The Kiss - Danielle Steel

Isabelle Forrester is the wife of a Parisian banker who has long since shut her out of his heart. Isabelle has one secret pleasure: a long-distance friendship by telephone with a Washington power broker who, like Isabelle, is trapped in a loveless marriage. To Bill Robinson, Isabelle is a kindred spirit who touches him across the miles with her warmth and gentle empathy. Agreeing to meet for a few precious, innocent days in London, they find their friendship changing, and on a warm June evening, they exchange their first, searching kiss. Time stands still – until in a flash of metal and glass a red double-decker bus, full of passengers, strikes their limousine and crushes it beneath its tremendous weight.

A long journey begins – towards healing, towards hope, towards dreams of a seemingly impossible future. Isabelle and Bill cling to life, their bodies shattered almost beyond repair. Together they must find the strength not only to embrace life again but to face what they have left behind. A tangle of changing relationships and the tragedy of another loss conspire to separate them once again… and this time they could lose each other forever.

In a novel as compelling as it is compassionate, Danielle Steel weaves a story of courage in the face of unimaginable loss.