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Book Review: 'Hotel Vendome' by Danielle Steel

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  • Type: Novel
  • Title: Hotel Vendome
  • Author: Danielle Steel                

After his beautiful, young wife leaves him and their four year old daughter,  Hugues  Martin spends the next fifteen years focusing on two things: the five star hotel he owns and manages and his beautiful daughter Heloise.   

Hugues strives for hotel excellence in every capacity; from the décor of the suites to customer service. His efforts pay off as his hotel hosts celebrities, politicians, even presidents for clients. 

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His daughter Heloise grows up in the hotel emulating her father’s love for Hotel Vendome and his work ethics.  Their lives are encompassed on the hotel and each other. 

Upon graduation from high school, Heloise attends the same hotel school in Switzerland that Hugues attended. Her dream is to one day work alongside her father running the hotel. Lonely without his daughter, Hugues decides to renovate part of the hotel and falls in love with Natalie Peterson, the decorator. 

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Will Heloise accept Natalie or want her father all to herself?  This is another great Danielle Steel quick read…go for it and enjoy yourself!

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