This book was ok. I love most of Danielle Steel's books, but this one was alright. It wasn't that long, but it felt like a five hundred paged book. It didn't really catch my full attention, and took me forever to finally finished.
So the story is about a handsome old actor named Coop who was charming, handsome, elegant, and immature. He never wanted to grow up. He dated woman who were one third of his age, or even younger than that. He spent is money as fast as it came, and even faster. And his pride was so much in the way, he refused to play a father in any movie, he wanted to continue to play the playboy. His accountant Abe is riding him about how fast he spends his money, and that he needs to stop before he loses his prize possession, his Cottage. (Now this Cottage is huge. It has the main wing, the guest wing, and a gate house. Has a beautiful garden, a pool, and a tennis court.) His accountant his assistant (who ends up getting married and leaving) finally talked him into renting out the guest wing and the gatehouse so he could catch up on some of his debts.
Now there is this man who had a family. His name is Mark. His wife leaves him for another man, and takes the kids to New York. He's depressed and Abe, his friend and co-worker (and yes Coop's accontant) talks Mark into selling his old home full of memories that cannot be relived and moving into Coop's guestwing.
Another man, name James lost the love of his life, Maggie, to cancer. He ends up moving into the gatehouse at Coop's Cottage.
James and Mark ends up forming a friendship.
Coop meets a charming young woman named Alex who was a doctor for premies. (Mind you, Coop HATES kids). The hit it off and start dating for four to five months. During that time he finds out he has a forty year old daughter, Taryn who went through a divorce herself.
At the end of the book, James gets into a car accident and his mother Valerie flies out to see him. When Abe tells Coop how bad his debts are, Coop hits realitity and finally grows up. Mark and Taryn falls in love. James and Alex falls in love. And most shocking, Coop and Valerie falls in love.
My Opinion
This book could've been better. I rate it a 2 1/2 out of 5 stars. I know for a fact Danielle Steel could've done better. But I like the story line about how a man with peter pan syndrome finally grows up and finally conquored some fears. And I love the lovely dovey, 'I started off a heartbroken wreck nd fell in love with another heartbroken wreck' endings. Well you tell me how you feel about the book. Leave a comment or email me at respondingtojoe@aol.com
