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    <body><![CDATA[A fast paced read about a celebrity, producer, agent, and writer who share a unique friendship in a cutthroat industry.  <br/><br/>Fun fact: Each chapter is named after one of the main characters and a pair of shoes!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was really good...if you like jackie collins you will like this new author]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These are NOT the girls next door!<br/><br/><br/>Where do I start with this review?  WOW!  Maggie Marr gives readers a front row seat and glimpse into the Hollywood lives of Jessica, Celeste, MaryAnne and Lydia.  It was so hard for me to put this book down. I kept saying, &quot;Okay, I'm going to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17705572">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[WARNING: this book is not for the faint of heart due to a whole bunch of super foul language and quite explicit sex scenes. I loved it! :) I'm really upset that my B&amp;N doesn't carry this author in-store because I want to read the next one NOW. Guess I'll have to wait for the library to transfer it f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57399237">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The climb to the top of the Hollywood ladder is treacherous, especially in stilettos. And as any A-lister knows, even harder than getting to the top is staying there. <em>Hollywood Girls Club</em> follows the well-heeled footsteps of three power players who are determined not to lose their footing: Jessica, the agency president with hot, demanding clients and an ice-cold fiance; Celeste, the megastar whose action-flick-director husband just dumped her for a fresh-faced newcomer; and Lydia, the producer with the magic touch whose new boss is personally waging a campaign to ruin her career. They&#8217;ve been friends for a long time, and in the poisonous petri dish of the film industry, having friends with power is crucial, but having friends you can trust is even better.<br/><br/>For the first time, the stars have aligned and Jessica, Celeste, and Lydia are all working on the same project, a big-budget action movie called <em>Seven Minutes Past Midnight</em>. The movie is going to be a blockbuster if they can ever get it wrapped. But between complicated personal lives, mind games and backstabbing, and a movie studio head with an unfortunate resemblance to an evil leprechaun, there has been more than the usual amount of chaos during filming. It will take all their collective clout to get this movie into theaters. Together with Mary Anne, a naive writer from Minnesota whom they plucked from obscurity to polish Lydia&#8217;s script, the girls fight, Hollywood style, to make this film a box-office hit. <br/><br/>Shifting from one woman&#8217;s perspective to another&#8217;s, this addictive page-turner takes you inside L.A. to reveal the inner workings of Hollywood and how strong-willed women navigate the shifting landscape of influence and control. No more tales from the assistant&#8217;s office, <em>Hollywood Girls Club</em> is the story of the players themselves, with their sometimes ugly motivations, humanizing frailties, grandiose scandals, and the lasting friendships you can find, even in the Hollywood jungle.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My friend wrote this, so I'm a little biased. A fun, behind-the-scenes look at the scandalous world of hollywood movie-making. And she knows, she was a motion-picture/literary agent in Hollywood! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you liked Lipstick Jungle (the novel and the tv show), you'll like this!  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. It kept me wanting to find out more, even though some of the things were predictable and easy to figure out, it didn't bore me.<br/><br/>I did not, however, enjoy the amount of foul language and extreme sexual references in the book. I understand that part of the story ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17594261">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a few books that I consider &quot;Insider Hollywood Chick Lit&quot; and every time, I'm kind of disgusted that things operate that way out there, yet I still enjoy TV and movies, so I shouldnt complain too much....this one is a little more blunt about <em>how</em> people - especially women - climb ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17585108">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the main reasons I picked this book up was because I had heard of the similarities to the Hollywood series by Jackie Collins. I was pleased that the premise was reminiscent of that series as it is one of my favorites. I think it is an excellent novel, and can't wait to read the next one.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a bit too raunchy for me..to many swears...etc...do not waste your time with this...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I read this book; should have known better. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Of course I LOVE it...I wrote it!<br/>xoMaggie]]></body>
    
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