Hotel Vendome: a novel (1st ed.)

America's #1 bestseller! There are some places you visit, and some places you never leave behind.

Danielle Steel's new novel follows a devoted father and the daughter he raises in the fascinating upstairs-downstairs world of a glamorous Manhattan hotel.

HOTEL VENDME The hotel was old, run-down. But to Swiss-born hotelier Hugues Martin, it is a rough diamond tucked away on a quiet New York City street.

So Hugues scrapes together everything he has to purchase the buildingand transforms it into one of the world's finest luxury hotels.

Under Hugues's exacting supervision, the Hotel Vendme is soon renowned for its unparalleled service and discretionthe ideal refuge for the rich and famousand a perfect home for Hugues's family, until his young wife abandons him, leaving Hugues the single parent to their four-year-old daughter.

Still, Heloise grows up happily amid a colorful milieu of celebrities, socialites, politicians, world travelers, and the countless hotel employees who all adore her.

As the years pass and unexpected challenges arise, Hugues and the hotel are the center of Heloise's life.

She longs to follow in her father's footsteps and one day run the Hotel Vendme.

The lessons she learns at his side will carry her through it all, illuminating a story no reader will forget.

Welcome to the Hotel Vendme.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Sins of the Mother.