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    <body><![CDATA[In my teens I found a dog-eared copy of Jackie Collins &quot;Chances&quot; laying on a park bench.  I picked it up and started reading the story of Gino Santangelo.  What started out as a boring afternoon became my introduction into adult fiction and my love for Jackie Collins.<br/><br/>For three ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41218705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVE these books about the Santangelo family, and this one kicks it all off!  I read them in my high school days, but really want to go back and read all of them again!  This is just one of those mindless beach reads, but with action, sex, mobsters, bad marriages, and trouble!  I give it two thumb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6995338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[even though this book has gutter language,sex and scandal, it doesshow how two different individuals came out from their lives of poverty to the much wealth they actually deserve.The concept and the plotting of the story all comes together,I love Carrie and Gino's life struggle and how their childre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45031538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So, it took my a freakishly long time to finish reading this, but I am so glad I did. I am a huge fan of Jackie Collins, and I think this book will probably be one of my favorites by her. I love how, in this books it spans several decades and not once gets boring, and I love how she mixed in the pre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60993055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i really liked this book and i am ashmamed of this fact. it was quite possibly the trashiest novel i have ever read.. with that said, i couldn't put the book down.. it was long and you loved how much more you got to get to be involved with the characters. i loved gino and carrie..i give this book tw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39701978">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like mafia stories with lots of sex, violence, and action. This book is for you. It has non-stop action and a great list of characters. There is some very explicit sex act descriptions that now that I read the book again I'm thinking WOW Jackie Collins actually wrote about this back in the da...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19650004">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book kept me from doing anything for about a week.  I've said this before, but I love these books.  They are the complete opposite of my life and its like reading a soap opera.    ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have honestly read this book more times than I can count. It's THAT good!! As well as the rest in the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is by far her best book ever!  I have read it 4 times, and could sit down and read it again today...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[not bad....like the whole mob thing, words and usage are quite impressive......]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book chronicles the life of Gino Santangelo, mobster, and the numerous people who are, in some way or another, connected to him.<br/><br/>Trashy fiction is not my thing.  I guess I should have known, considering how I dislike watching gossip shows and soap operas.  There is an excess of (sord...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19739616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[outstanding book. one of the best i have read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A delightful page-turner.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been waiting to read this book forever. I have the other books in the series but could not get a hold of this one. Finally, a new paperback edition was released and I got it. I must say the wait was worth it, and I am glad I didn't give up. Collins delivers a great story in her usual style th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18358641">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, I have to admit... It's the first and only &quot;feminine&quot; novel I've read. Also, possibly the longest. <br/>It was a very fast paced somewhat erotic novel. Well written, but very unoriginal. The reader could have watched a season of the night-time soap &quot;Dynasty&quot;, and came...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1668649">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had pretty much everything.  It's split between two characters--Gino Santangelo, an Italian gangster on the rise, and a young black woman named Carrie, and how they eventually cross paths...Been awhile since I've read it, but I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a well told story.  Al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6613840">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ms. Collins brings the drama in this novel about Gino Santangelo's (Lucky's Dad) rise to prominence in the glitzy world of gambling and organized crime which includes his adventures in Las Vegas, where he builds a multi-million-dollar hotel during the city's early years. This is the beginning of the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33714665">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I FELT THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH SEX IN THIS BOOK BUT I ENJOYED IT NONETHELESS. THERE WAS STILL SOME MEAT TO THE STORY IN SPITE OF THE NUMEROUS SEX SCENES. THIS WAS MY FIRST JACKIE COLLINS NOVEL. I CAN'T WAIT TO FINISH READING THE REST OF THE LUCKY SANTANGELO BOOKS! SEX, DRUGS AND MONEY!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[really liked how it ended and everything came together...I actually liked Gino more than Lucky for most of the book but she won be over by the end...I think I would read the rest of the series but not for a while...hopefully Gino is in them though! =)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend this book to everyone!  Such an amazing story.  Gangster style but it grows from there.  Very sexy.  I would read it again and again!  It is a series and the other books are great too!]]></body>
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