Chances: introduced by Jo Thomas

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'Funny, sexy and glamorous' JOJO MOYES

Featuring anew introduction frombestselling author, Jo Thomas, talking about what Jackie and her books mean to her!

Jackies skill as a writer is enviable. Rereading Chances I was totally hooked in from the start, into all the lives that were playing out in front of me JO THOMAS

Gino Santangelo, self-made millionaire and self-exiled mob boss, has done it all. His daughter, Lucky, has her sights set just as high. From the sophisticated playgrounds of Europe to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas, this is the legendary Santangelo family and their world of big money and irresistible power.

There have been many imitators, but only ever one Jackie Collins. With millions of her books sold around the world, and thirty-oneNew York Timesbestsellers, she is one of the worlds top-selling novelists. From glamorous Beverly Hills bedrooms to Hollywood movie studios; from glittering rock concerts to the yachts of billionaires, Jackie chronicled the scandalous lives of the rich, famous, and infamous from the inside looking out.

'A true inspiration, a trail blazer for women's fiction'JILLY COOPER
Jackie shows us all what being a strong, successful woman means at any age MILLY JOHNSON
Jackie will never be forgotten, shell always inspire me to #BeMoreJackie JILL MANSELL
Legend is a word used too lightly for so many undeserving people, but Jackie is the very definition of the word ALEX KHAN
What Jackie knew how to do so well, is to tell a thumping good story ROWAN COLEMAN
Here is a woman who not only wanted to entertain her readers, but also to teach them something; about the world and about themselves ISABELLE BROOM
Lessons galore on every page about feminism, equality, tolerance and love CARMEL HARRINGTON
Nobody does it quite like Jackie and nobody ever will SARRA MANNING
Jackie wrote about Hollywood with total authenticity, breaking all the rules and taboos BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Collins was saying that women didnt have to centre round men, either in books or in life JESSIE BURTON
Jackie lived the Hollywood dream, but, she looked sideways at it, and then shared the dirt with her readers JULIET ASHTON
What radiates from her novels, is a sense that women are capable of great things ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY

Author Bio

Jackie Collins has been called a raunchy moralist by the director Louis Malle and Hollywoods own Marcel Proust byVanity Fair. With over 500 million copiesof her books sold in more than forty countries, and with thirty-twoNew York Timesbestsellers to her credit, she is one of the worlds top-selling novelists. Six of her novels have been adapted for film or TV. Collins was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England in 2013 for her services to literature and charity. When accepting the honor she said to the Queen, Not bad for a school drop-outa revelation capturing her belief that both passion and determination can lead to big dreams coming true. She lived in Beverly Hills where she had a front-row seat to the lives she so accurately captured in her compulsive plotlines. She was a creative force, a trailblazer for women in fiction, and in her own words a kick-ass writer!Her fascinating life as a writer and icon is explored in the CNN Films and Netflix documentaryLady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story. Discover more at JackieCollins.com.