Review: Worthy Opponents

Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

I need to think about this a little more before I write a solid review. This is a very quick read perfect for the beach.

Okay, I've thought some more about this book, and this is what I think. I had problems with the first two chapters. They were extremely long, and the reason for this is that they give the entire background of both of the protagonists -Spencer Brooke and Mike Weston. It was a bit much to gulp down all at one time.

The rest of the book was interesting, if a bit unbelievable. Spencer is trying to keep her dream alive, and Mike wants to take her dream and own it himself. Spencer's dream is an elite store that was founded by her Grandfather. Mike wants to take that dream and make it something it was never meant to be.

One of the unfathomable parts is how so many tragedies can befall a store and a dream before one gives up. Well, in this book, it takes at least three disasters before Spencer admits that she needs help. This will work in Mike's favor.

However, because this is a romance, things will romantically work out, and the dream remains bigger and even better!

Happy (and typical) Fairy Tale ending.

*ARC supplied by the publisher Delacorte Press/Random House, the author, and NetGalley.

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Synopsis:  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a powerful novel about a woman running her family’s luxury department store and the wealthy investor who threatens to take it over.

Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather’s business—the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke’s has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn’t been an easy journey. Seven years after her father’s death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke’s, but she’s also now a divorced single mother of twin boys. And with the ever-evolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she’s inherited.



Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones. With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives—where he can build something greater. And Brooke’s feels like the perfect opportunity. Yet the firm’s beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet.



Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she. She refuses to be tempted by Mike’s offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner.