Danielle Steel's Nine Lives: A Novel

lblucas: Great read from start to finish. Likeable characters and a story that keeps you reading when you should be doing housework!!!

Canada on Jan 06, 2024

Amazon Customer: This book was outstanding. This is the second book. I’ve read this week. I just got back into Reading Daniel steel books and they are great. Great story line great writing

United Kingdom on Oct 21, 2023

SLittle: Mum loves it !!

United States on Aug 27, 2023

オレンジキイロ: 商品到着後、隙間時間をみて、今回は約2ヶ月間かけてやっと先日読破しました。言えるのは先の事は生きてみないと分からないし決めつけない、前向きに考える事！時々辞書を引きましたが、ぜひおススメの作品です！読み易かったです！

Japan on Nov 23, 2022

Vickie Watts: This is a story of love, loss, finding love again and being willing to risk everything the second time. The characters were realistic, although I did think that Paul Gilmore, the daredevil, was a bit over the top with his taunts to death as well as his wealth and especially his flaunting his victory over the IRS. Maggie was colorless at times, fading away as she put Paul in the center of her life and only taking charge of it at the end. I enjoyed the book, especially all of the drama. It was like a soap opera with wealthy people that I could never really know or relate to in real life. I enjoyed the escape though. I checked out a copy of this book from my local library using the Libby App. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own.

United States on Jul 30, 2022

Ekta: I enjoy reading her books and this one is no different.
A good paced book with the ups and downs of life in general. What we do for and in love.

India on Feb 15, 2022

Pauline Smith: Thoroughly enjoyed this book will she or won't she find Ashley

Germany on Sep 05, 2021

a reader: DS can be forgiven for her imperfect writing that is sometimes repetitious because she tells great stories. Nine Lives tells a great story about a never forgotten sweet high school love that is rekindled later in life when both characters have fulfilled their youthful dreams. Maggie had a stable marriage and son in the suburbs after experiencing the death of her father, brother, and mother who couldn't bear the losses. Paul turned his daredevil ways into a fortune built on Formula One racing & daring financial maneuvers. When they're reunited when Maggie is widowed young, they embark on a love affair that neither allows to become more. Paul knows he lives for danger & never had children because of that. Maggie had a safe adult life but even a stable, solid husband died; she's not going to risk heartbreak again by fully committing to a man who loves danger. Their affair takes them across Europe and the Caribbean in full DS splendor. One of them is going to have to make a sacrifice if they want to be together - Maggie who suffers PTSD & wants to be a stable parent for her college-age son or Paul prematurely giving up his dangerous occupations. The predictable conclusion...

United States on Jul 12, 2021

Carol L. Hoefs: I have read so many of Danielle Steel's books over the years and some are amazing stories, others enjoyable. This was a combination of both. Nine Lives is about Maggie and how she avoids daredevils who love danger. Her Dad was a Navy flyer who died in a training mission because he loved the challenges of flying. Her brother died while fighting in Irag because he loved action. Her husband died in a plane crash that she survived. Maggie met Paul while in high school and they became best of friends, but he was a daredevil and loved danger. They went their separate ways after high school. Maggie led a dull life. Paul raced motorcycles and cars. He loved challenges and danger. They meet by chance after 30 years and after the death of Maggie's husband. Things start revving up for Maggie and Paul and their life is an adventure. If you want a quick read with adventure and excitement, I recommend this book.

United States on Jul 09, 2021

Lynn Brooks/Thoughts of a Blonde: 4 1/2 STARS!

Danielle Steel always tugs on my heartstrings! Wrapping a character around her reader's heart is a true talent by Steel that shines through once again in her newest release NINE LIVES. I felt like this book had a lot more narration instead of dialogue, but I was deeply entrenched in it throughout never the less. The only thing I wished for was a bit more time with them at the end. I devoured it quickly and was left with a smile on my face!

Maggie is a relatable character who uses life's lessons to guide her in how she wishes to pursue her future. She shared a young love with a sweetheart of a young man, but went on to wager the bet of life with a more stable, dependable man. She never regretted her decision and lived a fulfilling life with her husband and beautiful son.

Tragedy has had a way of taking things from Maggie throughout her life and one more strike leaves her reeling and adrift. A happenstance reconnection with that dashing man of her youth brings a light back into her life that she didn't even realize she missed.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys following a character through the foibles of life toward that long...

United States on Jul 07, 2021