Romance

This plus "The Mistress" in a 2 book printing. My first experience of DS's writing. Quick reads and somewhat preedictable but enjoyable. ( )

Magic by Danielle Steel
Love the idea and how the white night started. June, invite only, white clothes, food, tables, lights and where it's held and how everything is cleaned up spotless. Now 15,000 show up and there are multiple locations.
Sounds so magical as the name depicts. John has attended every year and he gets to invite a few other couples. If they try to use the event he replaces them the following year. Valerie his wife helps also with the list.
She's editor of Vogue in Paris. He's got the chance to move to China but it could cost his marriage and 3 kids.
Gregorio and Barnadetta and he's always with other women. Since the white dinner night as he leaves her alone and hurries to his young girlfriend who's giving birth, son is lost and daughter very ill-too young to be born.
She decides it's time for a divorce and to get him out of the family business.
Chontelle is a writer of screenplays and a friend of John's and she's raised 3 kids who live around the world and that allows her to do what she wants. She does meet a new man, Saveau who has magic white lanterns the white dinner night and she's meet with him often.
Things are confusing as the characters are all introduced-it gets a bit mixed up til you can associate who they are with what they do.
Love white lantern/wish part the best. Love details and from all directions.
Love how this spans one year and all the changes to all the characters.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

Not one of Steel's best. It got rather too unrealistic at times. ( )

Imagine having thousands of people gathering in one place for dinner. The attire is white clothing and they bring white tablecloths and bring their food and utensils. This is known at The White Dinner.

This story is set in Paris, France. Friends come together to have dinner together outside at a major landmark in their city. They meet new friends and visit with friends from their past.

The author shares with us and lets us peer into the world of 4 couples. Some of them meet and decide to share their lives together while others may find out that their spouse is cheating on their
marriage.

I really enjoyed this book. Steel did a wonderful job taking us to India, Bejing, Shanghai and other countries and describing all their points of interest and landmarks

Steel did a fabulous job with this book. Read it and see if you agree!! ENJOY ( )