Lethal Seduction - Hardcover

Collins, Jackie

3.88

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ISBN 10: 0743204255 ISBN 13: 9780743204255

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2000

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ON THE HEELS OF HER SENSATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER DANGEROUS KISS, COMES ANOTHER TANTALIZING JACKIE COLLINS TREAT: LETHAL SEDUCTION. Madison Castelli, the beautiful, street-smart heroine of Jackie Collins's L.A. Connections series, returns in Lethal Seduction, an edgy novel full of danger, passion and suspense. Set between the high-powered world of New York and the manic excitement of Las Vegas, this deliciously uninhibited tale of cover-ups, deception and mob involvement finds Jackie Collins at the height of her creative powers as the diverse cast of characters in Lethal Seduction take an exhilarating walk on the wild side. In Lethal Seduction you will also meet: JAMIE NOVA -- a breathtakingly beautiful interior designer, who catches her Wall Street husband cheating. JAKE SICA -- a laid-back photographer not looking for a commitment. ROSARITA FALCON -- an ambitious and sexy would-be New York socialite with a yen to murder her husband. JOEL BLAINE -- the playboy son of a billionaire with an unquenchable taste for public sex. CARRIE HANLON -- a top supermodel with a degree in egomania and bitchery. DEXTER FALCON -- a handsome soap star with a romantic heart and an unbeatable body. And... KIMM FLORIAN -- a Native American gay detective with a dry wit and a big heart. Together these characters will take you on a sometimes funny, sometimes sad trip guaranteed to seduce you all the way.

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The location is New York; the heroine is Madison Castelli, femme fatale of LA Connections, who's gorgeous and clever, but at 30 is having boyfriend problems. Discovering a few deadly secrets about her parents makes things even more horrid. Fortunately the flash of rugged photographer Jake's smile, and a few other things, takes her mind off things. Meanwhile, spoilt rich-girl Rosarita is married to a daytime soap star whose name-change, from Dick Cockranger to Dex Falcon, has paid dividends. Only Rosarita wants Dex out of her life (as in concrete shoes, permanent style), to make room for a billionaire's son whose idea of lunch at his desk involves the words "Rosarita" and "mouthful", preferably with the blinds open so that the occupants of the adjacent sykscraper can gape. Then there's a lap-dancer called Varoomba with silicon implants so huge that simply standing upright is a challenge; a bad-tempered supermodel with a penchant for teenage Latino lads; and an errant husband whose mistress turns out to be a "master".

There are so many colourful characters jostling for attention in Lethal Seduction that the plot takes on a distinctly "supporting role". After 30 years in the business, Jackie Collins has pulled out all the stops for this, her 19th bestseller. While the action swings from the hard-nosed world of NY to the surreal Strip of Las Vegas, Ms Collins has trawled the alphabet to make sure she has every known sexual type, deviation and plot line in place: from assholes to voyeurs, and coke-kings to mafia-men, with murder, mayhem and madams at every turn. One wonders whether this vulgarity-with-a-morality-sting tale is merely a product of the over-ripe imagination of an experienced writer or the real-life experiences of a rich woman who lives in Beverly Hills and knows everyone. Whatever, if you like the Collins style, you'll just lurrve this. --Carey Green

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