I first started reading Danielle Steel novels when I was a teenager (around 16 years old maybe), and without exception I've loved every single book of hers that I read.
And I'm happy to say that Irresistible Forces also does not disappoint.
Its about a couple, who've been married for around 15 years, but their relationship is as fresh and new as it was at the start. Mostly because, they are both carrier-oriented workaholics (he's a doctor, she's a financial whiz) and, when you don't see each other that often, I guess it makes whatever time you have together all the more precious.
Anyway, when the wife is offered a better job in another state, they decide on staying apart for a few weeks, during which the husband would also look for a new job and join her there. On thing leads to another and the weeks turn into months. They try to visit each other as often as they can, but things are just not the same. The wife gets together with her boss, who she spends most of her time with. And after a while, the husband also hooks up with a colleague.
After a point when they realize how distant they have grown, they decide to mend things before its too late.
Sadly, though neither of them know it yet, the marriage is already dead! I guess it just goes on to show long-distance relationships almost never work, however committed you are!
The really good thing about the story was how there weren't any ugly breakup scenes, but that could be because they both immediately move on to other partners. But I liked the way it was handled, very mature and adult-like.
As in almost all of her books, many many pages have been dedicated to describing the relationship and the feelings of the couple and the people involved with them. Overall, a nice story, with an unconventionally happy ending.
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