In Mexico in 1955, a group of Hollywood stars come together to make a film - the English matinee idol and his girlfriend, a French starlet and her chaperone, and the producer. But old vendettas are stirring which end in a saga of revenge and murder which had begun in wartorn France.
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This crisp, savvy romance by actress and novelist Collins ( Prime Time ) assembles a vivid array of international stage and film personalities in Acapulco in 1955, where one of them is murdered on a movie location. Tracing the lives of each, Collins returns to Paris in 1943 where Ines Dessault, age 14, plies her hooker's trade in order to survive in occupied France. Brutalized by a client, let's not give away Joan's inimitable style!/mc fascist Italian general Umberto Scrofo, she stabs him with his razor, leaving him for dead. Ines flees to England, educating and upgrading herself to "courtesan." Scrofo recovers, kills a woman in Greece and earns the sworn hatred of Nikolas Stanopolis--future film director Nicholas Stone. Meanwhile Ines and Julian ("Looks") Brooks, top British box office star, fall in love. Ines worries about her secret past and contends with rivals--Julian's blowsy wife Phoebe and precocious teenage dancer Dominique, whose eerie, sexually frustrated duenna Agathe also pines for Julian. With all the principal players gathered in Mexico, the plot takes many an engaging turn, especially when the vile Scrofo surfaces as a moneyed producer. Collins dishes up a tasty read, pleasingly seasoned with tattle and memorabilia of stage and screen.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Joan Collins has appeared in more than 55 films, 25 TV shows and countless plays in Hollywood, the West End and on Broadway. She is the author of several bestselling novels and lifestyle books, including Joan's Way (1861056648), Prime Time (1861057164) and Star Quality (1861054947). She lives in London and New York.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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I read this book in 2003, and i loved every word, and every page...this book is long, but i never wanted the stories to end...I felt like I was in a mini-soap opera. I laughed, I cryed, I became angry. This book captivated my mind. Each era that Joan Collins depicts, you the reader feel like you are in that part of era yourself.
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