angeles Times

The world's most popular author tells a good, well-paced story and explores some important issues. Steel affirm[s]life while admitting its turbulence, melodramas, and misfiring passions.

Booklist

Danielle Steel writes boldly and with practiced vividness about tragedyboth national and personal with insight and power.

Nashville Banner

There is a smooth reading style to her writings which makes it easy to forget the time and to keep flipping the pages.

Pittsburgh Press

One of the things that keep Danielle Steel fresh is her bent for timely story lines. The combination of Steel's comprehensive research and her skill at creating credible characters makes for a gripping read.

Newark Star-Ledger

What counts for the reader is the ring of authenticity.

San Francisco Chronicle

Steel knows how to wring the emotion out of the briefest scene.

People

Ms. Steel excels at pacing her narrative, which races forward, mirroring the frenetic lives chronicled; men and women swept up in bewildering change, seeking solutions to problems never before faced.

Nashville Banner

Danielle Steel has again uplifted her readers while skillfully communicating some of life's bittersweet verities. Who could ask for a finer gift than that?

Philadelphia Inquirer

PRAISE FOR THE RECENT NOVELS OF
D ANIELLE S TEEL

H.R.H.

A journey of discovery, change and awakening a story of love found, love lost and ultimately an ending that proves surprising.

Asbury Park Press

Steel's fans will be waiting for this one.

Booklist

SISTERS

Female bonding with a cozy slumber-party vibe.

Kirkus Reviews

Legions of [Steel] fans won't be disappointed.

Publishers Weekly

COMING OUT

Acknowledges the unique challenges of today's mixed families.

Kirkus Reviews

[A] tender, loving novel.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

THE HOUSE

Many happy endings.

Chicago Tribune

A Steel fairy tale.

Booklist

TOXIC BACHELORS

A breezy read that will keep fans reading and waiting for more.

Publishers Weekly

Steel delivers happy endings in the usual nontoxic, satisfying manner.

Booklist

MIRACLE

Steel is almost as much a part of the beach as sunscreen.

New York Post

Another Steel page-turner. Three strangers' lives become linked after a terrible storm ravages northern California.

Lowell Sun

IMPOSSIBLE

Dramatic, suspenseful Steel knows what her fans want and this solid, meaty tale will not disappoint them.

Booklist

ECHOES

Courage of conviction, strength of character and love of family that transcends loss are the traits that echo through three generations of women a moving story that is Steel at her finest.

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Get out your hankies Steel put her all into this one.

Kirkus Reviews

A compelling tale of love and loss.

Booklist

A MAIN SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB

To my beloved children,
Beatrix, Trevor, Todd, Nick, Samantha,
Victoria, Vanessa, Maxx, Zara,
with all my thanks and love for the
wonderful people you are,
with deep gratitude for how good you are
to me, how kind, how loving, how generous
with your hearts and time.
May your lives unfold with ease and grace,
May you find joy, serenity, and love,
and may all the opportunities you dream of be yours.
I wish you happy endings, happily ever afters,
friends, companions, and spouses who treasure you and
treat you with tenderness, love, and respect,
and children as exceptionally wonderful as you are.
If you have children like mine, you will indeed be blessed.

With all my love,
Mom/d.s.

C hristianna stood at her bedroom window, looking down at the hillside in the pouring rain. She was watching a large white dog, soaking wet with matted hair, digging excitedly in the mud. Every now and then he would look up at her and wag his tail, and then return to digging again. He was the Great Pyrenees her father had given her eight years before. His name was Charles, and in many ways he was her best friend. She laughed as she watched him chase a rabbit that eluded him and promptly disappeared. Charles barked frantically and then splashed happily through the mud again, looking for something else to pursue. He was having a great time, as Christianna was, watching him. It was the last of summer and the weather was still warm. She had returned to Vaduz in June, after four years of college in Berkeley. Coming home had been something of a shock, and so far the best thing about her homecoming was Charles. Other than her cousins in England and Germany, and acquaintances throughout Europe, her only friend was Charles. She led a sheltered and isolated life, and always had. It seemed unlikely she would see her Berkeley friends again.