This is another great book by Danielle Steel. It grabs you and you can not put the book down. The two main characters are Cosima and Oliver. Cosima is the CEO of her family’s company. Oliver is the CEO of his family’s company. They meet in Cosima’s family house, where there is a party. Oliver has been invited to the same party. There is an instant attraction. They start dating. They each have family issues but together they work them out and fall in love and get married.

After her parents are killed in an accident and her sister is paralyzed, Cosimo Saverio is forced to entirely change her life. She has to give up being a lawyer, help take care of her brother & sister and take over the family business. She is completely overwhelmed but she needs to keep moving forward. It isn’t easy but with the help of a family friend, she keeps everything running. She actually helps the business grow, her sister thrives, the only problem is her brother. He has grown up to be a selfish, spoiled young man. He spends his money on women and gambling. Cosimo is at a crossroads. She needs more money for the business and her brother, Luca is spending more and more of the money. Their family business, has a specific niche is the market and Cosimo feels she need to branch out but how does she do it? She is lucky to meet Olivier Bayard. He runs the same type of business as Cosimo’s family business. Manufacturing high end fashion handbags. They meet at a party and hit it off. They have a lot in common and they are both workaholics, it seems like fate. Olivier has a son, Max who is as troubled as Luca is. Actually the two meet and you can only imagine the trouble they can get in. With the growth of the business, the trouble Luca and Max get into, Olivier and Cosimo become closer. Can the two get together, even with all the obstacles in the way? They live in different countries, can they find a place to start a life? Will they be able to have a happily ever after? Every time I get a chance to read a Danielle Steel novel, I do. Her books have always been a go to read for me. They just are easy to read and are filled with love. I want to thank Netgalley and the author for my copy of Palazzo. This was a four star read for me. I will always take the opportunity to read the next book by Danielle Steel book..

I have always loved Danielle Steel since I was young. Her books never disappoint.  I especially loved this one as it was set in Italy and it was easy to imagine all the places in the book. This is a heartbreaking story about a family and loss.  Make sure you read it.

Reading a DS novel is like pulling on a favorite pair of comfy yoga pants. It fits and is comfortable.
Sometimes there are criticism of Steel’s books that they are too formulaic but I find it reassuring.
A hulking Italian home is the focal point of a woman’s life and much of the plot revolves around the happenings of the home.
I thought Luca was a total waste and despised his character.
It’s a fast read.

I was ready for another Danielle Steele book and this did not disappoint. I loved the characters and the plot. It was a great escape read.  
Many thanks to Random House and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion. .

I LOVED this book! What a page-turner! I felt like I was IN Europe with the characters and truly enjoyed this story.

Cosima is from a family that makes expensive handbags. She has made the business her life. She has challenges with her brother. Keeping everything and everyone together is her chore. 
Thanks to Delacorte Press and NetGalley for the ARC.

Great example of a classic Danielle Steel book - tragedy, family drama, damsel-in-distress heroine, exotic locations, romance, happy ending.  It's got great characters and an interesting storyline - perfect easy reading chick-lit book!

‘Palazzo’ by Danielle Steel takes place in Venice, Rome and Paris.  As always Ms. Steel has created wonderful characters and a hard to put down book.  I love how her main character Cosima Saverio is a strong, independent business woman and dedicated sister to her two younger siblings she raised when her parents died so young.  Thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This story kept my interest until the end. I would like a sequel following them to the next generation, especially the two brothers. A good read was written by Danielle Steel.

As head of her family's business Cosimo has inherited a business, a palazzo in Venice and a lot of family turmoil. Her high standards for the business are a source of conflict with her brother and the family strife may result in losing the beautiful family Palazzo.

Palazzo
By: Danielle Steel

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Hard at times but oh so worth it! 

In this incredible heart punch book from my very first romance author over 30 years ago now we get exactly what we expect from her. Cosima and Oliver went through so essentially at the hands of Luca and Max. What a fantastic read. The authors writing flawless and the words are so captivating, the plot had so many twists and turns and none that I was expecting, and many shockingly intimate I  have become a huge fan of this author. The author writes with so much intensity and emotion pulled from each book it’s felt page after page. Some are quick witted story lines are so perfect and lets you believe you have a front row seat. So being able to read this love story didn’t disappoint. The authors ability to have two separate individuals struggling in their everyday life and try to navigate someone else’s thoughts, needs and desires was intense and gives all the fills. 

