3.5 Stars
I grew up reading Ms. Steel, and always enjoyed reading her books. Even as her books are formula; they were a comfort. Many were read during High School and College years as a distraction. As I grew up, we grew apart and I just started reading her again. Her style is one I can read quickly.

The Affair in true Danielle Steel Fashion is full of glitz and glamour as we are based in New York and Paris. The premise is a widower and her four daughters. All the women are strong, intelligent, successful but each have unique challenges in their lives. The different points of view on marriage, but in the end, we are family was refreshing. It was nice to come back to an author and get exactly what I needed from a book. I recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballentine for the advanced copy for my voluntary review.

This review will go to Amazon on Release day, and Goodreads approx. Feb 2, 2021.

I enjoyed the book as i do all Danielle Steel books. However, this one was kinda predictable. I knew in advanced what would happen and how it world ems.

I didn't like this book very much. I didn't like the characters names and I definitely didn't like Nicholas. He has an affair and its spread all over the place. The result was the baby ended up with a grandmother because it's mother didn't want him. Then Nicholas begs his wife to come back to him and she gives in. I think she would've been better off without him. I look forward to reading Danielle steel's next book. I hope it's better than this one. I am grateful that netgalley let me read this in exchange for an honest review

Danielle Steele portrays a close knit family, 4 sisters and a widowed mom. All were strong, vibrant, intelligent, creative, exquisite, successful business women who face their own challenges. Her descriptions of scenery is so vivid it allows the reader to feel as if they are there, whether it be in Paris, or in New York, or in California. As I read this book I felt as though my heart was a yo-yo; ups and downs, smiles and tears, twists and turns around every corner. What more can I say, Danielle Steele never disappoints!

A beautiful and sweeping saga that we’ve come to expect from the incredible Danielle Steel. This story focuses not only on love being shattered by betrayal, but also on the family providing the care and support in the aftermath.

Rose is a widow with four grown daughters. Rose is the head of an upscale fashion magazine, Nadia is an interior designer, Athena is a celebrity chef, Olivia is a superior court judge, and Venetia is a fashion designer.

As Rose prepares for her magazine’s annual special edition, she is faced with the decision to include an article about an up and coming wild child actress Pascale, who is involved in a well-publicized affair with a writer. Rose realizes that it is Nadia’s husband Nicolas who is the writer, and reluctantly agrees to the article.

After that, the focus of the book is on how Nadia and Nicolas navigate their relationship, and how it affects their children. There are a few tangential story lines affecting the other sisters. I don’t do spoilers, but as you can imagine if you’ve read any of Ms. Steel’s books, there is drama and emotions run high. It was a good book, but doesn’t rank as high for me as some I’ve read of hers.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

I struggled with this book. It was written from the mother’s point of view to start them switched beach and forth and I just couldn’t get into it. I may try again later but this one just didn’t catch me like most of Danielle’s books do.

This is typical of the aithor’s Latest books-not memorable. Characters are shallow and there is no real story. I want a Steel like The Ring.

This story is about family matriarch Rose and her four daughters who have all found highly successful careers to match their diverse interests. Each has a different family dynamic and a couple are working through unique marital challenges. This book read a little more different for me than other of Steel's novels. There is good connection with the characters, but tended to be more descriptive with longer paragraphs.

This is another entertaining, quick-read novel by Danielle Steel.

The storyline begins with a focus on Rose McCarthy, the iconic head of Mode magazine, a premier fashion publication. At a planning meeting for an important issue, she is confronted with a dilemma. The staff want to highlight a young, rising French actress for the cover and an interview. The problem is that this woman is having an affair with Rose’s son-in-law – her youngest daughter’s husband. How can she protect Nadia, her daughter, and still make a sound business decision for the magazine?

From this point on the story highlights the impact of a very public, extramarital affair on the spouse and children. One point of interest is that the story juxtaposes two cultural perspectives. Nadia has lived most of her adult life in her adopted county, France, yet she finds herself rejecting the more casual French attitude toward sex outside of marriage. Her deepest conflict is her love for her husband who wants to maintain their marriage while continuing his affair, and her pain and grief over the loss of her near-perfect life. Another layer of complexity is added when the starlet announces she is pregnant. Through all of this turmoil and drama, Rose and Nadia’s three sisters provide loving support although each sees the situation through their own, very different perspectives of marriage.

