Danielle Steels 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship aboutone womans struggle to break free from the pastand the man who helps hertriumph. And ... » 

Danielle Steels 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship aboutone womans struggle to break free from the pastand the man who helps hertriumph. And most of all it is about daring to believe in...Answered Prayers.On the outside Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated NewYorker. Slim blond stylish Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming achildhood marked by tragedy married to a successful investment banker andhaving raised two grown daughters Faith has enjoyed her role as mother andwife and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan town house.But every step of the way Faith has carried within her a secret she coulddivulge to no one. And with it she has kept an even more painful secret fromherself.For Faith it is the sudden death of her stepfathera man who like herhusband Alex always remained just beyond her reachthat will touch off ajourney of change and revelation. At the funeral painful memories flood backand an old friend reenters Faiths life. Faith is greeting mourners when shehears a voice behind her and a single word that brings a quick smile to herface Fred. Only one person aside from her older brother Jack called herthat. Brad Patterson was Jacks best friend a long lanky boy who teasedtormented and protected Faith when they fancied themselves The ThreeMusketeers as kids. When Jack died years later Faith and Brad came togetheragain in their common inconsolable grief then lost touch once more amid thedemands of families and busy lives a continent apart.Now a lawyer in California Brad has reentered Faiths life just as she ismaking a decision that plunges hermarriage into crisis. Determined to fulfill alongheld desire for a career of her own Faith applies to law school againsther husbands wishes igniting a barrage of anger and recrimination. Faithsonly solace is the correspondence she has begun with Brad a man trapped in «