Antonia Adams is the product of a loveless marriage between a beautiful young model and a wealthy entrepreneur. As a child, she is abandoned in the chasm between them. Unprotected and unloved, she learns that the only way to feel safe is to draw as little attention as possible, to be invisible.

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High Stakes was published in March 2022 by Pan Macmillan. I missed getting to this one when it was first released, but I’ve been making an effort to catch up on some easy reads that are well overdue for review now school holidays have commenced. High Stakes is a standard model Danielle Steel novel. It is about success, fortune, power, privilege and love. When Fletcher accosts Jane again, pushing her against the wall, she goes to a lawyer to claim sexual harassment. Fletcher is charged, and tries to buy her off, which she refuses. In a short time, a few others in the company will also add their voices to the sexual harassment fight. Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel, popularly known as Danielle Steel, was born on August 14, 1947. The renowned author would come from a rich German-Jewish and Portuguese ancestry, and her dynamic upbringing in France ingrained within her a deep understanding of diverse social echelons. The women work for a successful literacy and entertainment agency in New York owned by partners Bob Benson and Dan Fletcher. Jane Addison is a smart young woman who has just been employed by the agency and it’s not long before she becomes prey to Dan Fletcher. We watch how Jane faces the challenge of fighting for her rights and the ramifications that follow. The partnering owner is also a male, and he voices the desire for the women to withdraw charges at one stage, so not all is going swimmingly in the agency.Then there’s Francine Rivers, the stern and accomplished head of the literary department. Also a single mom after her husband’s affair with the nanny, she has overcome the resulting financial hardships, but only with unbearable sacrifice. In this captivating novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, five successful women play for high stakes in their careers at a boutique literary and talent agency. Journalist Paxton Andrews witnesses the Vietnam war close-up, a journey starting from Savannah high school, extending to Berkeley college, and finally leading her to Saigon. Various soldiers she encounters undergo irrevocable transformations due to the Vietnam war. What follows is a wonderful story of five very talented woman who supported each other, especially in this ‘me too movement’. For most of the women, they all have their own issues, not necessarily the sexual harassment, but struggling with family and financially, marriages falling apart, love, respect, and threats against them.

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Jane Addison is smart, young and ambitious delighted to have landed a job at a prestigious New York literary agency. Hailey West, her boss, is dedicated to her authors, but her home life is chaotic and challenging as a single mother following her husband’s tragic death. Francine Rivers, the stern and bitter head of department is also raising children on her own after an acrimonious divorce and has had to overcome financial hardship by paying the very highest price.

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Any issues with the book list you are seeing? Or is there an author or series we don’t have? Let me know! Jane Addison arrives in New York City ready to start her new job at Fletcher and Benson, a literary and talent agency. Jane is assigned to Hailey West, one of the best literary agents at the agency. Hailey is a widowed mother to three children and still struggles to balance her home life and the busy life of a literary agent. Also in the office Danielle continued her advocacy for change by lobbying for legislative modifications for children’s mental health in Washington and by establishing a second foundation to aid the homeless. Hailey West is work driven and dedicated and when she leaves her job at night she is a single mother to three kids. It takes a new employee to act straight away, noticing on her first day what kind of man that is runing this agency. She will not tolerate this behaviour, as many women before did and continued to do.

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Jane Addison comes from a successful family and dreams one day of owning her own magazine. She goes to work for a friend of her fathers at Fletcher & Benson, a prestigious talent agency in New York. She will be as an assistant to Hailey West a literary agency. She is in awe of the women working there, especially Hailey, Francine and Allie! They seem to have it all but each has struggles in their lives outside the office. Jane runs into Dan who thinks he has the right to take liberties with all the females. This is acceptable in the office. When he approaches Jane she fights him off but no one seems to think it is a big deal. Jane must decide to go along with this or fight to right the wrong that is going on. Her decision would affect the entire office! Allie Moore, is in charge of the entertainment department, dealing with actors and actresses; she loves her job, always dining out with many of them. When she falls in love with one of the younger actors, she is warned it could hurt her reputation, as she is older than him. Allie refuses to stop seeing Eric, but becomes concerned that her reputation could be tarnished. Merriwether Jones is the CFO for the agency. She appears to have it all—beauty, success, and a perfect marriage until her husband's jealousy over her career threatens to blow everything up.Steel also failed to develop her characters deeply and so they were hard to tell apart. The reader may be taken out of Steel’s story long enough to try to determine which character is in the spotlight. There is a plethora of characters, including children, husbands, boyfriends, etc., all of whom complicate the story and Steel’s readers’ inability to tell her main characters apart. Francine Rivers is the tough head of department who is in financial difficulty after a bitter divorce and is still reeling from her biggest mistake. Hope u had a good Xmas am still readin yr the dark side was very good I guessed that was wat Zoe had it was scary happy new yr luv Annie xx Reply This really is an extremely leniant 3★, as relationships were abandoned, formed and tied up all too neatly and tidily.