{"product_id":"the-cottage-danielle-steel-9780553714654","title":"The Cottage (Danielle Steel)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her fifty-fourth bestselling novel  DANIELLE STEEL weaves a compelling story of fame and friendship  charmed lives and private struggles...and of three very different men whose lives converge and collide at The Cottage.  On a sunny day in Hollywood  a gleaming Rolls-Royce convertible pulls through the gates of the magnificent estate known as The Cottage. Modeled after the cottages of Newport  Rhode Island  the spacious  elegant property  sitting on fourteen acres of lush Bel Air  fits its owner to a T. For the man behind the wheel of the Rolls is Hollywoods ageless wonder  Cooper Winslow. A star of the silver screen for decades  a man whose allure to women is the stuff of legend  Coop exudes grace  charm  and old-fashioned style. But today Coop Winslow is in for a major surprise. Hes broke. And with no major roles coming his way  Coop is faced with the heartbreaking prospect of selling his beloved home of forty years  or at least renting out the gatehouse and part of the main house. A huge blow to Coop  whose debonair attitude allows him to escape reality much of the time.  His new tenants  Mark Friedman and Jimmy OConnor  are busy coping with problems of their own. Marks wife of sixteen years just walked out  and Jimmy recently lost his own wife to a devastating illness. But everything changes when Marks teenage son and daughter move in. Suddenly  The Cottage is transformed  with music blasting from every corner  teenagers on skateboards crashing into vintage cars  and a never-ending parade of young starlets streaming in and out to visit Coop.  But amid all the noise and the chaos  something unexpected is happening. Three men who never would have met are becoming friends...and each man finds himself changing in surprising ways  Coop most of all. Because beneath the dazzle and flash  the impeccably tailored suits and the sheer bravado  is a man trying to keep control of his carefully ordered worlda world that is becoming more and more unpredictable with each passing day.  First  a tabloid scandal erupts  threatening Coops budding romance with a wealthy debutante....A stranger approaches Coop with stunning news....A devastating accident almost claims the life of one of the housemates....And in the midst of it all  The Cottage welcomes a new houseguest with a secret of her own  who will change Coops life in unexpected ways. Because among the people who share his cottage and his life  Coop Winslowloner  bachelor  movie starmay find the rarest of all opportunities: a chance to build a happiness he could never have dreamed of on his own  and to become the kind of human being he has never been.  Against a glittering backdrop of celebrity and glamour  DANIELLE STEEL digs deeper to tell a story of friendship and love  tragedy and second chances...of the choices and unexpected turns of fate that can shape characters and lives.  From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651831947317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553714651","price":63.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553714654.jpg?v=1781841721","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-cottage-danielle-steel-9780553714654","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}