IrresistibleForces

SteveandMeredith'sfourteen-year-marriageisthreatenedwhenMeredithacceptsajobontheWestCoast，andthecouplefacesnewlives，andthepossibilityofnewlove，astheytrytonavigateabi-coastalromance.1，100，000firstprinting.，DanielleSteel'sforty-seventhbestsellingnovelisverymuchaboutthetidesofourtimes，changesandresponsibilitiesintheworkplacepulltwopeopleindifferentdirections，sweepingthemintonewlivesandchangedworlds----.IrresistibleForcesForfourteenyears，SteveandMeredithWhitmanhavesustainedamarriageofpassionandfriendship-despitethedemandsoftwoall-consumingcareers.Meredith，aninvestmentbanker，hasachievedpartnershipinoneofWallStreet'stopfirms.SteveAgiftedphysician，choseanurbantraumawardoverthebigmoneyhecouldhaveearnedelsewhere.Theonlythingmissingintheirlivesischildren.Stevelongsforthem.ButMeredithkeepsputtingoffmotherhood，sayingsheisn'treadyanddoesn'thavetime.Notyet.Especiallynowthatshehasbeenofferedanextraordinaryopportunity，achancetoreachforthebrassring-inSanFrancisco，threethousandmilesaway.MeredithisthrilledandsurprisedwhenSteveurgeshertoacceptatoppositionatanexcitingyounghigh-techcompany.Traditionally，men'scareersforcesfamiliestomovetonewcities，compellingtheirwivestoabandonfriends，home，andlivestofollow.ButSteveismorethanwillingtouproothimself.Sayinghe'lljoinherashecanfindanewjobhimself，theycanbegintheirfamilyatlast.NeitherStevenorMeredithhadreckonedonthefrustrationsofabi-coastalmarriage，asSteve'sjobkeepshiminNewYorkformonthslongerthanplanned.Weekendstogether，theirlifeline，fallpreytotheirhecticschedules.AloneinSanFrancisco，Meredithisspendinglonghoursattheofficewithherboss，charismaticentrepreneurCallanDow.Steveworkinglateshiftsatthehospital，grabbinganoccasionaldinnerwithanewcolleague，adoctorraisingadaughteronherown.Almostunnoticed，SteveandMeredithhavebegunlivingseparatelivesinincreasinglyseparateworlds.Anddespitethebestofintentions，irresistibleforcesbegintoteartheirlivesandheartsapart.Withunerringinsight，DanielleSteelexploreswhathappenswhenlivesthatfittogetherlikedelicatelybalancedpuzzlesareshifted，changed，anddriftapart.Onlytimecantellwhoandwhattheywillbecomeaslifesweepsthemonwardanddepositsthemonnew，sometimesfrightening，andoftenexcitingshores.Whosurvives，isatthecoreofIrresistibleForces.，SteveandMeredith'sfourteen-yearmarriageisthreatenedwhenMeredithacceptsajobontheWestCoast，andthecouplefacesnewlives，andthepossibilityofnewlove，astheytrytonavigateabi-coastalromance