Hollywood Husbands » (Reissue)

In the world of sensational fiction, Jackie Collins is considered the Queen of Trash, the Duchess of Dirty Books. It might be easier to dog-ear the pages in her novel that don't have a steamy bedroom interlude. But even more than sex, the characters in her show-biz soap operas lust after something else: power.

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Jack Python is the hottest Hollywood Husband of all. He rulesnighttime T.V. and his controversial talk show burns up the ratings, while thewomen he encounters melt. With one expensive divorce behind him, and involvedin a highly erotic affair with Oscar-winning actress Clarissa Browning, JackPython has power, charisma, success, and money. But sometimes everything isn'tenough.

Howard Soloman, head of Orpheus Studios, is the man, the Hollywood King. Anything Howard wants, he gets. Includingwomen. The sweet smell of power and Howard's street-smart style reels themin. Working for billionaire studio owner Zachary Klinger, a man with a whim ofiron, Howard has problems enough. And if Howard can't deliver daytime soapmegastar Silver Anderson at Klinger's command, he may lose his footing at thetop of the heap. Though in Hollywood it's said that when you fall, you fall up— from the top Howard has nowhere to go but down.

Mannon Cable is a superstar. With great looks and a body tomatch, he is full of self-deprecating charm. Married briefly to gorgeousWhitney Valentine, who left him to become a television superstar, he was hit bythe divorce where it really hurts — his giant ego.

Jack Python, Howard Soloman, and Mannon Cable have been competitive friends foryears. Yet when Jade Johnson enters their lives, the least-expected one of theself-styled "Three Comers" may have finally met his match.

Jade Johnson is a woman of the eighties. Strong, independent, atop New York model, she comes to L.A. for a series ofmillion-dollar TVcommercials. Jade is a dangerously beautiful woman with personal integrity anda mind of her own. The Hollywood game fails to impress her, but slowly, surely,she is sucked in. And, high roller that she is, if she must play, Jade will play to win.

HOLLYWOOD WIVES,with its ten-million copy sales, and itsspectacular success as a television mini-series, left Jackie Collins' devotedaudience avid for the other side of the story.

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Publishers Weekly

As in Hollywood Wives, Collins (Lucky colorfully depicts the brash hedonists of Tinseltown, most of whom are motivated by avarice, lust and conceit. The central trio in this lengthy saga consists of movie star Mannon Cable, studio executive Howard Soloman and TV talk-show host Jack Python. Although Mannon has married compliant young Melanie-Shanna, he vows to win back his ex-wife, Whitney. Cocaine addict Howard pursues Whitney though he is wed to a gossipy society gadabout. Jack courts an illustrious actress, but he becomes infatuated with Jade Johnson, a willowy, self-possessed model. Jack's sister, imperious soap-opera star Silver Anderson, doesn't know that her lover is desperately trying to extricate himself from a potentially lethal business deal. While these escapades unfold, we must guess which female was a sexually abused arsonist in the 1970s. Collins's devotees will probably relish the snappy dialogue, whirlwind pacing, irreverent humor and opulent locales that are her trademarks. Others will find, however, that this book's cliched characters and repetitive plot soon grow tiresome. Major ad/promo; paperback rights to Pocket Books; author tour. (October 15)