Realistic characters, gritty settings and compelling drama! It's rare not to be drawn into a Danielle Steel novel within a few paragraphs of the first chapter and her latest release is no exception! With well-crafted words, we're transported quickly into the minds of four doctors, all working in trauma departments at different hospitals around San Francisco. Descriptive settings take us into a day in the life of each doctor without portraying it in a gruesome fashion that might detract from your enjoyment of the book.  They are all drawn together to be part of a dual-city mass injury training venture with four doctors in Paris. The romance is light since there are multiple characters to center around, but the drama is spot on to carry you throughout the book. Really enjoyed it! 

Bill Browning heads up the trauma unit at San Francisco's most volatile emergency room. With his ex-wife raising his daughters in London, he throws himself into working around the clock and dreams of those moments when he gets to visit with his girls. This trip will bring him to their side of the world for a few weeks and he's beside himself with happiness about that. Stephanie Lawrence is on the fast track as a trauma doc at Mission Bay. She has two young sons and a work-from-home husband who grows more frustrated with the time she spends at the hospital every day. All she's ever dreamed of is so close she can taste it, she just needs to stay on track to lead it all one day. This training trip is going to be a sore point for her family. Wendy Jones is a leading trauma doctor at Stanford but her personal life is in a rut that she doesn't seem to be able to overcome. She's boxed herself into a corner as the mistress to a cardiac surgeon who seems to have gotten comfortable having his lady on the side while having his wife at home instead of following through on all that he promised her in the beginning. Tom Wylie is a love 'em and leave 'em player of a doc at Alta Bates, but he's the type of guy that everyone loves. Upbeat and always smiling, Tom is the life of the party. He has no plans to settle down and isn't ashamed of the parade of women he has marching through his bed.

These four doctors are chosen as the top of the city to travel to Paris to train with a team of their counter-parts in mass-casualty situations. It's fashioned to be a huge learning experience for both cities, and along the way they learn more about themselves and each other. When a severe attack happens, they find themselves thrust full force into the terror they are training for, making decisions that will change lives!

Turning Point by Danielle Steel. I've always enjoyed this author's books and Turning Point didn't disappoint me. I enjoyed the settings and storyline. I pulled me in from the beginning and kept me going back for more.

Turning Point by Steel was an outstanding book that was well written. Character development was great, however I would have liked to have a little more about the essential characters from Paris. The telling of the story of the doctors from America and France was intricately woven together to tell a wonderful story. I enjoyed the building of the relationships between the eight characters. This book by Danielle Steel did not disappoint.

In true Danielle Steel fashion, this book grabbed me and held on all the way through to the last page. Four dedicated Drs are chosen for a prestigious program abroad and will be gone for several weeks. A tragedyoccurs and bonds them forever changing many lives. Choices are made and in the end everything works out as it was meant to. I loved this book.

This story revolves around four California trauma doctors who are chosen to work with officials in Paris to learn best practices for handling emergencies/acts of terror in both countries. Each doctor has a personal story that evolves as the story progresses including one doctor in a dead end relationship and another who embarks on an extra marital affair while in Paris. Danielle Steel has a way of pulling you into the storyline to keep you reading until the end. I enjoyed the book, thanks for the opportunity to read the book before it was published.

It's been years since I have read a Danielle Steel book and happily, I found that the plot was quite contemporary and while it still is very much a romance genre, the plot was a good one. Following a terrorist plot, medical doctors from France and America travel to each other's countries to conference on how to better respond to these reoccurring threats. Each of the doctors meeting in each other's countries for weeks at a time are in a place in their lives where temptations are hard to resist or new beginnings need to be made. Along that line, new romances and relationships begin to emerge within the group. Apart from one, I found the characters interesting and enjoyed their journeys and transformations. A really good vacation read, as long as you like plots that are mostly romantic in nature.

In Turning Point, Danielle Steel introduces us to four exceptional San Francisco area doctors, who are chosen for a unique project: to work with their counterparts in Paris in a mass-casualty training program. The group consists of two men and two women. The doctors discover that they will gain invaluable knowledge from the program, but as ordinary men and women, they will find that Paris opens up incredible new personal possibilities. After a huge traumatic event causes the doctors to reassess their lives, as well as choices they have made. The group returns to San Francisco and their Paris counterparts arrive. All of the doctors experience life changing decisions. I feel that this book as well as some others by Steel show a new direction for her, one I am really loving.