Authors Blurb: After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio assumes leadership of her family’s haute couture Italian leather brand. While navigating the challenges of running a company at twenty-three, Cosima must also maintain the four-hundred-year-old family palazzo in Venice and care for her younger siblings: Allegra, who survived the tragedy that killed their parents with scars and a spinal injury, and Luca, who has a penchant for wild parties, pretty women, and poker tables.

Cosima navigates her personal and professional challenges with a wisdom beyond her years, but her success has come at a cost: Her needs are always secondary. She’s married to the business, and her free time is given to those who rely on her . . . until she meets Olivier Bayard, the founder of France’s most successful ready-to-wear handbag company. A brief conversation on her palazzo’s terrace turns into a tour of the Saverio workshop, and, fifteen years after her parents’ deaths, Cosima has found a confidant.

Now the business is financially stable and generating enough income for the Saverios to live comfortably. Then Luca loses a hefty sum at the casino, and his debt must be repaid with money or his life. Cosima, forced to bail him out, is given an impossible choice: List the palazzo, sell a third of the family business, or let Luca fend for himself. But is there another way to save everything she has fought for before it goes up in flames?

This book has everything I love in a book. Then you add that it's beautifully written and believable. It is easily a five star read. Written in dual POV my personal favorite this story flows so incredibly well that the next thing you know your 80% into the book and loving every second of it. The believable way the characters interact is perfect. Run, Hop, Jump or use your (1 click) finger to do whatever you have to do and get this amazing book.  It'll break your heart, you'll want to scream with frustration and it'll let you discover that love just might conquer all. The chemistry is steamy and sweet and oh so romantic.

Thanks Netgally for letting me read and review.📚💕

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to review this book.

Cosima Saverio is the breadwinner of her family after her parents died in a tragic accident that also paralyzed her little sister. When her brother loses a ton of money gambling, she makes the heartrending choice to sell the palazzo that has been in her family for centuries. 

Let me save you some time. If you want to read a Danielle Steel about a family home, read Thurston House instead. It's much better.

When her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio takes over as head of the family and at the family business, a luxury haute couture Italian leather brand.  Struggling to process her grief, run the family business as well as help her two siblings: Allegra, who survived the accident that took their parents lives and left her with a spinal injury and her brother, Luca, who prefers to party, women and not make anything in his life. Add in taking care of a four-hundred-year-old Palazzo that has been in their family forever in Venice. At twenty-three, Cosima is struggling but she survives and manages to keep things in balance at the expense of her personal life. But things take a turn when after many years married to her job, she meets Olivier Baynard who is the founder and owner of France’s successful ready to wear handbag company A brief conversation turns into a tour of the Saverio workshop and that turns into a friendship that just might be what Cosima needs at this juncture of her life.
Life has a way of throwing curveballs and when Cosima’s brother, Luca, loses a significant sum of money, she has to decide if bailing her wastrel brother once again or maybe this time let him fend for himself for the first time in his life. When the stakes become even  higher, Cosima will need the strength to make the right decisions that will not cause her to lose everything she has worked so hard for since twenty-three. 

PALAZZO is a tale of family, tragedy and resilience wrapped up in the pages of the latest Danielle Steel book. This author is a hit or miss with me, but PALAZZO delivers on keeping my attention and kept me glued to the pages. Maybe it was the complex cast of characters to the exotic settings of Italy and France that kept me entertained but overall, this book hit all the high nots for me as a reader. The setting is as lush as the Italian landscapes to characters that had me rooting for Cosima to find her way after a tragedy in her family. But what worked for me was how one woman’s life  was turned inside out at such a young age and she found the strength to move on, to keep things moving in the right direction, maybe at the expense of her personal life, but it gives the reader a sense of who this main character is as well as her relationship with her siblings. I did enjoy Allegra and how the author doesn’t shy away from her injuries and makes her an upbeat person dealing with a disability that is now part of her life. I liked how Allegra was described in the book and kept me entertained with her bubbly personality. I really was rooting for Cosima to see the light in regard to her brother and in the end, it was a satisfying resolution on that aspect.

