Resurrection

by Danielle Steel

Darcy Gray is a successful influencer with her blog, The Gray Zone, trusted by more than a million followers for her integrity and taste. At forty-two, she has the life she wants in many ways. Darcy and her husband, department store magnate Charles Gray, are a power couple in Manhattan and on the international stage. Their beloved twin daughters are each enjoying their junior year abroad, Penny in Hong Kong and Zoe at the Sorbonne in Paris.

To celebrate twenty years of marriage, Darcy impulsively flies to Rome to surprise Charlie, who is tending to business interests there. Instead, she gets the shock of her life, which upends her whole world.

Still reeling, Darcy flees to Paris to see Zoe. But a rapidly escalating worldwide health crisis forces her to remain indefinitely in France. Suddenly thrust into a gray zone of her own, her forced separation from Zoe and the rest of her family feels like too much to bear . . .

Until Darcy finds a welcoming refuge in the home of the aging French movie star Sybille Carton. There, she meets a widowed American engineer and former Marine who is also stranded. Bill Thompson is kind and courteous but also carries an air of mystery about him. In this shared confinement, and despite worries about her girls, Darcy begins to see glimpses of new possibilities.

In Resurrection, Danielle Steel poignantly shows how the hardest of times can give birth to a beautiful new life.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Audiobook, Ebooks, France, Adult Fiction, Contemporary Romance

328 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2024

About the author

Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy's Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Expect a Miracle, a book of her favorite quotations for inspiration and comfort; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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Reviews

[chantalsbookstuff · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not entirely sure why I have this need to pick them up as soon as they are releases.

[Maggie Jessop · Rating 1 out of 5]

I should never have started this book. We are back to the same old same old. Repetition, repetition, repetition. Come on Ms Steele. If you can’t write a book without all the repetition, then don’t do it

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

ugh…not going to finish this novel. I read every Danielle Steel and looked forward to the release today. However, I am not ready to re-live the pandemic. I dont want to hear the words “pandemic” “covid-19” “vaccination” “shut down” and especially “flatten the curve” when I am trying to enjoy a book. No thanks.

[Anayah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why is this written in 3rd person? Seriously.

The cheating irritated me. Some many excuses, and then wanting her to give empathy to someone who chose to have a relationship and BABY with a married man? I’m not understanding.

Besides this… what else was going on in this book? How could you follow? If there wasn’t a bunch of repeated information, there was a lot of random information.

I really want to continue giving Danielle Steel’s books a chance but I’ve gathered that they’re just not for me and that’s okay. I’d rather stop here instead of continuing to give reviews that aren’t favorable.

[Bev Walkling · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a retired public health nurse I probably should have given this novel a miss. It is poorly researched in so many ways. In the early part of the book Danielle Steel sometimes refers to Covid 19 as a pandemic but then goes on to call it an epidemic. It was an epidemic first and became a pandemic. It still is a pandemic and people are still dying from it. She said that when it was done people were kinder to each other, more caring. I don't believe that to be true sadly. This should almost be classed as a fantasy as she clearly has no understanding of what we learned through the pandemic. She references "social distancing" often as a preventative action but never once mentions that viruses (including Covid 19) are often airborne and social distancing has been proven to not be an efficient way of protecting people. In her fantasy virus (distantly related to Covid) she has people required to wear gloves whenever they go out. This is also ridiculous as gloves used all the time are hardly clean and we all tend to fail at avoiding our faces totally. She has one character who has a baby, suspects when that baby is 4 months old Tha she is pregnant again and will "have to quit nursing". This is not the current thought on nursing. Most women can continue to nurse through a pregnancy if they wish.

Moving away from the lack of medical accuracy, I found the novel quite repetitive as Steel tends to give the same basic information more then once within a few pages as if the reader will have already forgotten the first time.

She ends the book with the world at "peace again" after supposedly going through a resurrection. Definitely a fantasy.

[Melissa Hackett · Rating 1 out of 5]

So disappointing! Repetitive, unimaginative and predictable. And repetitive. Seems like a short story was rewritten several times then spliced together.

[Kathie Verderber · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the most poorly written book I have ever read. If the repetitive material had been cut, it would have been a novella at best. And the plot line was a fairytale. Spoiler alert: I can’t imagine any of this in real life. Charlie was a cad and that is putting it mildly. Darcy was a combination Joan D’Arc and Mother Teresa. There is not one believable character in this book. I can’t believe I read the whole thing, but I did, mistakingly thinking it would get better. It didn’t. Don’t bother.

[Tim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ms Steel has written this type of story repeatedly, only this time around a different kind of covid.

[paige (ptsungirl) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I actually think reading a book about a pandemic in 2024 when even the fictional book has the 2020 pandemic is like, the worst possible thing I could have read in 2024. Danielle Steel knows how to write though.... so 2 stars.

