Hollywood Divorces
It serves up steamy stories of
Tinseltown's celebrities. The tale of the three characters unfolds in true
Hollywood style-fascinating plot, surprises and characters based on real-life
Hollywood figures--readers will be able to guess the celebrities behind the
characters Collins has created.
Shelby Cheney is the beautiful actress married to Linc Blackwood, the aging action star with a flair for one-night stands and the unquenchable taste for booze, but after a powerhouse performance in her new film and the accidental run in with an ex-boyfriend, Shelby will re-examine her life and the choices she has made.
Shelby Cheney is the beautiful actress married to Linc Blackwood, the aging action star with a flair for one-night stands and the unquenchable taste for booze, but after a powerhouse performance in her new film and the accidental run in with an ex-boyfriend, Shelby will re-examine her life and the choices she has made.
Married Lovers
The story loosely revolves around
Cameron Paradise, who leaves her abusive husband and ends up in LA. She is a
personal fitness trainer for the stars. She gets involved with one of her
clients, Don Verona, who is a known womanizer. Cameron then meets his best
friend Ryan Reynolds (the book jacket has him listed as Ryan Lambert though?????).
Cameron really likes Ryan way more than Don but, Ryan is married to Mandy.
Hollywood Wives: The
New Generation
The Hollywood wives of the '80s were
stringently prize wives who ate lunch at well known restaurants and had affairs
to pass the time. The new group of wives is appreciably more contemporary than
the last generation. The women whose money and power came solely through their
rich Hollywood husbands are long gone and the women are making it on their own
money and name with careers in the entertainment industry. The main character
of the book is Lissa, Hollywood actress and diva. As the book opens, Lissa
suspects her fourth husband is being less than faithful to her and hires a
detective to follow her conniving spouse. It goes without saying that the
detective is leading man material, and he and Lissa develop a rather
interesting relationship.
Lovers and Players
The 3 half-brothers have had a heck of
a bad childhood, yet they do more than survive it. I really enjoyed getting to
know each of the three brothers, and it was very satisfying to see them
interact and grow, as people and as brothers. None of the three is perfect, but
what is enjoyable is seeing how each of them faces up to various bad habits and
attempts to get past it. Despite the complete rottenness of their dad, it was
interesting to see what he had planned for them (and why) and how they dealt
with him. The suspense of the reason for the meeting was fun.
Deadly Embrace
It is about a lady who finds out the
most appalling story about her father. The setting starts off in New York then a
shift to California, and then Nevada, and Madison Castelli is the main
character. Madison’s father has been accused for two murderous crimes and he
has vanished, out to kill more, to get revenge on his worst enemies. Meanwhile
everything else is in a disaster in Madison’s life, he boyfriend is missing,
her step-mom friend gets shot and Madison is going crazy. Madison’s biggest
external conflict is being affected by all of this stress, with her work, etc.
Madison’s biggest internal conflict thinking about staying in L.A. with her
best friend Natalie and forget all about helping her father, or got to Las
Vegas to stop her father.
Drop Dead Beautiful
Lucky Santangelo a long time Las Vegas
star has come back with more pizzazz. Lucky is not a teenager anymore she is
grown-up and intelligent, and prepared to maintain her place in Las Vegas. On
the other hand, a fatal rival is now out for her. He thinks he has his second
chance to revenge, to take everything from Lucky, her money, her family, mainly
her life. He knows his chance in revenging on Lucky is one out of one-million.
He decides to take one of her prize possessions. Will this thing that this
deadly man takes away change Lucky forever?
Poor Little Bitch Girl
Denver, the main protagonist, a hot
shot attorney working in L.A. finds herself in the path of old school mates:
Carolyn, Annabel and Bobby. Carolyn, Denver’s best friend ever since high
school, is the personal assistant of a married senator with whom she is having
an affair. Annabel, the daughter of 2 major Hollywood movie stars, is the “poor
little bitch girl” who is now living in NYC with her cocaine addict boyfriend
Frankie Romano with whom she is running the illicit business of call girls. And
Bobby is the owner of Mood, the hottest club in New York, and Frankie’s best
friend.
When Annabel’s mother is found dead in her own bedroom and Annabel’s father is a prime suspect, the quartet is brought back together.
When Annabel’s mother is found dead in her own bedroom and Annabel’s father is a prime suspect, the quartet is brought back together.
Lethal Seduction
Caught between two lovers, Madison Castelli's sex life is in
overdrive. But when she discovers someone close to her is keeping deadly
secrets, the real excitement begins....Plunged into the high-powered circles of
New York and the manic thrills of Las Vegas, Madison steps among explosive
passions, mob machinations, and dangerous deceptions, only to find that nothing
is ever as it seems.
About Author
Jackie Collins has been called a "raunchy
moralist" by the late director Louis Malle and "Hollywood's own
Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair magazine. With over 500 million copies of
her books sold in more than forty countries, and with some twenty-seven New
York Times bestsellers to her credit, Jackie
Collins is one of the world's top-selling novelists. She is known for
giving her readers an unrivalled insider's knowledge of Hollywood and the
glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and infamous. "I write
about real people in disguise," she says. "If anything, my characters
are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre." *Info from
Goodreads*