This book revolves around 4 doctors, whom all have difficult personal lives, but are tops In their trauma fields . They are asked to participate in a project with French doctors to exchange plans, rules , ideas and to study the protocols for terrorism .
I liked the American doctors and their back stories, but there was a lot going on in this book.
Fans of Danielle Steel will love this book !

This my first time reading a book by Danielle Steel. I was pleasantly surprised in her writing. I liked how she organized this book, enjoyed the storyline, and found the ending to be unpredictable. I would recommend this book to fellow readers.

*I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am leaving my review voluntarily.

This was just okay for me. There was a lot going on and the drama just seemed forced to be honest. I also found some editing errors which should have been caught.

Oh my, it’s been years since I’ve had the pleasure of picking up a title from Danielle Steel and when seeing Turning Point I knew I had to read it. The story in this novel is definitely current as it deals with the violence in the world that we hear of all too often, shootings, bombings, terrorists attacks and those doctors that find themselves treating the wounded.

Turning Point follows four emergency room doctors from San Francisco that are at the top of their field. Bill is divorced with his children on another continent throwing himself into his work, Tom is the carefree ladies man only looking for one night stands, Stephanie the married mother of two failing in her struggles to balance work and home, and Wendy is the other woman, a mistress of six years wanting more for herself.

Although each of the doctors have their own personal dilemmas they are still on top of things at work when traumatic events happen. When a huge tragedy happens overseas all four of the doctors are approached to form a task force to team with Parisian doctors training in emergency response spending a month in Paris before the team returns to the U.S. for training.

After reading this one I couldn’t help but compare it to Grey’s Anatomy a bit as they are a bit similar in nature. Being a Danielle Steel title the story does focus more on the doctors and their lives and relationships than it does on the action that surrounds their jobs but there is just enough of those real life events to give it a dramatic edge to the romance just as with the television show. I think both long time fans and any newer readers will enjoy this one if picking it up with solid writing and an action packed drama filled plot.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

It's been years since I read a Danielle Steel book and it was a nice reading departure for me to read this one. It's not War and Peace - nor does it pretend to be. This is a book that would be nice to read while settled in at the beach or by a cozy fireplace. It was a pleasure to read a book without constant F-bombs or gratuitous violence. Sure the story was a bit predictable and there seemed to be a lot of repetition, but overall it had a vibe of timeliness with interesting situations. The characters were all pretty good though I thought Stephanie was unrealistic and took her husband for granted while Gabriel was a spoiled brat used to always getting his way. Some of the other characters started out rather unlikable and/or pathetic but did a swift turnaround (perhaps unrealistically swift) and it was convenient that they all matched up so nicely in pairs. That's something that rarely happens in real life! ha!

Overall, this was a nice, easy read and I enjoyed it.

Why the title? Well, it's because each of the eight characters in this novel face a turning point in their lives and make decisions about where to go next. Four American physicians travel to France to learn different techniques- and each has chosen to do so for a different reason. Unfortunately they find themselves assisting after a school shooting. The French physicians then come to San Francisco for four weeks, hoping to learn something new as well. You might, like me, see things coming- who will end up with who, who will split from their partner and so on- but it's still a good read. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. This felt more topical and immediate than the usual Steel.

Four American Doctors are invited to France teach and learn from their four French counterparts. The setting is one we are sadly all to familiar with these days. it's predictable and follows the Steel formula of romance, drama, choices, resolution.

I literally read the first chapter and fell into the storyline!

I was intrigued by the plot of 4 San Francisco doctors, from different hospitals, going to Paris for a month to learn and watch new techniques and ideas to bring back home to their own hospitals on how to deal with emergencies and terrorist procedures.

Sadly when the 4 Americans went to Paris, a school shooting took place and they saw the operating procedures first hand, as children and teachers were murdered and maimed.

Each American had their own issues before leaving for Paris. Stephanie had a stay-at-home husband who took care of their 2 boys and the household and was bitter about his wifes success. Tom couldn't wait to get there to check out the bars and the single scene. Bill was reeling from a bitter divorce and missed seeing his 2 daughters but hopefully he could visit them in London while he was in Europe. Wendy was a mistress that felt used by her boyfriend of 6 years, who was married, and usually only visited on Wednesday nights.

While there they each had a "turning point' or revelation while visiting, they decided to come home and change the course of their lives.

Then it was time for the Paris team of 4 Doctors to visit San Francisco and find out what they could learn in a different environment about emergency procedures and techniques.

What a combustion when the 8 Doctors got back together with their life changing events. After surviving a major medical emergency, it was like a wake up call, they knew what was important in each of their lives and how to go about it and make the change a reality.

