Joachim and Javier, twins, are raised by a single mother in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The characters are strong, memorable and very likeable. It’s an inside look into a dying profession, the butler, but so much more. It’s a family saga that starts out in Argentina, and goes to Paris, New York and London. The Butler by Danielle Steel is about love, family, and brothers. Their paths no longer sure, they are a man and woman who reach a place where the past doesn’t matter and only what they are living now is true. Stripped of their old roles, they strive to discover the truth about each other and themselves, first as employer and employee, then as friends. While Olivia struggles to put her life back together, Joachim’s comes apart. At the same time, Joachim discovers the family history he never knew: a criminal grandfather who died in prison, the wealthy father who abandoned him, and the dangerous criminal his twin has become. Joachim takes a job working for Olivia as a lark and enjoys the whimsy of a different life for a few weeks, which turn to months as the unlikely employer and employee learn they enjoy working side by side. It is then that her path and Joachim’s cross. She needs help setting up a home in a charming Parisian apartment. A bequest from her mother allows her a year in Paris to reinvent herself. Olivia White has given ten years of her life to her magazine, which failed, taking all her dreams with it. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands, and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. Two different worlds and two very different lives collide in Paris in this captivating novel by Danielle Steel.
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