Coco Barrington was born into a legendary Hollywood family, her last name loaded with expectations. Her mother is a mega-bestselling author who writes under the name of Florence Flowers and her sister, Jane, is one of Hollywood s top producers. They re not your typical family, by any means . . . Jane has lived with her partner, Liz, for ten years, in a solid, loving relationship. Florence, widowed but still radiant, has just begun a secret romance with a man twenty-four years her junior. And Coco, a law school dropout and family black sheep, works as a dog walker, having fled life in the spotlight for the artsy Northern California beach town of Bolinas. But when Coco reluctantly agrees to house-sit in Jane s luxurious home, she soon discovers just how much things can change in just a matter of days . . . It turns out Jane s house comes complete with an unexpected houseguest: Leslie Baxter, a dashing but down-to-earth British actor who s fleeing a psycho ex-girlfriend.Their worlds couldn t be more different.The attraction couldn t be more immediate. Suddenly Coco is seeing things differently: Leslie is not just a celebrity, he s a single dad to an adorable six-year-old girl. Her mother is not just a self-centered walking advertisement for great cosmetic surgery, she s a woman in love, with vulnerability and new insight. And Jane and Liz are about to take the bravest plunge of all into parenthood. As Coco contemplates a future with one of Hollywood s hottest stars, as her mother and sister settle into their lives, old wounds are healed and new familes are formed some traditional, some not-so-traditional, but all bonded by love. With wit and intelligence, Danielle Steel s new novel explores love in all its guises, taking us into the lives of three unusual, but wonderfully real couples.Funny, sexy and wise, One Day at a Time is at once moving, thought provoking, and utterly impossible to put down.