PALAZZO delivers family drama, and tragedy, resilience, love and more all wrapped within its pages. For this latest Danielle Steel book, I really recommend it if you enjoy family dynamics, entertaining and complex characters that feel real within the pages and issues that deal with any family amid tragedy and family dynamics. 

This is an objective review and not an endorsement.

Cosima runs a business that has been in her family for generations that makes handmade upscale leather handbags, second only to Hermes. She lives in Rome but is also very tied to Venice as her family has a store and palazzo there. She has a brother, Lucca, and a sister, Allegra. Lucca is a carefree irresponsible gambler. Although he does not work, he is supported by Cosima with an allowance. However, his gambling debts have him always in trouble. Allegra is a designer for the company. When they were younger, their mother, father and Allegra were in a tragic boating accident. The mother and father died and Allegra was left with a spinal cord injury and is now wheelchair bound.
Olivier has a company based in Paris that also produces handbags of a lesser quality and on a larger scale. His bags are in many large department stores. He was married twice when he was younger and has 2 sons that are as different as night in day. Max works for him, but has a gambling problem, and always feel his pay is inadequate. His other son is a successful artist.
Max and Lucca meet at a gambling establishment. Lucca's gambling loss changes the course of the lives of the family. Max and Lucca conspire a scheme to defraud insurance on the palazzo by arson. The results of this liaison affect everyone.
The lives of several of the characters in this book are enriched by love. It was a delightful read. I love Italy and the setting of this book makes me lustful for the area.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Palazzo by Danielle Steel is another fantastic romance from the queen of romance herself! Anything this author writes, I will read! The setting for this story is throughout Europe in Paris, Rome, and Venice. While you know what type of story you are going to get with this author and it can be predictable, it makes for the perfect book because of it. I loved the family ancestry of the story. Who doesn't love designer handbags and Fashion week!

Palazzo starts out like a typical Danielle Steel novel. Happy, successful family, involved in business.  Parents die, leaving oldest child to care for younger siblings. Set in Italy and traveling to Rome, Cosima must now take care of her siblings, Luca and Allegra as well as the family business. Luca is an entitled brat who feels that Cosima must get him out of any situation that he gets himself into. Allegra becomes like her daughter and Cosima nurtures her and she also becomes involved in the family business.

As luck would have it, Cosima meets Olivier, who is interested in her both personally and professionally. He has two sons, who are integral parts of Luca's and Allegra's life, both positively and negatively. Luca and Allegra define nature v. nurture in their upbringings.

Palazzo is the story of Casima, an independent businesswoman from Italy who has inherited a haute couture company that specialize in leather. Like any business, her company has seen its ups and downs, and she finds herself at a crossroads where she has to make some sacrifices. To make ends meet, she feels forced into selling her family's palazzo. But before the deal goes through, tragedy strikes when her selfish  brother tries to commit insurance fraud and nearly brings down the entire family.

Caisma meets her match in Luca, a successful businessman who shows her that there's more to life than just work. Luca wants to go into business with Casima, but she's reluctant to give up her independence and sell the company that has been in her family for generations.

This is a briskly paced novel that made for an evening of relaxing reading. It's not particularly deep, but the characters and story are interesting enough to make the pages turn.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my opinions.

Loved the settings of Rome, Paris and more in Europe. The first couple of chapters, setting up the storyline and characters were very slow but once I got past those, I loved the story, as I usually do with Danielle Steel novels! I loved the "bad guys" in this story, that were family members. Just a new added dimension to her stories. Loved to see them get their due!

This particular book was definitely what a DS reader is wanting. For me personally it was not one of my favorite stories. It lacked depth and was repetitive. The couture line of design doesn’t interest me. It was a family saga of sorts in the fact that The Saverio family has maintained a leather brand company for several generations. It had a few intertwined things happening but my interest was not held. I will say I’m a huge fan of her works since my teenage years. Ty #NetGalley for the ARC . All opinions are my own.