Cover of Matters of the Heart

Matters of the Heart

In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful and unusual story of one woman's journey from darkness into light, as she fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall. . . .

Read more

Top photographer Hope Dunne has known joy and heartbreak, and finds serenity through the lens of her camera. Content in her SoHo loft, she isn't looking for a man or excitement. But these things find her when she flies to London to photograph one of the world's most celebrated writers.

Finn O'Neill exudes warmth and a boyish charm. Enormously successful, he is a perfect counterpoint to Hope's quiet, steady grace—and he's taken instantly by her. He courts her as no one ever has before, whisking her away to his palatial, isolated Irish estate.

Hope finds it all, and him, irresistible. But soon cracks begin to appear in his stories: Gaps in his history, a few innocent lies, and bouts of jealousy unnerve her. Suddenly Hope is both in love and deeply in doubt, and ultimately frightened of the man she loves. Is it possible that this adoring man is hiding something even worse? The spell cast by a brilliant sociopath has her trapped in his web, too confused and dazzled to escape, as he continues to tighten his grip on her.

Danielle Steel delivers an unforgettable tale of danger and obsessive love, as she explores the dark secrets that sometimes lurk just below the surface of ordinary lives, writing about men and women and their courage to prevail even in the face of evil.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 341 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

Liked Matters of the Heart? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Matters of the Heart. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Good Girls Don't Shares romance, contemporary romance, contemporary
  2. Rock My World Shares romance, man woman, contemporary romance
  3. Heart of Gold Shares romance, man woman, mystery
  4. The Lives of Danielle Steel: The Unauthorized Biography of America's #1 Best-Selling Author Shares danielle steele

“People who read Matters of the Heart tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Dating the Rebel Tycoon
  2. Big Sky Standoff
  3. The Captive
  4. The Devil She Knows

“If you want more of the same (contemporary romance about relationships), start with these.”

  1. Thrill Me (Do Not Disturb)
  2. From Playboy to Papa!
  3. Billionaires Prefer Blondes
  4. The Last Bride in Ballymuir

“If it was the romance that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Married in a Moment
  2. Our Little Secret
  3. The Bookshop on Autumn Lane
  4. True Colours

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier
  2. Spindrift
  3. Shadow of Temptation
  4. A Sociopath Beside Me