In the novel, Southern Lights, by Danielle Steel, the main character, Alexa, divorces her rich southern husband after 8 years of marriage,who goes on to remarry his ex-wife. Alexa, hurt and destroyed, moves to NY with her 8 year old daughter, where she makes it as a prominent lawyer and is now the DA assigned to a dangerous new case. Alexa is assigned the case of Luke Quentin, an accused serial killer. As Alexa reviews many hours of evidence and prepares her case, the most precious thing in her life is threatened. Savannah, Alexa’s seventeen-year-old daughter, is receiving threatening letters, and Alexa is almost certain that Luke Quentin is behind them. To keep her daughter safe, she sends her to live with her dad, Alexa's ex-husband! In Charleston, Savannah begins getting to know her father, her stepbrothers and stepsisters, and the woman her father broke her mother's heart for. Meanwhile, Alexa works in the Manhattan courtroom trying to put the killer behind bars during the week.
Throughout the novel, Alexa grows as a person, along with her daughter. This book is full of heartbreak, mystery, love, and the joy family brings to a person. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves love and mystery novels.