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Chargement... Lovers & Players (édition 2006)par Jackie Collins
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I got this free from a Music Appreciation night in a bookstore. Enjoyed it immensely. But too many characters and side stories made it seems crowded. Its like a harlequin series of books in one collection, except its simplified into this thing. Its a pretty book, good plot twist, but rather predictable. ( ) I got this free from a Music Appreciation night in a bookstore. Enjoyed it immensely. But too many characters and side stories made it seems crowded. Its like a harlequin series of books in one collection, except its simplified into this thing. Its a pretty book, good plot twist, but rather predictable. I was waiting for a documentary screening to start and another early arriver struck up a conversation with me. I didn't really want to talk since I was reading "Lovers and Players" and had just gotten to the part where virginal Amy realizes her pre-wedding fling was her intended's brother. I tried to explain this and it sounded hopelessly trashy - just the way I like my Jackie Collins books. The ending wasn't quite as predictable as usual. What a story! Sex, murder and secrets dominate the plot over seven days. The book starts with a meeting being called by controlling billionaire Red Diamond, whose manipulative behavior has determined the fate of his sons’ lives as well as any others cross his path. His character is easy to hate while his sons are easy to identify with. The story intertwines the lives of an aspiring singer and an heiress. I couldn’t put this book down even though the ending was somewhat predictable. I can imagine three sequels based upon the lives of those touched by Red.
At first look, Collins seems to have a terribly cynical, sordid worldview — cash reigns supreme, men are faithless cads, etc. — but a beautiful idealism lies at the heart of "Lovers & Players." Distinctions
Dangerous sex, family secrets, irresistible power, mega money and two murders equal one reckless week in New York. Lovers and Players takes you on a high-powered trip from Park Avenue to Brooklyn. Jackie Collins is back-in her most deliciously scandalous novel yet. And she's giving her readers a revealing look into the private realms of her fabulously rich and sexy cast of characters. In Lovers and Players, the Diamond family's power extends from coast to coast. Max-a real estate tycoon; Chris-a Hollywood lawyer; and Jett-a young, handsome ex-druggie, now a successful model in Italy, must finally come face to face with their tyrannical father, Red, who has been controlling their world for as long as they can remember. Working as Red's housekeeper is Diahann, a beautiful black ex-singer. Her stunning bi-racial nineteen-year-old daughter, Liberty-a waitress who is a would-be singer herself-does not approve of her mother working as a housekeeper. Liberty has dreams of her own and while she pursues them, Damon P. Donnell, married hip-hop mogul supreme, pursues her. Amy Scott-Simon, a beguilingly pretty young New York heiress, in engaged to marry Max Diamond. At her bachelorette party she runs into Jett, Max's younger brother. Jet has no idea who Amy is. She also doesn't realize who he is. A one-night fling leads to major complications. As the lives of these characters intertwine, power, money, fame and love are the ties that bind-emotionally and otherwise-in this highly charged love story about family relationships and deadly choices. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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