I could hardly put this book down, it made me see what truly mattered in our lives and to appreciate what we have.

This touching book would be a great gift for yourself or someone you love.

READ it today and enjoy!

I have fond memories as a young girl wandering through the library and staring at the Danielle Steel covers dreaming of the day I could read them. Danielle Steel is an icon in the literary world and now as an adult I look forward to reading each of her new releases with a sense of satisfaction. This newest novel did not disappoint. Turning point is the story of four American doctors who on assignment travel to Paris and end up embroiled in a scary situation and of course find love. This latest edition is another ballpark hit. Well done!

Received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Fabulous book! Well written with a great plot and interesting characters. Danielle Steel at her best. This story has something for every reader to get their teeth into. Enjoy!

Overall, I enjoyed this - again, similar to my most recent Danielle Steel reviews, it's predictable and follows the Steel formula of romance, drama, choices, resolution. It works, and I don't fault her for that. It's why I read her stories. But this one had a few issues for me - it was overly predictable, from the instant I started reading. I would have liked at least a small twist that I didn't expect. I also struggled with a few of the characters being annoying and unsympathetic. But on the plus side, I enjoyed the storyline, found the subject of trading jobs and learning from another country's policies and procedures intriguing, and did appreciate some of the characters. I would have liked a little more detail once the group all returned to the United States - it felt lopsided with the time spent in Paris. And I felt like the ending was rushed - again, more focus on the group in the US might have helped that. It's a relatively short book, so there was room to expand the storyline, IMO. Bottom line - a decent 3.5 star read for me which had a few issues that I think could have been easily fixed with a little more length.

In true Danielle Steel fashion there is something for almost everyone in this book. The subject matter is current, real and seemingly plausible. Four American Doctors are invited to France teach and learn from their four French counterparts with a reciprocal trip soon after. The setting is one we are sadly all to familiar with these days. I write this as a terrorist just shot up a Christmas village in Europe and there is an international man hunt for him. I enjoyed almost everyone in the book. The 2 characters I found not only annoying, but that they in some way detracted from the story were Stephanie and Gabriel. Other than being good medical professionals they have no likable qualities. She is dismissive of her husband and his "little" job, absolutely thinks she is better than he is, believes that because she lived through her dad being a dr and never being around that it is fine for her boys too and that they'll "be fine" and won't even remember her not being around. And she gives so little credit to her husband for picking up the slack. Just because her father was never around and she is "fine" doesn't make her behavior or mothering okay. I see lots of therapy in their future and few visits to their mom when they are grown men. Does her job save lives yes. Does it give her the right to be so dismissive no. To be treated equally doesn't require that she has to take on the persona of a 1950's man. Gabriel is an opportunistic unlikable man. He is honest and that goes in the plus side. He wants her to give up everything. Her life in the US, her ability to practice medicine and he doesn't want to divorce his wife because that "isn't the way the French do things" Seriously. They actually deserve each other and Stephanie's husband deserves better. Aside from those two I adored the book. The characters all interesting and smart. We get to see them transform from chapter to chapter in lovely ways. They grow as people as friends and as doctors. Even with two awful people it is a book worth reading. It isn't often that there are detestable characters in her novels and if there is they usually come out the other side better or healed. These two did not. Fortunately the rest did and made it well worth the read.

Danielle Steel has always been one of the author's that I will not hesitate to pick up and read! I always enjoy her books and love how she always gives us great love stories intertwined with her everyday happenings in her characters lives. This latest novel does not disappoint at all. Very well done!

In this story we have four American doctors and four French doctors that are on a team. The team is one that is learning how the other country reacts to and treats tragedies that take place in that country to be able to take knowledge back to use with them and help devise some new tactics that they can possible implement. There are two women and two men on each team. All of the team members are very busy doctors and are used to spending time away from their families. That is why most of them are divorced or separated from their spouse.

The American team is the first to visit the other country so they go to France for a month. While they are there, there is a mass shooting at a school that is very tragic for all of the doctors to have to deal with. Especially since it is small kids that are killed. Bonds are formed among the team mates and there are some sparks that begin to fly because they really only have each other to depend on.

The American team goes home and then the French team goes to America for a month. many valuable lessons are learned in each country. Not only are there lessons in the medical field and how they need to react to tragedies, but also lessons with relationships. I don't want to give away anything because it is worth the read for sure. I think Danielle Steel did a very good job with this one and I really enjoyed it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All opinions are my own. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book!