Zdziwiliby się bywalcy bogatych nowojorskich salonów, gdyby dowiedzieli się, co robi jedna z najwspanialszych ozdób ekskluzywnych przyjęć? piękna i bogata Keshia Saint Martin. Jako dziedziczka wielkiej fortuny uczestniczy w eleganckich rautach i wyzutej z głębszego zaangażowania działalności dobroczynnej. Ale prowadzi też drugie życie: jako ukryta pod pseudonimami dziennikarka z pasją walczy o sprawiedliwość… Keshia czuje się coraz bardziej rozdarta, skłócona z samą sobą. Pewnego dnia poznaje przystojnego Lucasa Johnsa. Lecz od miłości do wspólnego szczęścia droga jest długa i wyboista…

A magical transformation takes place in Danielle Steel's luminous new novel: Strangers become roommates, roommates become friends, and friends become a family in a turn-of-the-century house in Manhattan's West Village.The plumbing leaked; the furniture was rescued from garage sales. And every inch was being restored to its original splendor – even as a relationship fell apart. Owner of a struggling art gallery and newly separated from her boyfriend, Francesca Thayer does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders, and soon her Greenwich Village house becomes a whole new world. First comes Eileen, a pretty L.A. transplant, now a New York City schoolteacher. Then there's Chris, a young father struggling for custody of his seven-year-old son. The final tenant is Marya, a celebrated cookbook author hoping to heal after the death of her husband. Over the course of one amazing, unforgettable, life-changing year, the house at 44 Charles Street fills with laughter, heartbreak, and, always, hope. In the hands of master storyteller Danielle Steel, it's a place those who visit will never want to leave.