Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with three great kids, a challenging career, and the perfect new man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband...
Being married to Blake had been an amazing adventure for Maxine. Brilliant, charismatic, and wholly unpredictable, Blake Williams made millions and grabbed headlines as a dot-com entrepreneur. His only shortcoming was as a husband first his work and then his never-ending quest for fun kept him constantly on the move, far away from Maxine and his family. For five years Blake and Maxine have worked out an odd but amicable divorce, with friendly though infrequent visits, a yacht he lends her every summer, and three children they both adore. Blake enjoys his globe-trotting lifestyle dating a succession of beautiful, famous, and very young women while Maxine raises their kids in Manhattan and pursues her passion, working as a psychiatrist, a world-renowned expert on childhood trauma and adolescent suicide. Then everything changes...
For Maxine it starts when she falls in love with Dr. Charles West, a man who is everything Blake is not mature, grounded, and present. For Blake it begins when a devastating earthquake strikes near one of his palatial foreign homes and he sees hundreds of orphaned children in need of shelter. Now Blake wants Maxine in his life againas a partner in a humanitarian project that could change countless lives. For Maxine the choice is clear. But Blake's sudden transformation from carefree playboy to compassionate, responsible grown-upraises questions she's never managed to answer... and some she's afraid to ask.
After all, Maxine is on the cusp of a new life, about to marry Charles, and almost certain that Blake Williams, aka the Rogue, is a man capable of doing anything except change. An unforgettable story of two people pursuing happiness from opposite directions, Rogue is a journey of choices and the amazing opportunities that come together just when life seems to have been successfully rearranged at last. About the Author Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 570 million copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Amazing Grace, Bungalow 2, Sisters, H.R.H., Coming Out, The House, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death.
Well, I finished this one, but only by skipping the scenes where Charles is having his temper tantrums. I cannot believe that Max, being a psychiatrist and all, did not see through him from the first tantrum, when she decided to go to Morocco, this guy did nothing but complaint and nag. Blake never showed any proof that he had changed. The dust jacket blurb is misleading.
Danielle Steel does it again in this quick reading novel about a psychiatrist single mom, and her ex husband (The Rogue). The story takes place in New York City with some visits around the world. The characters are at different stages in their parenting and careers (if you can call her ex husband's a career), and appear to want different things in life, so their choices are hard at times as they try to make their family work. IMHO, if you like Danielle Steel, you will love her newest book, "Rogue"! Danielle Steel cannot write her novels fast enough for me!!