*ARC provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
Rating (on a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being excellent)
Quality of writing: 5
Pace: 5
Plot development: 4
Characters: 5
Enjoyability: 5
Ease of Reading: 5

Overall rating: 4 out of 5

Lost and Found by Danielle Steel is another wonderful story about families that grow distant over time.
Madison Allen, our heroine, is a 58 year old woman, who has a successful career as a famous photographer; lives alone in a firehouse in New York City that was made into a glorious house and studio. Madison has three grown children, whom she rarely sees, as they all have their own lives. One evening, Madison decides to look through some old letters, and falls from the ladder, thereby breaking her ankle. Madison’s daughter, who comes across as a coldhearted b*tch, tells her she should move to an assistant living home, that she might be becoming senile, etc. This will lead Madison to take a couple of weeks off, and go on a trip down memory lane, to visit some old flames along the way.

Her trek will take her to Boston, Chicago and Wyoming, and in the first two stops she meets the men whom she had a relationship, and knows she made the right choice in leaving. When she gets to Wyoming, she goes to meet the one man she still thinks about, but learns that he died a couple of months ago. Madison enjoyed her visit with the rancher’s family, and how he never forgot her.

Since Madison is not far from California, where her son lives, she decides to visit him. I did like her son, who was determined to pay more attention to his mother, as well as telling off his sister, who was so negative and nasty to their mom. I also enjoyed when Madison visited her younger daughter, who is a loner and a writer. It was really nice to see the change in her daughter and her surprise boyfriend.

Prior to visiting her son, she meets a man at the Big Sur, who is a writer from England. They both enjoy each other’s company, and she meets him after the visit with her son; the attraction between them is strong, and Madison needs to decide if she really wants to get into any relationship.

What follows is a heartwarming story, as Madison builds her confidence and rekindles her relationships with her son and younger daughter, as well as standing up to her older daughter. Over a short period of time, Madison opens to love again, but a tragic accident overseas on a photoshoot, will bring her family and boyfriend together in a sweet wonderful ending. Lost and Found was another great story by Danielle Steel.

Danielle Steel is one of Americas most iconic storytellers. She has done it again in Lost and Found. Lost and found centers around a road trip that compels into the future while facing choices of the past. A vibrant read to learn about the core identity of oneself.

I’m a big fan of Danielle Steel and will read everything that she writes. This was not her best work but I was able to slog through and finish. The first chapter or two just repeated itself over and over. The interaction with the daughter and all of the agonizing over the heroine’s age and how the end was coming was particularly annoying - seeing as how she was only 58, not 88. The cross-country journey that Maddie took was unpredictable and I thought I knew where the story was going. A surprising plot twist showed up in the middle of the story but the ending quickly turned to standard Steel predictability. All in all, it was a light read, something to take on vacation where you don’t have a lot of time to devote to a complicated story or worry about getting sucked into a story.

Maddie is a successful photographer with 3 grown children. She lives in an old firehouse she bought years ago and doesn’t see her children very often. When she takes a fall off a ladder and breaks her ankle her daughter, Deanna, storms in and tries to take over. Deanna is convinced her Mother needs a keeper, is developing Alzheimer’s and needs to move into assisted living. Maddie is shook up by her daughter and loses confidence in herself. She embarks on a cross country trip to evaluate her life and reconnect with old lovers. She wants to see if she made the right choices for her life. Along the way she finds herself again.

This is your typical Steel book, light entertaining reading. It starts outa bit slow while we learn about Maddie’s relationships with her children, but picks up when she embarks on her trip. Overall I enjoyed the book. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

What a beautifully written story about the gift of love and reassuring every moment. I was so pleased that Maddie and William emerged from this sequestered and lonely life to come together and really celebrate what they had. As she became stronger mentally, physically and emotionally, so did everyone around her. I didn't want it to end!

We might often wonder what might have been---and in this case an adventure starts an adventurous woman trying to find exactly that answer with three men with whom she had relationships with. So engrossing, very heartfelt and just delightful to read---I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Thank you so much for allowing me the opportunity to read this title prior to publication--I savored and loved every word!!!

Lost and Found, Danielle Steel's upcoming release, has all the key elements of what has become typical of Steel. Beautiful, wealthy and talented photographer Maddie owns a unique firehouse in Manhattan and has a fall from a ladder while looking through old photographs and letters. She has a broken ankle and three very disengaged adult children. The first quarter of the book reiterates her children's disinterest multiple times and led to a really slow start. The book picks up when Maddie decides to take a break from her famed-photography career and visit the three loves of her life which leads her to California and seeing the one child who at least calls her occasionally-and of course to a new love interest. What Steel book would be complete without that element? The next part of the story picks up and is more enjoyable and less repetitive and wraps up it up neatly with a pretty bow. Not Steel's best effort-the historical fiction and current event novels are usually stronger, better written novels.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

Danielle Steel just never disappoints.

