Lady Boss

Lady Boss. Jackie Collins, 1991, (629 pages) is the third in the Lucky Santangelo series, Chances 1975 and Lucky 1984, being the first two. This book sort of continues where “Lucky” left off. Lucky and Lennie Golden are now married and because Lennie is griping about his part in a movie, Lucky plans to surprise him by purchasing Panther Studies who is in charge of Lennies movie, however Lennie is not pleased and there is major discord in their marriage. The second major plot line brilliantly ties together Steven Berkley (Lucky’s half brother), and a love triangle of Martin Swanson (a character echoing Donald Trump in 1990) and his wife Dena Swanson (Ivana Trump) and the young beautiful singer movie star Venus Maria. For me this was the best part of the book involving betrayal and possible murder. There are a host of other characters, some from the first book, Gino Sangantelo and Page Wheeler, Brigette Stanislopolis, bobby Stanislopolis, the Bonatti crime family, and several characters who work for and act in Panther Studios, notably Johnny Romano, and Cooper Turner, Abe Panther the elderly studio head and his family granddaughters Abigail and Prudence and Abigail's husband Nicky Stolli.
This book is interesting and entertaining with an inside view of movie stars in a Hollywood studio and the directors and producers and studio head. Much of it is sleazy with a lot of sex, drugs, and male chauvinism, being a little dated in some ways. It can be a stand alone story, however it is better to read the other two books first.
I would recommend this novel as a great beach read, on an airplane or train, if you are sick and want something easy and entertaining or just again if you want to get lost in an interesting story. I will give it four stars because it was not quite as good as the first two books.

Collins pours on the characters and flips from scene to scene. I almost can't keep up with her but she does a great job of helping you figure out who the character is - especially if you're not great at remember a pile of names. In this story Lucky buys a movie studio to surprise her husb: and, an actor. Instead of being pleasantly surprised he gets angry and they end up separated. The story line involves the characters who are attached to the studio: movie stars, directors, etc. Lucky spends time there disguised as a secretary at the request of the studio owner before he will sign the studio over to her. There are lots of minor plots going on, like a soap opera. In the end, Collins brings them all to a close.

I recently finished 'LADY BOSS' the third book in the Lucky Santangelo series and I absolutely loved it! Where 'LUCKY' was good 'LADY BOSS' was great. In this third installment Lucky goes to Hollywood in hopes of acquiring a major movie studio, however, just before she closes the deal she finds out that there is a catch. She has to work undercover at the studio for six weeks as a plain Jane secretary! At first Lucky is reluctant but soon the idea of surprising her husband movie star Lennie Golden with his own studio coupled with the sheer enjoyment of being able to spy on all of the studio executives is too much for Lucky to pass up. But as Lucky soon finds out Lennie is not too thrilled with her surprise, which puts their marriage in serious jeopardy.
There are so many enjoyable story lines in this book that it makes it hard to put down. An example of this is the story of Venus Maria and Martin Swanson the movie star and the billionaire. Swanson is a business tycoon who is married to Dena Swanson a woman who became famous by using the Swanson name and refuses to let anybody take that away from her including the Madonna like movie and recording star Venus Maria. But Venus is determined to have Martin all to herself that is until her brother Emilio shows up and stirs up trouble for the couple.
I found this book to be extremely entertaining and I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. Lucky is powerful, demanding and independent a true example of a strong woman. 5 Stars!

Nothing comes remotely close to this series.

In LADY BOSS, Lucky has finally found the love of her life in comedian/actor Lennie Golden. Not only are the two different as night and day, but they are both as headstrong as ever causing them to sometimes bump heads, but the love that they have for each other surpasses all of that.

Who would've thought that Lucky would find love again after her beloved Marco? Three marriages later, and she has finally got it right this time around. So like any loving wife, Lucky tries to make her husband happy. When Lennie nags and complains about the goings on in his workplace -- Panther Studios, Lucky decided to eliminate his frustration by buying the studio so that the pair of them can have complete control. But nothing wanted in life comes easily. Before Lucky can take full control of the studio, she has to go undercover, and expose all employees who pretty much aren't "getting the job done". This is where the adventure begins.

Meanwhile Lennie is oblivious to this plan. Lucky has to cover up her whereabouts because she wants to surprise him with this after the plans flow accordingly. This situation brings on strain that the two were not prepared for. Will Lennie appreciate the gift Lucky is working on presenting him with? You'll have to read and find out!

I am not normally one to ready "trashy" novels. Ms. Collins has set up a great list of characters (Bridgett, Charlie Dollar, etc.) in the Lucky Santangelo series. This is perhaps the best of the bunch. Feisty Lucky Santangelo purchases a movie studio from one of the old time owners (kind of a Louis Mayer personna) and becomes the boss of the studio. This causes a lot of friction with her husband Lennie Golden, who feels cheated of his right to win roles on his own merit.
I read this one really fast!

Yes, I should be reading something with more substance, but I love Lucky Santangelo's story! This is like watching your favorite soap opera, but with better characters, and a faster, tighter storyline. Very hard to put down once you start it! I especially loved how Lucky planned to make her studio more receptive to female stars and women's stories. If only there was a Hollywood studio like that for real!

After reading Lucky, I just had to read this book and of course it was no disappointment. The supporting characters were well developed, I really liked Venus Maria. I think this book gives us a "behind the scenes" view as to what really goes on in Hollywood and then some.

This is book 3 in the Lucky Santangelo series. Unfortunately I can't read it because the publisher will not enable text to speech (TTS) for the visually impaired and print disabled. I have read books 4 to 7 as they are available on CD. Come on the store! Work with publishers and countries who have access to your products. We visually impaired do not deserve to miss out because people are too inconsiderate to think about our needs.

j'aimerai savoir si "JACKIE COLLINS" est une romanciere de polar ou de romans d'amour.Comme je suis un fan de "SYLVIE VARTAN" et qu'elle la connait bien je voulais juste la connaitre un petit peu mieux.Merci et à bientôt