They were the best of friends and the most daunting
of bachelors...Charlie Harrington, a charming, handsome
philanthropist, has such high expectations for his
perfect bride that no mortal need apply...Adam Weiss, a
forty-something celebrity lawyer, prefers his women very
young, very voluptuous, and very short term...And for
Gray Hawk, a gifted artist with a knack for attracting
troubled relationships, women are fine; it's just the
idea of family he can't imagine (particularly the family
of the woman he's dating). Now, the three friends,
spending their annual summer vacation cruising the
Mediterranean aboard Charlie's majestic yacht, are about
to have their bachelorhoods rocked. By autumn, all three
will fall precipitously into relationships they never
saw coming. Charlie begins dating a crusading social
worker who couldn't be further from his ideal - until he
makes a stunning discovery about her. Adam gets involved
with his usual twenty-something bombshell - only this
one has a remarkable mind of her own. And Gray, who has
avoided both business and family like the plague, has
managed to fall head over heels for a successful career
woman - who just happens to be a mother as well.As
another holiday on the yacht approaches, and with it, a
turning point in each man's life, the three bachelors
are forced to face the things that scare them most:
their phobias about relationships, the wounds of the
past - and the kind of women who challenge their deepest
terrors. What happens next will spark big changes for
Charlie, Adam, and Gray - and might just put an end to
their carousing days forever. For, as the once-carefree
trio is about to discover, love is the most
unpredictable adventure of all. Filled with all the joy,
complexity and unexpected surprises of life, ''Toxic
Bachelors'' is Danielle Steel at her poignant and
penetrating best. |
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