Magic, Danielle Steel, Bantam Press, ISBN: 978-0-59306-910-3
WHEN you have a long flight, a long afternoon by the beach or a lull in the Christmas festivities then this is the perfect way to get away from it all.
A touch of magic from Danielle Steel that is at once a light adventure and a chance to live the life others lead. Money is no object here, time has no limit and temptation is the currency of events.
Three couples, each with their weaknesses, arrive for the secretive and glamorous annual White Dinner in Paris and their lives take on a touch of white magic as they discover more about each other.
They are Jean-Philippe and Valerie, Bernadetta and Gregorio and friends Chantal and Dharam – but you may need a scorecard as several more names are added to the cast before too long. One even does a vanishing act as we get a bit of a shock early on when we discover Bernadetta and Gregorio are not quite as happy a couple as thought.
At least he is happy to be a parent; it seems many of the young adults here are out of love with their parents, but there is sadness too.
Jean-Philippe and Valerie have their problems too, in the shape of a move to China – or not. As for Chantal and Dharam … fate deals them a wild card.
This went straight to the top of the US fiction best-sellers list and Steel fans will love it.
