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The Hollywood Five are the kids of privilege—a clique of jaded twenty-somethings trying to find their own footing in the glitzed-out world of their parents’ making. One may imagine that having everything you’ve ever wanted handed to you makes for quite the satisfying life, and maybe it does. . .until murder shatters their idyllic existence for good.
Coltish bad-girl Jordanna Levitt is the daughter of a powerful producer and legendary movie star mother, who craves more from life than velvet-rope premiers and all-night parties but can’t seem to find that missing thing that makes her tick. Sassy, leggy, shopping-obsessed redhead Cheryl Landers has little perception of life beyond the shops on Rodeo Drive until she makes the acquaintance of a Hollywood madam and discovers a lucrative new pastime to keep her busy.
Junior agent Grant Lennon, Jr. has an insatiable need to bed starlets and is more than happy to audition “actresses” for Cheryl’s new enterprise. Munchausen headcase Marjory Sanderson is the queen of inventing illnesses and phobias to try and get her father’s attention, failing each and every time. And gorgeous Shep Worth does whatever he can to keep his sexual proclivities private.
But everything’s about to come to a head when a recently released psycho-killer emerges, hellbent on getting revenge against the gang. Add to the mix an ex-NYPD detective searching for his kidnapped daughter and a brilliant, beautiful journalist way ahead of the cops in putting the pieces of solving the crime together and you get the kind of multilayered, richly faceted, and high-octane thrill ride that only Jackie Collins can deliver!
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“Collins (Hollywood Wives; Hollywood Husbands) grabs fans with a no-holds-barred (and no subtlety shown) surefire bestseller spun around the disaffected children of Hollywood moguls.” - Publishers Weekly
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Read the entire Hollywood Series:
1. Hollywood Wives
2.Hollywood Husbands
3. Hollywood Kids
4. Hollywood Wives: The Next Generation
5. Hollywood Divorces
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About the author
There have been many imitators, but only ever one Jackie Collins! The iconic author has been called a “raunchy moralist” by the late director Louis Malle and “Hollywood’s own Marcel Proust” by Vanity Fair magazine. With over half a billion copies of her books sold in more than forty countries, and with thirty-one New York Times bestsellers to her credit, she is one of the world’s top-selling novelists. From glamorous Beverly Hills bedrooms to Hollywood movie studios; from glittering rock concerts in London to the yachts of Russian billionaires, Jackie Collins chronicles the scandalous lives of the rich, famous and infamous from the inside looking out. “I write about real people in disguise,” she once said. “If anything, my characters are toned down - the truth is much more bizarre!” Born in in London, England, her first novel, The World is Full of Married Men established Collins as an author who dared to step where no other female writer had gone before. She followed it with one successful title after another, including The Stud and The Bitch, both adapted into films starring her actress sister, Joan Collins. Jackie found her stride when she published Chances, the first installment in a sprawling family saga introducing the strong, sexy and powerful Lucky Santangelo. Soon after came the seminal 80s blockbuster, Hollywood Wives which was adapted into one of ABCs highest rated mini-series. Jackie continued on a wild writing streak, satisfying her devoted readers with hit after hit, including Lady Boss, Hollywood Kids, Poor Little Bitch Girl and The Power Trip among many others. Jackie was a long time supporter of AIDS Project LA, HIV & AIDS research and equality for the LGBT community. She was widely known for writing characters who reflected a whole spectrum of society. Jackie was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England in 2013 for her services to literature and charity. When accepting the honor she said to the Queen, “Not bad for a school drop-out” - a revelation capturing her belief that both passion and determination can lead to big dreams coming true! In addition to her long and lustrous career, Jackie valued her family above all else, including her three daughters and six grandchildren. She wrote every one of her manuscripts by hand, as well as being widely known for her photographic skills, constantly documenting family, friends and her celebrity circle. Jackie died of breast cancer on September 19th 2015, six years after being given a stage 4 diagnosis, which she chose to keep private until the final weeks of her life. During that time, she continued to write five more books and traveled the world on yearly book tours. In her last interview before her death, Jackie said "I want people to see me as an example of strength - and doing things my way...'" Jackie Collins was a creative force, a mentor and trailblazer in fiction, and an inspiration to all who knew her, in addition to the millions of readers whose lives she enriched through her novels for decades. A compelling documentary about Jackie's life and trailblazing career - Lady Boss-The Jackie Collins Story, produced by Academy Award Winning Passion Pictures, CNN Films, BBC Arts & AGC productions - will be released in 2021. Visit Jackie's website at www.JackieCollins.com to delve into Jackie's world and sign up for the #GetYourJackieCollinsOn newsletter - for book promos, all the latest news on all things Jackie and bonus exclusives!!