Once in a Lifetime Author:Danielle Steel Daphe Fields, at 33, had achieved staggering fame and fortune as a best selling author, but her millions of fans never knew that tragedy compelled her to live a solitary life of hard work and devotion to her son. A turning point came when she took Andrew to New Hampshire to stay at a special school. In Hollywood, writing the screenplay for one... more » of her novels, she began a disillisioning affair. But it wasn't until she was fighting for her life in a New York City hospital that a true love would come to claim her, a love that had been waiting for her all along.« less
After her happy marriage tragically ends, Daphne, a successful novelist, finds herself torn between two men, Matt Dane and Justin Wakefield, and between her writing career, her love, and motherhood
Daphne Fields life hides a myriad of secrets. The husband and daughter she lost in a fire. The son who barely survived it and would be deaf forever. The victories, the defeats, the challenges of facing life as a woman alone and helping her son meet the challenges of his handicap. A strong woman she would not accept defeat, or help from anyone.