# The Dark Side by Danielle Steel (Paperback)

**_The Dark Side_ is a powerful and unsettling novel of motherhood, loss, and the innocence of childhood from the world**'**s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.**  
  
Zoe Morgan was just ten years old when her life changed forever. Her sister, Rose, died of a rare illness, her parents turned into people she didn't know, and Zoe's lonely childhood drove her to focus only on her studies.  
  
As a graduate of Yale, Zoe takes a leave of absence from medical school to work in a shelter for abused children in New York. There she meets a well-known child advocacy attorney and is bowled over by his charm and dedication to his cause. He is her first love and the man she marries.  
  
Austin and Zoe have a perfect life and feel their family is complete when a baby daughter arrives. But it is only then that the devastating psychological impact of her sister's death comes out - and affects their lives in a way that nobody could ever have imagined.  
  
**Will Zoe's obsession with motherhood tear her family apart?**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Pan Macmillan
- **Tags:** All Books, Romance

## Variants

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## Images

- The Dark Side book cover

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> Updated: 2026-09-23