Flashback Friday Book Reviews highlight the love stories that have always inspired me—even before I decided to become a romance writer. The Promise by Daneille Steel While I’m sure I was born with the hopeless romantic gene, this is the book that activated it. Before I started trading Harlequins with my friend Francie in high school, before Lifetime Television for Women, there was The Promise. In order for me to fully indulge in the nostalgia of reading again and reviewing it