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Ruthless

by Danielle Steel Publisher: DELACORTE PR

Power, grief, and competing assignments

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    Danielle Steel: #1 New York Times bestselling author

    Described as a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Power, grief, and competing assignments

Two intersecting holiday encounters anchor the novel’s Saint Barts setting. Shipping magnate John Randall Williams, newly bereaved and estranged from his daughter, invites Lillith to spend Christmas aboard his sailboat. Nearby, journalist Charlotte Ramsay is assigned to profile elusive technology billionaire Ben Sharpe. Her first interview with him goes badly, but a later dinner complicates the professional distance between them. The supplied description sets personal relationships alongside questions of public image and journalistic integrity, with luxury yachts and powerful figures providing the backdrop. It ends mid-sentence, so the full shape of Charlotte and Ben’s connection is not established here.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary fiction centered on powerful business figures and personal relationships.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving journalists, profile assignments, and questions of professional integrity.
  • Readers seeking a holiday-set novel with intersecting storylines.

Themes

Grief and family estrangementPower and public imageJournalistic integrityRomantic attraction

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Book overview

A journalist and the powerful man she is assigned to profile find themselves on a collision course in this powerful novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.

Shipping magnate John Randall Williams is feared by his competitors; loathed by his only daughter, Gabby; and at sea after the recent death of his devoted wife. About to face his first Christmas alone, John meets a young woman named Lillith at a dinner party and is immediately drawn to her beauty. He invites her to share the holiday with him on his 350-foot sailboat in Saint Barts, and Lillith allows herself to be swept away.

Charlotte Ramsay, a senior editor at Vanity Fair, is on assignment in Saint Barts during the holidays. Known for her integrity as a journalist, she has come to the island to interview another powerful man: the elusive high-tech billionaire Ben Sharpe, whose luxury yacht is also anchored in the harbor. Though the first interview goes badly, she eventually agrees to have dinner with him and becomes intrigued by the real man behind the fa
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