[Teresa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolute rubbish. This reads like a comedy show skit.

[Kathy McDougall · Rating 1 out of 5]

found this book so incredibly boring 🥱 the whole book was just covid, covid, covid , pandemic etc 😳🥺

[Loren · Rating 4 out of 5]

SHE'S Back!!

As most of my friends know, I am a long time Danielle Steel fan. Her stories make me feel like I'm wrapped in a warm blanket on a cold, rainy day. Sadly, her last few books did not bring me to that comfort zone.

With Resurrection, Danielle has given us a story about a women whose above average life changes in an instant when she discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. Just as she learns this truth, the world closes down to contain a new COVID like virus. This made a bit queasy, who wants to think about that! However, the way she wrote about this new epidemic gave me hope that the world has learned lessons and would react differently than it did four years ago.

The characters were well developed and empathetic. Highly recommended read!

[Patricia Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I outgrew Danielle Steel a long time ago. Back in my 20's I loved her books and read all of them, then some of them were made into Lifetime movies and they were good too. But over the years I've just been more attracted to other stories. Her stories always have a happy ending and I guess that's why most people enjoy her. This story did have a happy ending. After a bad divorce the main character meets some one else and it all works out. The woman, her husband who she is divorcing and the two daughters are all in Europe where things beging to happen to their family. One of the issues is that another virus comes out which is very similar to COVID and they all have to deal with a lockdown and illness but it all ends well.

[Kelly Couture · Rating 1 out of 5]

Where to even start? The first couple of pages in I experienced severe Deja Vu. I really thought that I had already read this. I actually tripled check the publication date. Nope. A new book. Yet the first 1/3 of the book was almost identical to one if her earlier ones (not sure which but maybe Affair) including the way the wife found out about it.

Then on to the virus aspect. Absolutely awful. The touring of the vaccine as a miracle 🤦‍♀️. And the totally non related couple thrown in 🤷‍♀️. No point. No purpose to them. It truly seemed like Ms Steel just took pieces of other books and threw them together. So glad I checked it out from the library and didn’t buy it. I would be wanting a refund.

[Carol Stevenson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very disappointing and an eye roller. No one wants to read about another pandemic. Unrealistic and fantasy like. I usually like Steele’s book but not this one

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why don’t I adhere to the trusted reviewers on Goodreads? As a decades long D.S. fan, I’m always hoping her next book will be better than the last few disappointing ones… this story was awfully disappointing and incredibly boring. How did the editors allow this? I couldn’t care less about these wearisome characters. Even the Paris setting couldn’t redeem this tedious plot. Same old, same old regurgitated storyline..I used to anticipate D.S. escapism, but her storylines are no longer page turners,and haven’t been for several books.. I cannot recall her last memorable plot, and Resurrection was one of the weakest, worst D.S. storylines to date. 2/5

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, I loved this Danielle Steel book. It is a quick easy read which I finished in two days. The story begins with a couple who have been married for 20 years and have two teenage daughters both studying abroad. A surprise visit leaves Darcy with a shock. Her husband has been having an affair for two years. She is very upset, but even more so when she realizes another wave of virus is spreading across the countries and she will be locked down in Paris for at least a month. No need to worry because with Danielle Steel’s stories there will be a happy ending for everyone.

[Helen Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still too soon for a pandemic story. There were a couple characters that didn’t appear until over 125 pages in, and just a few paragraphs afterward. Why even have this storyline?? Also, some of the timeline didn’t make sense.

[groceries · Rating 1 out of 5]

Deeply boring and extremely repetitive. Tells, refuses to show. Everything is so plainly written, you barely have to think while reading this. There are absolutely zero surprises, every potential plot point is spoiled ahead of time with "but it could never happen again" or "but that would be impossible" type phrases.
My final thoughts, in the style of Danielle Steel: This was a book, written by an author. The author wrote this and now it's a book, and that's bad.

[Kerry · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t think I’ve ever written a review before.

I worked really hard to finish the book. I had to stop at 60 percent. I just couldn’t continue. It’s repetitive. Overly simplistic. The writing sounds like an 8 year old would write. I have never, in my entire life, read such a horrible book. This is only my second DS book at the first one was almost as bad. I was hoping this one would redeem it. If I could have given this negative stars if possible.

[Leslie Hall · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a favorite. Between a huge betrayal of a husband and the pandemic I’m disappointed in this book.

[Susan Suarez · Rating 3 out of 5]

A big portion of the reviews is complaining having to read about a pandemic. #1: Don’t read the damn book. It’s practically said in the description that a lock down happens. #2: I don’t think it was a big deal, the premise of the book wasn’t another pandemic. Yes it was a part of moving or stopping the story, but it wasn’t graphic or crazy or super prevalent. More like it was a way to keep the characters in place to make them figure things out.

