Lovers & Players

Lovers & Players
Author: Jackie Collins
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2010-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429903058

Jackie Collins is back—in this deliciously scandalous novel, Lovers & Players. And she's giving her readers a revealing look into the private realms of her fabulously rich and sexy cast of characters. 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. 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.

Lovers and Players

Lovers and Players
Author: Lucinda Edmonds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1995-08
Genre: Actresses
ISBN: 9780671855253

"From London's West End to Hollywood, from the boulevards of Paris to the gardens of English country homes, Lovers & Players sweeps the reader into the lives of three aspiring actresses. Jenna Shaw meets Frankie Duvall and Bettina Langdale at drama school, and as she struggles to build her career and find love little seems certain, except for her friendship with them. However, as their lives take shape in the gamorous but always hazardous world of acting they are forced to confront feelings about themselves and each other that will change their lives for ever." - back cover.

LOVERS & PLAYERS

LOVERS & PLAYERS
Author: Jackie Collins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 643
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0731815971

Amy Scott-Simon, a young New York heiress, is engaged to marry Max Diamond, an older powerful real estate tycoon. At her bachelorette party, she runs into Jett, Max's younger half-brother who is fresh back from Italy, where he is a successful male model. They have no idea who each other are. A one night fling leads to complications and regrets. Meanwhile, Chris Diamond -- a hot L.A entertainment lawyer -- flies into town to meet with his two brothers and Red Diamond, the boys' dysfunctional billionaire father. Working as Red's housekeeper is Diahann, whose stunning bi-racial nineteen-year-old daughter, Liberty, does not approve of her mother's occupation. As Liberty pursues the dreams her mother once had, to sing, Damon P. Donnell, married hip-hop mogul supreme, pursues her. And then there is Mariska, Max's Russian socialite ex-wife, a woman with more secrets than anyone, secrets that ultimately lead to her brutal and mysterious murder. As the lives of these characters intertwine, power, love, sex, money and fame are the ties that bind in this highly charged love story about family relationships, deadly choices and dangerous sex.

MARRIED LOVERS

MARRIED LOVERS
Author: Jackie Collins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0731815998

Cameron Paradise, a stunningly beautiful twenty-four-year-old personal trainer, flees Hawaii and her champion-surfer husband, Gregg, in the middle of one of his abusive tirades and makes her way to L.A. Tall, blond, with a body to die for, it doesn't take Cameron long to find a job at an exclusive private fitness club where she encounters LA's most important players. She has plans to open her own studio one day, and while every man she meets comes on to her, she is more focused on saving money and working hard than getting caught up in the L.A. scene of wild parties and recreational drugs. Until she meets Ryan Lambert, an extremely successful independent movie producer. Ryan is married to overly privileged Mandy Lambert, the daughter of Hamilton J. Heckerling, a Hollywood power-player son-of-a-bitch mogul. Ryan has never cheated on his demanding Hollywood Princess wife, but when he meets Cameron, all bets are off, especially since she's seeing his best friend Don Verona, the devastatingly attractive talk-show-host and legendary player. In her latest sizzling blockbuster, internationally bestselling author Jackie Collins explores what happens when lust and desire collide with marriage and power-and the results lead to murder.

Don't Hate the Player

Don't Hate the Player
Author: Alexis Nedd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2021-06-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1547605030

"Refreshingly voice-y, wildly smart, and genuinely hilarious." - Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue From an exciting new voice comes a funny and heartfelt YA romance set in the world of competitive gaming, perfect for fans of Opposite of Always and Slay. Emilia Romero is living a double life. By day, she's a field hockey star with a flawless report card. But by night, she's kicking virtual ass as the only female member of a highly competitive eSports team. Emilia has mastered the art of keeping her two worlds thriving, which hinges on them staying completely separate. That's in part to keep her real-life persona, but also for her own safety, since girl gamers are often threatened and harassed. When a major eSports tournament comes to her city, Emilia is determined to prove herself to her team and the male-dominated gaming community. But her perfectly balanced life is thrown for a loop when a member of a rival team recognizes her . . . Jake Hooper has had a crush on Emilia since he was ten years old. When his underdog eSports team makes it into the tournament, he's floored to discover she's been leading a double life. The fates bring Jake and Emilia together as they work to keep her secret, even as the pressures of the tournament and their non-gaming world threaten to pull everything apart. Debut author Alexis Nedd has crafted a YA combo-punch of charming romance and virtual adventure that will win the hearts of gamers and non-gamers alike.

Jasper

Jasper
Author: Lulu Moore
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2021-03-03
Genre:
ISBN:

As Captain of an NHL team, I'm rich, successful and have women falling at my feet. I thought my life was perfect until a pint sized blonde checked into me one day, knocking my life off course. Making me realise she was my missing piece.Only problem is she hates me and she's heading back to England in five months. So I'm against the clock to make her understand that she can't live without me either.

Long Players

Long Players
Author: Peter Coviello
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0525504311

ARTFORUM Ten Best Books of 2018 “Sad, joyous, funny, heart-cracking: I can’t remember the last time I read a book that rendered such raw feeling with such intricate intelligence.” —Gayle Salamon, ARTFORUM “A beautiful book. Deeply personal and yet entirely universal. . . A travelogue through the landscape of a broken heart.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love A passionate, heartfelt story about the many ways we fall in love: with books, bands and records, friends and lovers, and the families we make. Have you ever fallen in love—exalting, wracking, hilarious love—with a song? Long Players is a book about that everyday kind of besottedness—and, also, about those other, more entangling sorts of love that songs can propel us into. We follow Peter Coviello through his happy marriage, his blindsiding divorce, and his fumbling post marital forays into sex and romance. Above all we travel with him as he calibrates, mix by mix and song by song, his place in the lives of two little girls, his suddenly ex-stepdaughters. In his grief, he considers what keeps us alive (sex, talk, dancing) and the limitless grace of pop songs.

Star Crossed

Star Crossed
Author: Alex Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781945633065

Rocked by Her

Rocked by Her
Author: Ketley Allison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-01-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781954148109

He's a rock god on the rise. He's also my new boss. What will happen when I'm forced to play house with my gorgeous new employer? REX I'm a cold soul. The only thing that provides any warmth is my baby girl, and even she asks for a fire I can't give. When my daughter's nanny quits on me, I'm left with consequences I can't afford to face. Like how my kid isn't adjusting as quick as the rest of her class. And how quiet she is. How lonely. Then she steps in. A young, impulsive, small yet opinionated woman who thinks she can win my daughter's heart. Maybe she can, but she won't get near mine. HARPER To everyone else, I'm happy. There's an emptiness within myself, a sadness I can't get rid of, until I meet a little girl named Stella. I see me in her, that hollowness, and I'm determined to make it different this time. To make her smiles count. What I don't expect is her father. A callous, calculated, famous man who seduces the public with his voice, then goes on ice as soon as he steps into his private domain. I think I see something in him, too. I hear it in his music, am mesmerized by his sound... And I'm afraid I'll walk straight over the edge with him singing to me as I fall. ROCKED BY HER is a steamy, slow burn romance with a touch of a forbidden older man.