With wit and intelligence, Steel's new novel explores love in all its guises, taking readers into the lives of three unusual, but wonderfully real couples. Funny, sexy, and wise, "One Day at a Time" is utterly impossible to put down. 336 pp.

After the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. Caroline, the youngest, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major...

"When Rose McCarthy's staff at Mode magazine pitches a cover shoot with Hollywood's hottest young actress, the actress's sizzling affair with a bestselling French author is exposed. The author happens to be Rose's son-in-law, which creates a painful dilemma for her. Her daughter Nadia, a talented interior designer, has been struggling to hold her marriage together, and conceal the truth from their young daughters, her mainly, and the world. But Nicolas,...

Returning home from her engagement trip with her fiancé and her family, Edwina Winfield finds her life forever altered when the ship on which they are sailing--the Titanic--hits an iceberg, and soon she is playing mother to her five orphaned siblings.