This is a great story about Maddie a talented and famous photographer who lives in New York City in a refurbished Fire Station complete with the pole. He children are adults with Deanna living in NYC, Ben and Milagra living in California.

One weekend eve Maddie decides to do some closet cleaning and falls off of a ladder while trying to pull down a box of old love letters and memorabilia and ends up with a broken ankle, and her assistant has already left for the weekend.

Her daughter Deanna is having a snarky fit about her mothers dangerous fall, and is trying to get her to sell her house and move into assisted living, and getting a fall-alarm necklace. Maddie wants no part of her plan and decided to get away on a one woman cross country drive, without telling her children - only posting on Instagram.

Maddie decides to visit the three men in her life that she once loved, but each one had a different issue. She wanted to see if she made the right decision leaving these three "Ghosts".

Her first stop is Boston to visit Bob the go-getter, then on to Chicago to visit Jacques the playboy, Finally her favorite cowboy Andy in Wyoming.

After the adventurous travels and insights she decides to visit Big Sur in California for a few days, before driving on to visit her son Ben.

So?? What was the conclusion of these three "ghosts" from the past, and is she ready to sell her home and move into a safer home? Or did she make the right decision almost 20 years ago, and move on without them.???

READ THE BOOK!

I loved the travel, the adventure, and an adult to stand up for what she believes in.

EXCELLENT read from beginning to end.

One of the better books by this author. She does not repeat over and over again what is going on just to add words to the book. I like that all her children were very different and not the “ oh Mother you are the best”. I think her age was a bit over exaggerated as being too old. Maybe the author wants you to think of her as in her 50s. All in all it was a good way to pass the time.

Lost and Found is a typical Danielle Steel novel worth 3 1/2 stars. What woman hasn't wondered what happened to her first love or loves? What woman hasn't wondered how her life might have been different if she had made a different decision long ago? As Maddie follows her curiosity, I suspect many readers will go searching for the same answers. Her journey leads her to finding a true love, William who is perfect for her. Actually William is too perfect to be real, and this is when the fairy tale begins. The first half was great, and the second half was good. Despite Steel"s repetitive writing style, she never fails to tell a good story. An easy read when in the mood for a nice escape.
I thank NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Danielle Steel has again proven she is the paramount storyteller. She captivates her audience from page one and never lets go. Her rich characterization enhanced by her masterful use of third person omniscient point of view allows her to thoroughly entwine each character into the intricate plot she has woven.

Her stories never grow old. She has once again shown that she is a leading lady of literary fiction. Her stories are far more than just love stories or genre fiction. They are full of the complex intricacies that make up life.

In this particular novel, Ms. Steel deals with the complex issue of looking back at what might have been and realizing that the past needs to remain there--life is for living in the present and building a future. Futures are unlimited and evolving--something we all want to be able to embrace. She deals with the entanglements and complications of the diversities of adult children and their individual personalities. She realistically exposes the conflicts that parents and adult children face through time.

I have been reading Danielle Steel books for as long as I can remember. I remember being 13 years old and my mom giving me a copy of The Promise and knowing I was going to be hooked. Some 25 years later, I am still reading every new release when they come out. I was able to get an advanced copy of Lost and Found from Random House and I was thrilled. The minute I got home from work (and put my baby to bed), I started to read. Unfortunately, the first chapter almost made me quit the book. The same five sentences were repeated and repeated over and over again. Yes, I know that Maddie was the best and most well known photographer. Yes, I know that Maddie rarely saw her kids. Yes, I know that she was cheated on. So I stopped reading. And took a break. Then I decided, I needed to finish because the premise of the book sounded so good. I am ever so glad I did. Maddie grew on me. Maddie sets off on an adventure after her oldest daughter tries to tell her that she needs to sell her home and move into an assisted living facility after taking a tumble off of a ladder. She sets out to find out if she made the right decision when it came to her three great loves of her life. The trip takes her from New York to Boston to Chicago and Wyoming. After Wyoming, she decides to visit her two children who live in California. Without giving too many spoilers, there is love, there is loss, and a scary tragic event. As usual, you finish the book and you are sad to say goodbye to your new friends. I am so glad that I was able to read (and review) this book for Net Galley. I would highly recommend this (and don’t give up after chapter one!) Thank you to Random House and to Net Galley for this opportunity!

