{"product_id":"goddess-of-vengeance-by-jackie-collins-3521x","title":"Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins","description":"\u003cp\u003eJackie Collins' fierce and wildly beautiful heroine Lucky Santangelo is back with a vengeance-in a novel full of power, passion, revenge, and the raging family dynamics of the Santangelo clan-and, as always, Lucky comes out on top.   Lucky runs a high profile casino and hotel complex, The Keys in Vegas.   Lennie, her movie star husband, is still writing and directing successful independent movies, while Max, her stubborn and gorgeous teenage daughter is about to celebrate her 18th birthday, and her son, Bobby, owns a string of hot clubs. Lucky has everything. Family. Love. Life.   And everything is exactly what billionaire businessman Armand Jordan is determined to take from her one way or the other.   Born a Prince in the small but affluent Middle Eastern country of Akramshar, Armand comes to America with his American mother at an early age, and rises to become a real estate business titan. Armand regards women as nothing more than breeding mares or sexual playthings, so when his people inform him that the one property he covets more than anything, The Keys, is not for sale, he is shocked. That a mere woman would dare to turn down his offer to buy The Keys is unthinkable, and Armand vows to force Lucky's hand whatever it takes. And so the battle for power begins . . .   Meanwhile Bobby is dealing with shady Russian investors, while his girlfriend-smart and independent Denver Jones-is becoming a Deputy D.A. in the L.A. drug unit.  And Max, Bobby's seventeen year old sister, is busy embarking on a forbidden affair with a sexy young movie star. An affair they have to keep on the down-low lest Lucky finds out.  The word is that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas and what happens in Goddess of Vengeance will blow your mind!  Editorial Reviews  If anyone knows Hollywood, it's Jackie Collins...With Poor Little Bitch Girl the bestselling author proves she's still got it. -New York Daily News  Jackie Collins is at her seasoned best with this raunchy, retro hot-sheets romance. -Publishers Weekly on Poor Little Bitch Girl  Delicious! This one is perfect for the beach! -Cosmopolitan on Drop Dead Beautiful  Another Jackie Collins novel, overflowing with glittery possibilities and dropping more Hollywood names than Ivy's maitre d'. And Beautiful may be the best novel starring Lucky Santangelo yet. -Entertainment Weekly on Drop Dead Beautiful  Collins's classic can't-put-it-down style and feisty drop-dead glamorous characters transport us to a beyond-fabulous world. Yet with Jackie as our guide, we feel right at home. -Glamour on Drop Dead Beautiful  That goddess of vengeance, Lucky, strides again. -New York Daily News on Drop Dead Beautiful  The fabulous Married Lovers has plenty of Hollywood women kicking ass with a trio of new heroes. -New York Post on Married Lovers  Sexier, steamier, and more scandalous than ever. Love and lust, where the good get what they deserve and the bad get their comeuppance. -London Daily Express on Married Lovers  Nothing says summer like lathering on the sunblock, laying on a lounge chair, and pulling a very steamy novel from the queen of romance from your beach bag-Jackie Collins's latest romance, Married Lovers. -NBC's The Today Show on Married Lovers  A mood elevator comparable to anything her characters indulge in. -Heat Magazine on Married Lovers - From the Publisher  The 73-year-old chick lit doyenne of raunchy romance presents No. 27 with a revival of her most popular character, Lucky Santangelo (whose debut in the 1981 blockbuster Chances made the prolific Brit author as popular as big-sister actress Joan). But as kick-ass as the now 50-something Lucky is--operating ancient patriarch Gino's Las Vegas hotel empire as it comes under siege from a menacing royal brat with pervy sexual proclivities and a nasty drug habit--the packed plot belongs to the next generation: Lucky's 17-year-old mini-me daughter, Max; hot-and-handsome oldest son, Bobby; and all the lovers and losers the spoiled duo cycle through with giddy abandon. There's never a doubt Collins's cast of strong women, and the guys who chose them, will ferret out true love and survive. But that's not entirely the point in this delicious, manic tale of rich people behaving badly, getting everything they deserve, and leaving enough loose ends to warrant an inevitable sequel. (Sept.) - Publishers Weekly  Lucky Santangelo owns the wildly successful casino-hotel complex The Keys, and billionaire businessman Armand Jordan wants it--even if it's not for sale. Collins has not faded away, and neither have her fans. - Library Journal  All plotlines lead to Vegas in this latest installment of Collins' saga of the irrepressible and seemingly immortal Lucky Santangelo.  Lucky is convening her family at The Keys, her lavish hotel\/casino\/condo empire in Las Vegas.The occasion is the 18th birthday of Max, her daughter with latest husband (and soul mate) Lennie.Son Bobby, wildly successful as a nightclub impresario and heir to the fortune of his late father, a Greek shipping magnate, frets about introducing his girlfriend Denver, a prosecuting attorney, to his family for the first time.The family reunion, however glitzy, is only a setup for Collins' trademark seamy subplots. The author excels at portraying villains her fans love to hate, and in this outing she does not disappoint.Billionaire ArmandJordan, son of King Emir of the fictitious Gulf state Akramshar, is not merely a misogynist but a rapist.Although he has a wife and family back in Akramshar, he prefers to hire elite call girls and debase them in the vilest ways possible.Armand's most recent obsession is his drive to possess Las Vegas' most opulent real estate:The Keys.Undeterred by Lucky's outraged refusal to sell, Armand goes to Vegas determined to change her mind, but his ex-showgirl mother Peggy, whom he detests, insists on tagging along.Before joining King Emir's harem, Peggy had an unforgettable one-night stand with Gino, Lucky's father, in his mafia kingpin days.Could Gino, now in his 90s, actually be Armand's father?Max eagerly sheds her virginity with movie star Billy Melina.Max and Billy may be star-crossed lovers, but will Lucky approve?Especially since Billy is embroiled in a messy divorce battle with Lucky's best friend? All of the thrills swirl around Lucky, now more matriarchal figurehead (albeit one still endowed with raven hair, silken skin and an unflagging libido) than major player.Still, when Lucky's precious Keys is threatened, her street-fighter instincts resurface, sparking the novel's over-the-top but enjoyable climax.  Unapologetic thrills with oodles of flash.  - Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819044872266,"sku":"3521x","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3521x.jpg?v=1764338938","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/goddess-of-vengeance-by-jackie-collins-3521x","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}