Without a Trace

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Steel has written more than 196 books, 168 of which are novels; 18 children’s books, including Pretty Minnie in Hollywood and Pretty Minnie in Paris about her white long-hair teacup Chihuahua; four works of nonfiction, including His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina, A Gift of Hope: Helping the Homeless, and Pure Joy: The Dogs We Love; a book of poetry; and she has written the lyrics for a music album. I try to be as fair as I can because I realize how hard it is to put a book out and let the world see a piece of your work. The gist of the story- The husband hates his job, quits his career is out of work for two years and takes a loan from the money-grubbing wife's father. They have an instant connection, and as she nurses him back to health, Charles begins to discover the passion he’s been missing for so many years.

I don’t think they still have any contact with her (she did turn up about 200 miles away living a new life. In one terrifying moment, Charles falls asleep at the wheel and veers off the road, plunging thirty feet down the face of a rocky cliff. Other recent bestsellers include Finding Ashley, The Affair, Neighbors, All that Glitters, Expect a Miracle, Royal, and Daddy’s Girls, all of which have leapt to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, the Wall Street Journal list, and comparable best seller lists around the world. The setting is gorgeous, part of the book is set in Paris, some of it is set in Charles’s lavish château in Normandy, and part of it is set in Aud’s small cabin, also in Normandy.There were many times I felt the story was repetitive and the same points were being made over and over again. I found the overall message in the book to be powerful, but the story was lacking depth in my opinion.

Without a Trace by Danielle Steel is a fast-moving romantic suspense set in France, about a man who decides to change his life after a near-fatal accident. No person with a history of domestic violence like that is going to up and let a strange man into her home. But his life changes forever one night as he drives along the Normandy coast, heading to their lavish château for the weekend.

One night, following yet another argument with his employer, he leaves the city and drives up the coast toward his chateau and a weekend spent entertaining his wife’s friends. First, the whole plot hinges on a man driving off of a cliff and walking for over an hour while marginally injured. Then, one night as the money-grubber is having a party in their fancy chateau, he falls asleep at the wheel as he is coming home and drives off of a cliff into the ocean. He survives, and finds his way to a country house where a lovely woman takes him in and helps him heal.

This is without a doubt one of the worst books I have ever read - well, listened to (as an audio book). And get this-he lives and makes his way to a lovely little YOUNG french woman and makes love to her within several hours of her rescuing him. But the last four years or so, she has steadily lost her appeal -- and this latest effort is the worst ever. This book is drivel, and it's taking up space in a competitive market just because of the author, and that author is no longer doing work that is worthy of being published. The story kept me engaged for sure but was far fetched and slightly predictable, but I still couldn’t stop reading.Charlie is an empathetic character with a huge heart that readers will fall for, one who is faced with a choice many of us sometimes dream about, especially when we face insurmountable odds and relentless stress. January 7, 2023 by Jathan Fink Leave a comment A near-death experience makes one man reevaluate his life in Danielle Steel’s Without a Trace.