Without a Trace

Charles Vincent seemed to have it all: a stunning spouse, two accomplished kids, and a lucrative profession. Happiness, nevertheless, is still unattainable. His work is only a paycheck, and he is stuck in a loveless marriage. However, when he travels to their opulent château for the weekend along the Normandy shore, his life is irrevocably altered. Charles abruptly nods off while driving, swerving off the road and plummeting thirty feet down the side of a steep cliff in a horrifying moment.

Charles is amazingly able to survive. He musters the fortitude to climb to safety, and then he begins to walk, bleeding, injured, and in need of assistance. He stumbles onto a cottage in the dead of night and encounters Aude Saint-Martin, who is lovely and gentle. They click right away, and as she helps him recover, Charles starts to feel the passion that has been lacking from his life for a long time.

Charles discovers something shocking after the collision: he doesn't have to go back. He may just decide to leave his former life behind and vanish. He'll be assumed dead, swept out to sea, when his automobile is found. He has an opportunity to have a better, more fulfilling life than he ever imagined if he remains with Aude. Everything looks too nice to be true. However, Aude has secrets of her own, and soon their pasts resurface, endangering everything they have worked so hard to achieve.

What would happen if you had a split second to make up your mind and were given the opportunity to leave everything behind and start anew with a clean slate? In Without a Trace, Danielle Steel tells an irresistible story of the risks two people are willing to take in exchange for a second chance at the life they’ve always wanted.