Danielle Steel explores the perils of dating, relationships, and love in a novel that takes us into the intoxicating, infuriating world of three charming single men, also known as&#8230;<br><br><b>Toxic Bachelors</b><br><br>They were the best of friends and the most daunting of bachelors....Charlie Harrington, a 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&#8230;.And for Gray Hawk, a gifted artist with a knack for attracting troubled relationships, women are fine; it&#8217;s just the idea of family he can&#8217;t imagine (particularly the family of the woman he&#8217;s dating). <br><br>Now the three friends, spending their annual summer vacation cruising the Mediterranean aboard Charlie&#8217;s majestic yacht, are about to have their bachelorhood rocked. By autumn all three will fall precipitously into relationships they never saw coming. Charlie begins dating a crusading social worker who couldn&#8217;t be further from his ideal&#8211;until he makes a stunning discovery about her. Adam gets involved with his usual twenty-something bombshell&#8211;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&#8211;who just happens to be a mother as well.<br><br>As another holiday on the yacht approaches, and with it a turning point in each man&#8217;s life, the three bachelors are forced to face the things that scare them most: their phobias about relationships, the wounds of the past&#8211;and the kind of women who challenge their deepest terrors. What happens next will spark big changes for Charlie, Adam, and Gray&#8211;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.<br><br>Filled with all the joy, complexity, and unexpected surprises of life, <b>Toxic Bachelors</b> is Danielle Steel at her poignant and penetrating best.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>