Jackie Collins' most outrageous, erotically charged New York Times bestseller is a sexy, shaterring roller-coaster thrill ride!
From chic New York and the exclusive Hamptons to the hungry heart of L.A., this high-suspense tale pulses with deadly obsessions and relentless desires in the seemingly perfect world of a gorgeous film actress. She could have any man -- but the one she can't resist is a mysterious lover with a shadowed past. As their jolting affair skyrockets with electric passion, shocking secrets break through their hidden traps -- in a brilliantly twisting story that sparks with the explosive Jackie Collins touch.
Collins's latest tale of fame, fortune, and sex among the beautiful people (see Hollywood Kids, Audio Reviews, LJ 12/94) will likely appeal only to diehard fans, especially since she reads the work herself. The star of her 17th novel is Hollywood's hottest leading lady, Lara Ivory, an impossibly perfect woman who has everything except true love. While shooting her latest film, however, Lara falls hard for a mysterious young actor, Joey Lorenzo. Traumatic childhood secrets, jealous ex-lovers, the tabloids, and even a stalker threaten but ultimately fail to destroy Lara and Joey's budding relationship. Poorly developed characters and a feeble plot are not likely to spark interest and some listeners could find the explicit sex scenes and numerous profanities distasteful. Collins's performance is satisfactory, but Leigh McCloskey's narration of excerpts from the diary of Lara's ex-husband interrupts the flow of the story. Not recommended.?Beth Farrell, Portage Cty. Dist. Lib., Garrettsville, OH Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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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.
For the past 2 years, I have read nothing BUT Jackie Collins, not in any particular order. This is my absolute favorite of the non-Santangelo novels! The characters, good or bad, are very interesting,the events are paced very well. Nothing is EVER boring here. Lara & Joey are loveable characters,the book twists and turns and is hard to predict. Wait until you see what the bad guys/girls get! Close to the end, you cannot put it down, the susspense will drive you nuts! excellent read, if you havn't read Jackie Collins, DO IT! You will always get a THRILL!
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I think the author did an excellent job with this book. I am a big Jackie Collins fan and I was not disappointed with "Thrill". I found the relationship w/Joey and Lara very touching. Eventually everyone got what they deserved. EXCELLENT READING!!!!!!!!!!
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Jackie Collins has been known for a long time for writing explicit novels with very sexual characters and portaits that possess steamy moments of passion and heart-break. Nowhere is this more evident than in her 1998 book "Thrill!".
The novel deals with the beautiful love affair of Hollwood actress Lara Ivory who falls for the very young and sexy Joey Lorenzo. Their relationship is put to the test multiple times as the couple faces obstacles brought on by Joey's mysterious, darken past.
Sex, drugs, illicit affairs and crazed characters with sordid problems are the order here and are written the only way Miss Collins knows how to write them: with splendid nail-biting suspence and glamour with Hollywood as the backdrop.
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LARA IVORY STEPPED CAREFULLY TOWARD THE CAMERA, managing to appear cool and collected under the crushing weight of a heavy crinolined gown, her slender waist cinched in to an impossible seventeen inches, lush cleavage spilling forth above. Read the first pageKey Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lara Ivory, Lara Ann, Joey Lorenzo, Alison Sewell, Richard Barry, New York, Aiden Sean, Norman Barton, Mick Stefan, Aunt Lucy, Barbara Westerberg, Kyle Carson, Madelaine Francis, The Dreamer, Uncle Cyril, Lee Randolph, Daddy Dearest, French Summer, Morgan Creedo, Jack Daniel, Nikki Barry, Pacific Coast Highway, Maxwell von Steuben, Miss Ivory, Where's Summer
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