Leap Of Faith

In her fifty-second bestselling novel Danielle Steel
weaves a compelling story of the power of lies the misuse
of trust–and of one womans triumph over a devastating
betrayal.Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that
most people dream of. Freedom love security in a beautiful
old French ch?teau. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven a
tragic accident marks the end of her idyllic life.
Orphaned and alone she is sent to America to live with her
great-aunt on a farm in Iowa. Bitterly resented by the old
woman cut off from everything she has known and loved
Marie-Ange is forced to work tirelessly on the farm
dreaming only of the day she can return to her beloved
Ch?teau de Marmouton.In Marie-Anges isolated existence
only the friendship of a local boy Billy Parker offers
comfort and hope. But her only wish is to gain an
education–and escape. Then just after her twenty-first
birthday an unexpected visitor brings startling news and
an extraordinary the freedom to return to France to
Ch?teau de Marmouton. When she arrives in France
Marie-Ange learns that the ch?teaus new owner is Comte
Bernard de Beauchamp a dashing young widower who invites
her into his home then into his heart. But their magical
life together which soon includes marriage children and
lavish homes slowly takes an ominous turn. A mysterious
woman tells Marie-Ange a shocking story a story so
chilling she doesnt want to believe it.Not even her dear
friend Billy can help her now. He is thousands of miles
away. And as the darkness gathers around her Marie-Ange
must find the faith and courage to take one last desperate
step to save her loved ones and herself.Danielle Steels
powerful novel is about being pulled into a place where
nothing is what it seems. It is about being seduced and
lied to and turned around and wanting to believe the
lies–until the moment comes in one blinding instant when
survival and salvation depend on a final Leap of Faith:
the only path to freedom and life.