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about the fact that some of these paragraphs are the same sentence reworded 5 different times over. “Things would never be the same again. It was all different now. Change was happening so fast. Nothing would be how it use to be. And she knew it was all changing.” This isn’t from the book, but this is how it felt. I listened to the book on the way to work and there was a point where I thought my signal was screwing up bc it felt like I had just listened to the same sentence on repeat.

I like the premise of the book. It made me angry more than anything. These books are written from 3rd person POV so you can see every character’s feelings and I was angry. I feel like I would’ve been hell in heels if I was Darcy. She was so calm and resigned. I couldn’t do it. I was driving mad as hell at the Devil May care attitude of Charlie at his predicament before and after it was discovered.

[Lori Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Resurrection is a book about family, the good and bad that comes with that bond. Darcy has been married to Charles for 20 years and they have twin girls who are 19 and in college. Darcy is an influencer with a popular blog and her husband owns 4 very successful department stores. They are doing well.

Charles travels a lot for his job to find the latest styles for his stores. He's currently in Rome for fashion week. Darcy decides to be impulsive and surprise Charles by joining him in Rome for their anniversary. Penny is doing her junior year abroad in Hong Kong while her twin, Zoe, is doing her year abroad in Paris.

When Darcy arrives in Rome her life is turned upside down! Darcy decides to go to Paris early to get settled before facing her daughter. She gets a room at her favorite hotel and tries to come to terms with what her life is now. After a few days, there's more and more talk on the news about a new virus, worse than Covid! They're closing the borders in 24 hours! Darcy decides to stay in Paris, close to Zoe.

When a lock down is ordered, the hotel Darcy is in can't stay open. Luckily, she and another American are sent to an air bnb run by an elderly, retired French movie star. Sybille Carton is larger than life and loves to cook. The meals are incredible. Bill, the man who came from the hotel is very nice.

Can Darcy find happiness during the darkest days of her life? Will she and her family be safe from the new virus? How long will the lock down be enforced? I read this book in an afternoon and really enjoyed it. I rate Resurrection 4 stars with a high recommendation.

[Kaitlyn | read_withkaitlyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would’ve liked this book so much more if it didn’t revolve nonstop around Covid-19 and a new “pandemic” the entire time. I liked the entire concept EXCEPT that part. It drove me crazy and honestly made me sick to my stomach. That time was so impactful and awful for so many people and to have a book constantly reminding me of it was awful. I lost my grandfather during the pandemic and this book brought up so much inner turmoil for me.

I liked the characters & the relationships. I kept going with this one to only find out what happens to the characters and how they go about their lives.

Thankful for 2x speed on audiobooks.

[Emily Parnell · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the worst book I’ve ever read I couldn’t even finish it
Who in their right mind finds out their husband has been having an affair with an Italian woman (whomst he got pregnant), follows them to the sonogram appointment and then says “you’re right this is all my fault that you slipped and fell into another woman”
The main character needs a spine

[Pam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hardly any dialogue. The whole story is told, not shown.

[Craig and Phil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big thanks to Pan Macmillan for sending us a copy to read and review.
Resurrection is an average read with a narrative that’s kinda flat and it’s very predictable.
I’m behind on my Danielle Steel books, the number is now six, so I need to do a big catch up, beginning with this one.
Darcy Gray has an impeccable life.
She is a successful influencer, has a workaholic husband, Charlie and beautiful adult twin daughters.
Then Charlie betrays Darcy and she ends up in Paris to mend her broken heart.
Soon a second pandemic arrives putting the world into lockdown.
Darcy finds herself at a luxury bed and breakfast with the mysterious Bill Thompson.
With her family separated into different places and quarantined, can Darcy open her heart and survive the latest outbreak….
There’s nothing new here, it has the usual suspects, no surprises, needs more character development, needs more plot oomph and has repetition.
This is one of the weaker Steel tales.
We have all the trademark elements she uses of late.
It’s ok, the premise is interesting and you don’t need to think much.
Pick up if you dare….

[Dana Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The storyline was kind of interesting but the narrative was so repetitive. I also didn't care for the 3rd person pov. The plot was predictable and a bit idealistic. It's a very quick read. One doesn't need close attention to the plot to get it.

[Jennifer Warwick · Rating 1 out of 5]

At the end of the first chapter I turned to my husband and said "I don't know why I keep reading her books, I'm one chapter in and I already know this will either be about a cheating husband or a repeat of Covid in some fashion." A few hours later I told him I was right on both accounts! The repetitive nature of her books is so bad at this point. This was probably the worst in a long time. I miss the rich characters and sweeping storylines of her early books. Will I stop reading them? No. But at least I get them from the library so they are free to me!

[Jennifer B · Rating 4 out of 5]

My annual Christmas read and, as usual, she did not disappoint. Her books are like soulfood, very comforting and far away from the ugliness of real life.