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest opinion of it. Maddie is 58 years old and the mother of 3 grown children. She actually lives in an old firehouse that she changed into a home. She falls off a ladder while getting boxes down and comes across pictures and letters from previous relationships. With a sprained ankle, she decides to travel and meet up with 3 different mean from her past that she had serious relationships with to have some closure with each one. I always enjoy a book by Danielle Steel. She somehow makes you feel connected to the characters and her descriptions of different cities that Maddie travels to in her adventures make you feel like you are there. Danielle Steel truly has a way with words and I did so enjoy this book.

I always look forward to the new book by Ms Steel! Madison Addison is a successful and worldwide know photographer who bought a firehouse and converted it into her home and studio. A fall from a ladder starts her on a journey that would change her life. Her oldest daughter, Dee, tries to bully her mother into believing she should in an assisted living and wear an alert monitor, but she's only 58!. Finding letters from old boyfriends, which was the reason for the fall, causes her to play hook and travel across country in search for answers about past choices she made. Not only does she find some closure, but also encounters some surprises that she didn't expect and that change her life. This is a quick read and had a few twists in it. I always enjoy a book I can just get lost in and not have to really think while reading. Thank you NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

It all starts with a fall from a ladder, in a firehouse in New York City. The firehouse has been converted into a unique Manhattan home and studio where renowned photographer Madison Allen works and lives after raising three children on her own. But the accident, which happens while Maddie is sorting through long-forgotten personal mementos and photos, results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life.

Spurred by old memories, the forced pause in her demanding schedule, and an argument with her daughter that leads to a rare crisis of confidence, Maddie embarks on a road trip. She hopes to answer questions about the men she loved and might have married—but didn’t—in the years after she was left alone with three young children. Wearing a cast and driving a rented SUV, she sets off to reconnect with three very different men—one in Boston, one in Chicago, and another in Wyoming—to know once and for all if the decisions she made long ago were the right ones. Before moving forward into the future, she is compelled to confront the past.


Thank you to net galley and the publisher and Danielle Steele for letting me read another amazing book by her

Positively fabulous! This is a beautiful story of one woman's middle age coming full circle. Maddie spends her adult life working hard to care for her children and raise them alone. Now that they have all grown, some with children of their own what is there left for Maddie? She finds herself after an accident wondering about her past and her future. On her way she finds all she was looking for and so much more. Loved this book so much! Fabulous characters! A page turning book that will not disappoint! Thank you Net Galley and Random House publishing for th ARC in exchange for my honest review!

this is actually my first danielle steel book, though of course i have heard of her before. this was a bittersweet but enjoyable read. it really makes you think what if and reflect on your own life. i did struggle to relate to the main character at times, but overall i did enjoy this.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read and review this book.

Maddie Allen is a 58 year old mom of 3 with an empty nest. She lives in an old firehouse in NYC. An accident brings her face to face with 3 people from her past, and she makes the decision to go seek out more information about them. It's meant to be a book about tying up loose ends or discovering what might have been, but the book drags out. Several sections are repeated over and over again. The first twenty pages or so could have been cut completely. All it does is repeat the same information: her kids don't appreciate her, she lives alone, and her oldest daughter wants her to sell her house. It gets old.

That being said, with Steel I know exactly what I"m getting. A book about a beautiful woman that is going to fall in love with a handsome man and live happily ever after, with all the ends tied up neatly. If that's what you're looking for in a book, as well as something that won't make you think too hard, this is the book for you.

What if? Danielle Steel brings us Madison Allen and her quest to figure out if she made the right choice. We find Maddie living in her renovated firehouse with her three grown children living their lives, and herself busy with her photography career. After a fall from a ladder, she rediscovers her past in the box she brought down while recovering from her broken ankle. She sets upon an adventure to visit past loves and re-evaluate her life while answering the question of what if she said yes to each of these men. Would her life have been better with one of them? Did she get the better deal by saying no? She will need to answer these questions about the past before she can truly move on to her future.

Danielle Steel has taken the question asked daily by every person at some point in their lives and turned it into a tale of self-discovery. She brings us her present and we get to join Maddie on her quest through her past. She shares why she made her decisions and how it would affect not only her, but her children as well. All of this brings us back to her present which will shape her future. It shows how relationships will change and grow or become stagnant and resentful. I enjoyed how Danielle Steel has brought the reader on the journey with the characters she created and made you feel a part of the story. It makes you reassess your own decisions and think about the what ifs in your own life.

I have enjoyed reading about Maddie and her life's journey. I look forward to reading more from Danielle Steel. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I would like to thank NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine for this privilege.