When a high-powered gallery owner collides with a wildly offbeat artist, it’s the perfect recipe for disaster. But in her 63rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel proves that when two hopelessly mismatched people share a love for art, a passion for each other, and a city like Paris, nothing is truly impossible…or is it?

Everything Sasha does is within the boundaries of tradition. Liam is sockless in December. Sasha is widowed, a woman who knows she was lucky enough to be married to the most wonderful man in the world and thankful for every moment they had. Liam is half in and half out of a marriage that only a “wacky” artist could manage, and that his own impossibly impulsive behavior has helped tear apart. But while Sasha has been methodically building her father’s Parisian art gallery into an intercontinental success story, Liam has been growing into one of the most original and striking young painters of his time. So while the two are utterly unalike–and a nine-year age difference stares them squarely in the face–the miracle of art brings them crashing together. Now the question is, can Sasha guard her reputation while juggling a secret, somewhat scandalous relationship? And how can Liam, who lives for the moment, put up with a woman who insists on having things her own way, in her own style, and at her own time?

For Sasha, it’s a matter of keeping Liam hidden from her grown children and well-heeled clientele as she commutes between New York and Paris and two thriving galleries. For Liam, it’s about creating chaos out of order, bringing out the wild streak that Sasha barely knows she has, of choosing pizza over foie gras, and making love when others are busy making money. That is, until a family tragedy suddenly alters Liam’s life–and forces a choice and a sacrifice that neither one of them could have expected. But from the snow falling on the Tuileries to the joy of eating ice cream by candlelight, the artist and the art dealer have tasted perfection. And giving up now might just be the most impossible thing of all.

With unerring insight into the hearts of men and women–and into the soul of the artist –Danielle Steel takes us into a world of glamour and genius, priceless art and dazzling creativity. From the luxurious galleries of Europe to the endless beaches of the Hamptons, ImPossible weaves an extraordinary tale of love and compromise, of taking chances and counting blessings. With brilliant color and breathtaking emotion, Danielle Steel has written her most compelling novel to date.

This book was quite repetitive, but very much on track with other Danielle Steel books. I listened to this book on audio and the first ten tracks of this book did not include one single bit of dialogue. It was strictly narration telling us the life story of the main characters. That was a little boring, but then the rest of the book was a little boring and repetitive. It was very frustrating that Liam was so immature and inconsiderate of the main character's professional life. It was funny at times also, especially when Tatiana went to the house in the Hamptons and "met" Liam. Overall, the story did have a happy ending and a sweet message, but the phrase "wacky artist" and "impossible" were used about a zillion times throughout. If you are not a fan of D.S. you probably will not enjoy this book.

I have NEVER in my life read Danielle Steel, and wasn't sure I wanted to. But, in an effort to familiarize myself with my local library, and not able to recall other authors on my "need to read" list, I browsed the DS section, and came up with Impossible. I have to say that the summary on the front flap caught my attention. Conservative, 'older' woman...zany, wacky younger artist...huh? It could happen to anyone, right?

I have to admit it was a page-turner. While I was an English Lit major in college, and to this day try to stick with "proper" or 'high-brow' material, honestly, at the end of a long day working and being a mom, I just want to zone out with something...wait for it...slightly impossible. And this was a good book to zone out to...I didn't have to think too much or too hard, the characters were engaging--enough--although I think the daughter was made out to be the villain too quickly, and Sasha not wanting to sacrifice her daughter's relationship with herself was ridiculous. Anyway, what a perfect world they live in!!!

I'm not sure I'll read another DS novel, but it reminded me of the formulaic stuff I'm used to with John Grisham's older novels. Comfort breeds comfort.

I read the book , i lived through it, but I admit that danielle could turn very shallow in her writing style she is repeating again & again using boring details.

Characters are so undetermined in their lives especially for Liam , he got on my nerves through the whole reading.

If you like steels novel just omit this from your list or else your disappointment is big.

This book was great. The story line was very interesting and captivating. I truly enjoy how the author describes the different locations in both Europe and the US.

This is a typical Danielle Steel book, one of those light, entertaining slightly unlikely stories where everything seem possible.

Rich, successful female gallery owner and much younger poor genius artist fall in love. Age difference causes huge problems but nothing can stop the two lovebirds. They scatter around the world overcoming every obstacle. When the heroine is working at her gallery in Paris, the poor artist still manages to pop over from his small apartment in London every other weekend, send huge bouquets of red roses and finally buy his beloved a little cocker spaniel puppy they have seen together in a pet shop in Paris.

Little "Socks" is, by the way, a most unusual 3 months old puppy. When mom goes away on business to her gallery in New York, on holidays with her lover to the South of France, Rome or wherever, Socks stays alone in the Paris home (which is not staffed when mommy Sasha is away), and seems to manage just fine. Food, walks, whatever! And when mom and her boyfriend happen to be in Paris, they walk Socks in Bois de Bologne, and mom does not know what she would do without her beloved pet. In other words, Socks literally pops conveniently in and out of the manuscript, just like so many other things in Ms Steel's book; money, opportunities and all sorts of co-incidencies.

And yet, I enjoyed this book enormously. For all its unlikeliness, the fairytale quality, it does still have something warm, real, human, honest - even likely - about it. Danielle Steel manages to make her characters come alive, a wonderful story come true. She makes me believe it's all possible.

This is not a literary work of the depth and insight like for instance "Letters from Nam" or "Accident", which are examples of books by Danielle Steel I would recommend to more "serious" readers.

"Impossible" is just what I loved about it, a nice little fairytale for grownups.