L.A. CONNECTIONS [Paperback]

Jackie Collins (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket Books (1998)
• ASIN: B000GQSQMM
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,103,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jackie Collins has been called a "raunchy moralist" by the late director Louis Malle, "Hollywood's own Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair magazine and "the Victor Hugo of our time" by Simon Doonan in the New York Observer. With over 400 million copies of her books sold in more than 40 countries, and with some twenty-two 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 unrivaled insiders knowledge of Hollywood and the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and sometimes bad! "I write about real people in disguise," she says. "If anything, my characters are toned down -- the truth is much more bizarre."
Jackie Collins started writing as a kid, making up steamy stories her schoolmates paid to devour. Her first book, The World Is Full of Married Men became a sensational bestseller because of its open sexuality and the way it dealt honestly with the double standard. After that came The Stud, Sinners, The Love Killers, The World is Full of Divorced Women, Lovers And Gamblers, Chances, and then the international sensation, Hollywood Wives -- a #1 New York Times bestseller, which was made into one of ABC's highest-rated miniseries starring Anthony Hopkins and Candice Bergen.

The Stud and The World is Full of Married Men were also filmed -- this time for the big screen. And Jackie wrote an original movie, Yesterday's Hero, starring Ian McShane and Suzanne Somers.

Reader's couldn't wait to race through Lucky, her next book -- a sequel to Chances -- and the story of incredibly beautiful, strong woman, another New York Times number one.

Then came the bad boys of Hollywood in the steamy Hollywood Husbands -- a novel which kept everyone guessing the identities of the true-to-life Hollywood characters.

Jackie then wrote Rock Star -- the story of three rock superstars and their rise to the top, followed by the long-waited sequel to Chances and Lucky -- Lady Boss -- tracking the further adventures of the wild and powerful Lucky Santangelo as she takes control of a Hollywood studio.

Both Lucky and Chances were written and adapted for NBC television by Jackie, who also executive produced the highly successful six-hour miniseries Lucky/Chances, starring Nicollette Sheridan and Sandra Bullock.

In 1992 she produced and wrote the four hour miniseries, Lady Boss, which became another huge ratings success for NBC. Lady Boss starred Kim Delaney. Next came American Star, a love story, which the Los Angeles Times described as "classic Collins."

And then the dangerously close to the truth Hollywood Kids -- a story of power, sex, danger and ambition among the grown offspring of major celebrities.

In 1996 Vendetta -- Lucky's Revenge was published -- and became an immediate New York Times bestseller.

And then in 1998, Thrill!, a psychological thriller for the nineties, in which Jackie created her signature mix of unputdownable characters.

In the summer of 1998, Jackie hosted her own daily television show, "Jackie Collins Hollywood." A combination of fun, style and interviews, Jackie talked to everyone from George Clooney to RuPaul!

After that she wrote L.A. Connections -- a four-part serial novel published one per month -- Power, Obsession, Murder and Revenge.

In 1999 came Dangerous Kiss -- the return of Lucky Santangelo in a bestselling novel about relationships, addiction, fear and lust.

In the year 2000, Lethal Seduction became the first bestseller for Jackie Collins in the new millennium. This tale of erotic suspense and glamorous intrigue featured Madison Castelli, a character first introduced in the L.A. Connections series.

Hollywood Wives -- The New Generation became a blockbuster bestseller in 2001, following in the footsteps of the original Hollywood Wives. Hollywood Wives -- The New Generation featured a brand new cast of characters and a totally fresh perspective on how women pursue power, love, sex and success in Tinseltown today.

In 2002, New York flash, L.A. trash and a Mafia don met head-on in Deadly Embrace, a sexy tale of dangerous passion and suspense featuring heroine Madison Castelli that was both a prequel and a sequel to her adventures in the bestselling Lethal Seduction.

2003 marks the return of Jackie Collins to prime-time television with a brand-new two-hour CBS TV movie Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, starring Farrah Fawcett, Melissa Gilbert, Robin Givens and Jack Scalia and produced by Collins. And in December 2003, comes her twenty-third novel, HOLLYWOOD DIVORCES, a sizzling, glam-drenched novel of lust, infidelity and revenge featuring all-new characters navigating Hollywood's treacherous trail of divorce.

Ms. Collins lives in Los Angeles, California. Her hobbies are photography, soul music, and exploring exotic locations so she can write about them later.

There have been many imitators, but only Jackie Collins can tell you what really goes on in the fastest lane of all. From Beverly Hills bedrooms to a raunchy prowl along the streets of Hollywood; from glittering rock parties and concerts to stretch limos and the mansions of the power brokers -- Jackie Collins chronicles the real truth from the inside looking out.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Predictable but the ending got me hooked!, October 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Power (L.A. Connections Miniseries) (Mass Market Paperback)

This part of the series was predictable but the ending made me want to read the next one. It's very short it only took me like 2 hours to read. Very light reading. So I guess If I were you I'd just get the collector's edition of L.A. Connections that way you won't have to keep going to the library or buying the next book in the series. I wonder if the 2nd one is good...........

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent,Superior,Exciting,Suspense Novel, I enjoyed it !!, April 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Power (L.A. Connections Miniseries) (Mass Market Paperback)

If you're really into mysteries,suspense,high powers and murders,I would recommend L.A. Connections Powers, by Jackie Collins.It was an excellent book I really enjoyed it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POWER INDEED! by M. Boucher, October 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Power (L.A. Connections Miniseries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished reading the latest from popular fiction Jackie Collins, and let me tell you it is one hell of a ride! Like Stephen King and John Saul before her, Collins has peened a serial book (divided in four parts) which tells the tale of Madison Castelli, a journalist from the Big Apple, who goes to L.A. to interview Freddie Leon, the head of one of the biggest talent agency in the business. Unbeknownst to her(and us) there's a killer on the loose who murders high-priced call-girls.

Who is the murderer? Kevin Page, the back-stabbing partner of Freddie Leon? Jimmy Sica, the anchorman with the killer(not a hint!) looks? His brother Jake, the photograher? Or is it Bobby, the evasive husband of sexpot Salli T. Turner?

True to the form, Collins has sketched a wonderful, scandalously who-done-it novella that grab the reader and never let go. Her characters are all appealing, especially the one of Madison. She has the fisty don't-bleep!-with-me- Lucky Santangelo attitude, which is always a welcoming change from the tiring submassive women-characters who dominate the litterary world.

Well written, intricately structured, POWER is Collins at her best. She has successfully achieved what she'd set out to do: keep us reading way into the night!