As with all of Steel’s novels, I enjoyed the fundamental story. The diversity of viewpoints presented by the protagonists and supporting characters made for an interesting read. The one issue I have (and it is a recurring theme for me) is the amount of repetition in the author’s style. I don’t need to read about a character’s backstory over and over again. It becomes tedious and, frankly, it is a bit insulting to the reader’s intelligence.

My thanks to the author, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, and NetGalley for the privilege of reviewing a digital ARC in exchange for an independent, honest review.

This review is being posted immediately to my GoodReads account and will be posted on Amazon upon publication.

Fantastic book.

I thought the premise was really well written. In today’s era of women empowerment you can see the conflict of wanting to work on a failing marriage. I was torn between wanting to see the main character leave her husband yet her love for him didn’t fail. We’re often taught as women both sides of the coin, men are cheaters, men make mistakes. So often you hear that you need to leave them, move on, we DESERVE better but this is the story of what happens when you don’t want better, you have happiness in what you have. This was a great story of family coming together but deeper than that, was just your basic love story. I think it really played to your emotions and how you are “supposed” to and “expected” to feel and more importantly, what happens when you can’t agree. My heart cheered and my heart broke. It was feminist while anti feminist and progressive yet not. Superb.

I love Danielle Steel books , going in you know what to expect and it’s always like returning home. Her style, her grace and the two worlds she lives in transpires onto each page.
This book is classic Danielle Steel and I enjoyed it

Another good book by Danielle Steele. I will be recommending this book to the patrons of our library. I enjoyed the book. It was happy in places and sad in places too. Surprised at the ending, it was good but I am not sure if I completely agreed with it but it was an interesting book with the family dynamics. I enjoyed the book.

As always with Danielle Steel books, I was really hooked on the premise of the story. I was not disappointed. The characters were great and the storyline so engrossing that I couldn't put it down. I had to keep reading until I found out how it all turned out.
Another wonderful book from Ms. Steel. I will definitely be recommending this book! I can't wait for the next!!!
Thank you Danielle Steel, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and NetGalley for allowing me an advance copy for my honest feedback.

Rose McCarthy, editor of fashion famous Mode Magazine is planning the famed September issue when the team suggests featuring the hot young actress who happens to be having an affair with a well-known French writer. What Rose's team doesn't realize is that the Frenchman is married to her daughter Nadia.

Nicolas, Nadia's estranged husband, seems to want to have his cake and eat it too, claiming insanity when he is around his wife yet keeps running back to his movie star fling. When the starlet becomes pregnant with Nicolas' child, Nadia knows she has a choice to make.

Nadia's sisters come to France to support their own, some more opinionated than others on the road Nadia should travel next. When it comes down to it, though, family supports family no matter what.

This was a nice book to read. I have been sceptical with Steels books as they seemed the same to me jist with different characters in the plot. Of course the theme lately seemed repetitious. Not this book. In fact I liked the story and the plot. I think I will recommend this book for a simple fact that it had some unexpected turns and I kind of liked it!

Another reliably charming and readable book by Steel. I always pick them up understanding that there’s romance and fantasy inside. I’m willing to suspend disbelief and sink in. This is the story of 4 sisters and their ultra-elegant mother dealing with the realities of modern life and difficult marriages.

Again, Steel sets the novel in New York and Paris. Plenty of glamor in both places. In this time of stress and financial insecurity, it was lovely to read about this bit of beauty.

Sadly, there are marital difficulties and some unconventional solutions, this book will certainly entertain all Steel fans.

Thank you Netgalley for this relaxing and lovely book.

The Affair by Danielle Steel is a conventional story of a very public affair between a Frenchman and a young up and rising movie star. The reactions of his wife and her family do not evoke much emotion and there is a lack of depth to the characters. No highs or lows in the story. An bland read, not an exciting one. Not one of Ms Steel's better novels.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

Sometimes I think if I've read one Danielle Steel book, I've read them all. The plot changes with each new book, but the characters remain conflicted and the prose is similar. I found this book a bit unbelievable, yet true to form.