Hearts of Steel: A Danielle Steel Podcast

CONTENT WARNING: This chapter of the book contains references to sexual assault, and our podcast does not skirt the issue. If you are sensitive to this topic, please take care of yourself however you need to. Wowie Zowie, chapter three has taken a sharp left turn. As Jessie heads in to work for the first time since returning, we meet her employees Kat and Zina. Bodies are talked about a lot, especially when a detective from SFPD shows up looking for Ian. Sandwiches fly. [Music Credit: "Stringed Disco" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hearts-of-steel/message

CONTENT WARNING: This chapter of the book and the correlating podcast episode contain references to, and discussion of, sexual assault and consent. If you are sensitive to this topic, please take care of yourself however you need to, even if that means skipping this episode. Chapter two gets a little weird, y'all: we finally meet Ian's wife, Jessie, and she has some interesting ideas on fashion and relationships. Anna and Louisa discuss dominance and consent, foot fetishes, wandering wombs, and cold-hearted Capricorns. [Music Credit: "Stringed Disco" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hearts-of-steel/message

In this first episode of their new podcast, Anna and Louisa discuss chapter one of Danielle Steel's 1978 novel "Now and Forever." We meet day drunk Ian and mysterious Maggie, and things seem to be heading for the danger zone already. [Music Credit: "Stringed Disco" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hearts-of-steel/message

Anna Fox and Louisa Rorschach are two writers in their early 30s who just cannot get their dating lives in order. In preparation for when romance is real again (#ThanksPandemic), they turn to a leader in the field for help -- number one best selling author Danielle Steel. Combining literary review, social commentary, dating advice, and astrology, Anna and Louisa discuss Steel’s romance novels with cultured wit and Millennial irreverence. Season One: Now and Forever (1978). "Although Jessica and Ian Clarke have been married seven years, they insist the thrill and excitement haven’t dimmed. At Jessica’s urging, Ian has quit his advertising job to become a struggling writer, and she supports him with her successful San Francisco boutique. Ian’s financial dependence on Jessica upsets him more than he admits, and in a moment of bored malaise, Ian’s first casual indiscretion will create a nightmare that threatens everything Jessica and Ian have carefully built. What he does changes their lives, and them, perhaps forever, as they struggle to pay the price of his foolhardy affair." [Music Credit: "Stringed Disco" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hearts-of-steel/message