Special Delivery
Danielle Steel, 1997
★ 3.92 from 8.7k ratings on Goodreads
A fifty-nine-year-old boutique owner who has charmed Los Angeles for decades, his son's careful marriage, and the widowed movie star who has never once been charmed. A warm, quick later-life romance with plain prose, tender family scenes, and a steady pull of longing and passion.
Feels like tenderness, longing and passion. About love, family and time.
Who it’s for
You may enjoy it if you like older characters finding tenderness and a light, funny pace. Be aware that some readers find the plotting predictable and the ending abrupt, with dated attitudes in places.
Why read it
It offers a gentle escape into second chances and family ties, with an older hero whose late romance keeps the pages moving.
A page from the book
The difference between never being alone and never being lonely.
There had been women since, lots of them, to fill the nights and the days. In the dozen years since her death, he had hardly ever been alone, not physically anyway, but he had never loved another woman either, nor did he want to. As far as he was concerned, loving was far too painful. At fifty-nine, Jack Watson had everything he had ever wanted: a business that seemed to do nothing but grow and crank out money. What readers say
Many readers found this a quick, funny, heartwarming later-life romance with appealing older characters; others were frustrated by predictable plotting, immature behavior, dated attitudes, and an abrupt ending.
Danielle Steel.Danielle Steel has published well over 150 novels, many of them typed on a 1946 Olympia manual typewriter; she is known for working through the night and drafting several books at once.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Special Delivery for me?
- You may enjoy it if you like older characters finding tenderness and a light, funny pace. Be aware that some readers find the plotting predictable and the ending abrupt, with dated attitudes in places.
- What is Special Delivery like?
- A warm, quick later-life romance with plain prose, tender family scenes, and a steady pull of longing and passion. Feels like tenderness, longing and passion. About love, family and time.
- What should I read after Special Delivery?
- If you liked Special Delivery, try The Rescue (Nicholas Sparks), A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Terry McMillan) and Just for the Summer (Abby Jimenez).
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You’re not asking too much,“ he said. ”You were just asking the wrong person. Ask me instead.
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My heart pounds against my chest. Not because I’m nervous. Not even because I want her worse that I’ve ever wanted her before. It’s pounding against my chest because I realize I’ve never been so sure about the rest of my life than I am in this moment. This girl is the rest of my life.
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