Loving

Bettina Daniels lived a fairytale existence of??glamour, endless parties, and luxury among??America's top celebrities -- simply because she was the??beautiful daughter of famous American author Justin Daniels. Then, in one moment of tragedy, her??father was dead, and Bettina discovered the truth??-- he had spent every dime he'd ever earned and run up??millions in debt. At eighteen, penniless and??alone, she had lost everything except her father's??dearest friend, Ivo Stewart. A wealthy, handsome publisher??of sixty-two, he offered Bettina a??way out: marriage. But only for a time. What lay??ahead for Bettina was a life filled with shocks and??surprises -- and eventually a chance to become a??playwright, and a writer like her father. Having??learned her lessons dearly, Bettina blossoms into??her own person at last.

In this reprinting of Danielle Steel's novel Loving, Bettina Daniels is the pampered but underappreciated daughter of a famous author who dies and leaves her penniless. With nothing but her social skills and a fragile dream of writing a play, Bettina follows her heart into some of the potholes of life and loving. This coming-of-age story has all the basic ingredients of a standard Danielle Steel romance: wealthy men, beautiful but naive women, and the flying sparks that result when these characters mingle.

Bettina Daniels faces ill-fated choices with an alarming regularity that will keep the readers flipping the pages. Drop out of school? Care for an Electra complex? How about a rebound marriage? Bettina makes all the wrong decisions with the right amount of good intentions. It's hard not to be drawn into Steel's world of dramatic denouements. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien