Jackie Collins' American Star is a love story for the nineties. Atits heart are two extraordinary lovers, separated by tragic circumstances,yearning for each other, yet seemingly never able to be together again. Nick and Lauren can neverforget each other. Teenage small-town lovers -- he from the wrong side of thetracks, she the prettiest girl in town -- their love was the town scandal,forbidden, sizzling and unforgettable, ending abruptly in a tragedy that sentthem into separate orbits. Nick pursues his dream of acting, and after a series ofwild adventures begins the slow rise that will make him one of Hollywood'sbiggest stars. Lauren goes to New York and enters the modeling world,surprising everyone with a career that takes off in a direction she neverexpected. American Star follows them both on their trips to fame, asNick and Lauren, haunted by the secret theyshare, try to live without each other -- only to find they can't. American Star is a compelling story of love, sex and murder, setagainst the glamorous backgrounds of New York and Hollywood, as only JackieCollins can tell it.
Despite her misgivings, child psychologist Lynn McLeod can’t ignore the plea to help ten-year-old Jilly Asche, the daughter of her ex-husband, Stephen. But immediately upon her return to Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Lynn is drawn subtly into the lives of everyone in the secluded household: Stephen, now an enigmatic stranger; Julian, a mesmerizing family friend who challenges Lynn’s ideas of life and death; and Jilly, the beautiful lost child burdened by a terrifying and deadly secret. The danger that threatens both Stephen and his daughter soon closes tightly around Lynn. And all the while, the soft, hypnotic sound in the wind—the eerie yet beautiful music of the Singing Stones—lures Lynn into a realm of mystery, murder, and dormant passion … and perhaps to the key to her own destiny.
“More rock-solid, reliable Whitney, so just sing along.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
