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Ruthless

by Danielle Steel

Power, privacy, and holiday entanglements

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    #1 New York Times bestselling author

    The metadata describes Danielle Steel as a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

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Power, privacy, and holiday entanglements

Set over the Christmas holidays in Saint Barts, Ruthless brings together two encounters shaped by wealth and public scrutiny. Shipping magnate John Randall Williams, newly bereaved and estranged from his daughter, invites Lillith to spend the holiday aboard his sailboat. Meanwhile, journalist Charlotte Ramsay is on the island to profile technology billionaire Ben Sharpe. The premise links a powerful man’s private upheaval with a reporter’s effort to get beyond another billionaire’s public image, placing grief, family tension, attraction, and journalism in the same island setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in stories about wealthy and influential figures and their private lives.
  • Readers drawn to holiday-set fiction involving romance, family strain, and journalism.
  • Danielle Steel readers looking for a novel with intersecting personal and professional storylines.

Themes

Wealth and powerGrief and family estrangementJournalism and public imageRomantic 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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