Lucky Santangelo is back -- with a vengance!Dangerously sensual, breathtakingly beautiful, and utterly unforgettable, she is Lucky Santangelo, the sizzling star of Chances, Lucky, and Lady Boss. With Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge, Jackie Collins continues the saga of Lucky Santangelo in a nonstop, action-packed tale of sex, betrayal, drugs, intrigue, and murder.A scorching new installment of the wildly popular Lucky series, Vendetta finds Lucky in the most perilous situation of her life when her prized Panther Studios is taken from her by Donna Landsman, the unscrupulous widow of Lucky's arch-enemy, Santino Bonnatti. Donna intends to destroy Lucky in every way she can, but Lucky is street-smart, powerful, and just as ruthlessly dangerous. And so the battle for control begins.With Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge, Jackie Collins proves once again why she is an international powerhouse, a writer who digs deep into the glamorous, intoxicating -- yet ultimately treacherous -- world of Hollywood.
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Straight-from-the-hip dialogue, designer clothing and gangsters are all reliably in place in Collins's fourth novel to feature the Santangelo family, particularly Lucky, who now heads a Hollywood studio. In previous exploits, this multitalented heroine has been married three times, built Vegas hotels, run a shipping empire and killed for revenge (as one character comments, "she's had quite a life"). Along the way, she's made her share of enemies, not least of whom is Donna Landsman?formerly Donatella Bonnatti?who here stages a hostile takeover of Panther Studios, has Santangelo patriarch Gino shot and makes it appear as though Lucky's beloved husband, Lennie Golden, is killed on location in Corsica following a night's indiscretion. Mourning does not become Lucky, however, and all too soon she's involving herself with chauvinistic director Alex Woods (he of the "smile like a crocodile?wide, captivating, and ultimately deadly") even as Lennie is imprisoned in a Sicilian cave. When Lucky learns what she needs to know, however, the novel's subtitle comes into play, brutally. Collins's dialogue strains belief ("Ohmigod! she gasped, clinging to Nona. "Ohmigod! No! No! NOOO!"), and she can express scarcely a sentence, a sentiment or a plot spin without resorting to cliche. As a vision of Hollywood and the mob, this novel is utterly outclassed by Mario Puzo's The Last Don. But its very lack of class and those very cliches make this an easy, nasty read, just the qualities that have previously pushed Collins to the top of the charts and will likely do so again.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jackie's back, and she's got Lucky Santangelo in tow. In their fourth outing together, Lucky finds herself up against nasty Donna Landesman, a rival set on destroying her.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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LUCKY SANTANGELO GOLDEN STEERED HER RED Ferrari through the ornate metal gates of Panther Studios, waved a friendly greeting to the guard, then drove across the lot to her personal parking space located directly outside her well-appointed suite of offices. Read the first page
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By "honeydick"
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A Jackie Collins novel like this one is like a box of rich chocolate cookies; you know you should not indulge yourself but you do. this book was a fast easy read full of steamy sex scenes backstabbing amoral witches and psychopaths. There is a dash here and there of romance but believe me its no Jane Eyre. I read it mainly to see what happend next. I felt no connection with any of the characters, who truly would? Basically everybody is out for themselves no matter who they are. A book to pass a rainy day with or to read on a beach.
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I've read every Jackie Collins book she's written, but this one seems like an imitation of an imitation. Where is the freshness? Hollywood seems old and tired and so do all of the characters. They all still live back in 1975, I guess. Maybe Jackie has changed or maybe I have, but I got so hung up on the awful writing that I couldn't get into the plot, and didn't care about any of the characters who are still thinking about sex just as they did in 1975-- nothing seems to have changed. The characters still "give head" and the men still think the length of their you know what means anything. Whoa, Jackie. It's 1997. People think twice before passing bodily fluids. The Mafia is boring and "Donnatella" (villainess) doesn't light my fire. I certainly don't care whether Lucky prevails or not-- and maybe she should comb her "wild mane" of hair, which is about the only description that Collins bothers to give of her, other than that she's gorgeous, of course. All of Collins' characters each have about 4 characteristics that drive them-- i.e., ambition, greed, lust and sexual attractiveness. That's it. That's all there is. Read carefully and you can see this for yourself-- they do not do one thing that isn't caused by one of those four characteristics the author has given them. Everything they say or do is driven by ambition, lust, etc. etc. This makes for a lot of characters who are like wind-up dolls. I gave this book a generous 4 because some of Jackie's earlier books did give me a lot of enjoyment, but maybe that was because it was back in 1977. Oh, by the way, Jackie still gives good author photo. She looks twice as good as she did on her first books when she was 20 or 25 years younger. Must be something in the water out there..
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You get an A plus plus on this book. I love to read this story of Lucky and all her adventures.
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Vendetta: Lucky�s Revenge
'VENDETTA' is the fourth book in Jackie Collins wildly successful Santangelo series and once again Collins did not disappoint. Read more
Published on Dec 30 2002 by DevJohn01
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Lived up to my high expectations!
I had read the first three, and after Lady Boss, I wasn't sure if this one would live up. IT DID! It was fast paced and I couldn't get enough of Lucky and her sassy dialogue. Read more
Published on July 9 2002 by R. Graff
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Lucky's Revenge!
VENDETTA: LUCKY'S REVENGE, is the 4th in a series of books about Lucky Santangelo, daughter of an italian "businessman" who had ties with the mafia. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2002 by Ratmammy
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exciting
Jackie Collins does it again! I really love the way that she surprised readers in this book. I really thought that Lenny was dead at first. I almost cried!
Published on Nov 15 2001 by Janelle L. Lino
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Lucky Santangelo is back-in the only way she knows how!
She's back!!! The gorgeous, sensual and super smart heroine, Lucky Santangelo is back in her most classiest, sexiest and most dangerous novel yet. Read more
Published on Aug 29 1999
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Lucky- Round Four
This has been my favorite multi-part novel series. Jackie Collins' Lucky Santangelo takes on all challenges; both in business and in her personal life. Read more
Published on Nov 27 1998 by Thomas
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LUCKY IS BACK! by M. Boucher
Lucky Santangelo is a woman not to reckon with, and she is back in yet again, another blockbuster from superstar author Jackie Collins. Read more
Published on Oct 3 1998
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A good book to follow up Lucky/Chances & Lady Boss
I found the book very easy to read and I just love the plot. Thanks from Sweden Ase, Helsingborg
Published on Aug 23 1998
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I Loved it! This is now one of my favorites
The story was wonderfully written. She really makes you care about the characters, makes you want to know what's going to happening to them next. Read more
Published on July 15 1998
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I couldn't put it down.
I enjoyed reading the book so much I love Lucky I hope jackie writes more about Lucky.
Published on April 27 1998
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