Five Days in Paris - Softcover

Steel, Danielle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345528190 ISBN 13: 9780345528193

Publisher: Bantam, 2011

Synopsis

In Danielle Steel’s beloved #1 New York Times bestselling novel, two strangers meet unexpectedly and fall in love in the City of Light.
 
As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything: power, position, and a family that means everything to him. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell’s life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband’s ambition and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows.

Accidentally, they meet in Paris. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. Peter follows her, and in a café in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so certain of his path, is suddenly faced with a professional future in jeopardy. Olivia is no longer sure of anything except that she can’t go on anymore.

Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life’s challenges head-on.

Danielle Steel’s classic novel is about honor and commitment, love and integrity—and the strength to find hope again. Five Days in Paris will change your life forever.

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Review

Peter Haskell, the debonair star of Five Days in Paris, has it all: a beautiful wife, three children, and a dreamy job. He's a magnate at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical conglomerates, Viotec, on the brink of revolutionizing cancer treatment. "It would be Peter's one major contribution to the human race," says the narrator--and if he can get it on the fast track toward approval by the Food and Drug Administration, he can mitigate the hell of chemotherapy for patients worldwide. Heady stuff, but it's nothing compared to what Peter finds in Paris at his favorite hotel, the Ritz, which he likens to heaven. "The brocades on the wall were a warm peach ... the fireplace apricot marble and the window and bedcoverings were in the same matching silks and satins." All Peter needs now is a beauty to match such decor, and he finds her in lovely Olivia Thatcher, the neglected wife of Anderson Thatcher, a powerful senator. Peter and Olivia meet at the Ritz, fall head over heels at Place Vendome, and have a 120-hour affair in the city of love. Back home, they find they cannot live without each other--a secret that, once revealed, could wreak havoc. Swirling with lust, politics, love, and epicurean appetites for the best life has to offer, Five Days in Paris has all the essentials of a classic Steel entertainment.

From the Publisher

As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything.Power, position, a career and a family, which mean everything to him, and forwhich he has sacrificed a great deal. Compromise has been key in PeterHaskell's life, and integrity is the base on which he lives.

Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband'sambitions and career until her soul is bone dry. She is trapped in a web ofduty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows.When her son died, a piece of Olivia died too.

Accidentally, on the night of a bomb threat, they meet in Paris, at the Ritz.Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the PlaceVendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walksaway. As the two strangers meet, their lives become briefly enmeshed. In acafé in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so sure ofhis path, so certain of his marriage and success, but suddenly faced with hisprofessional future in jeopardy. Olivia, no longer sure of anything except thatshe can't go on anymore.

When Olivia disappears, only Peter suspects that it may not be foul play. Andif he finds her again, where will they go from there? Five days in Paris is allthey have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. Athome again, they both must pursue their lives, despite challenges, compromise,and betrayal. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they eachrealize they must stand fast against compromise and face life's challengeshead-on.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0345528190
• ISBN 13: 9780345528193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304