10 Delightfully Steamy Jackie Collins Books

With 1981's Chances, Collins introduced the world to one of her most enduring characters: Lucky Santangelo. The daughter of the infamous crime lord, Lucky grew up in the lap of luxury but knew that everyone around her, including her own family, would stab each other in the back to climb to the top. 

Her father Gino is returning to America after years in exile, and the battle for control over his vast empire is hotting up. Lucky wants a slice, but so do the rival Bonnatti and Kassari families, and she’s determined to claim what is rightfully hers. 

Lucky wants to break free from her family's vast shadow and strike it rich on her own. The only thing she craves more than power is pleasure, but luckily for her, the two are intertwined. 

Her odyssey for both takes her from the bright lights of Hollywood to the glamor of Paris to the high stakes world of Vegas, where she runs her own casino and ensures that the house always wins. But there are rivals out to knock her from her pedestal, including a bitter heiress, a murderous hoodlum, and a power broker with everything to lose. 

Once is never enough for Lucky. She’s made her millions, married many men, and has the world at her feet. But why stop there? Now, she wants to conquer Hollywood. Panther Studios is the prize and Lucky wants it at any cost. 

It's the only movie studio still not controlled by a powerful conglomerate, but Lucky will have to take on the old boys' club to prove she has what it takes to dominate the film world. In the process, she'll contend with corruption, betrayal, and even more men vying for her attention. It'll put her mettle to the test, as well as her relationship with her husband, the charismatic comedian and movie star, Lennie Golden. 

New York fashion designer Jamie Nova is headed to Las Vegas to celebrate her upcoming divorce. She's accompanied by her two best friends, street-smart Madison Castelli, and Natalie de Barge, an ambitious TV reporter. 

But this girls trip goes horribly wrong when Jamie takes the gorgeous playboy Mark Blaine to bed and he ends up dead next to her. Who did it? Madison fears that this murder is connected to her own dark past and that she might be the next target. 

Lucky may be an all-powerful businesswoman and studio magnate but that doesn't mean she's stopped being the daughter of a dangerous mobster. As a Santangelo, she knows there will always be targets on her back, but when a member of her family is brutally gunned down in a random holdup, she finds herself more furious than she ever could have imagined. 

Now, she must track down the killer. Doing so could put everything she holds dear, including her relationship with her husband, at risk. Holding the key to these secrets is a man from her past with a kiss as deadly as any weapon. 

Madison Castelli wants nothing more than to live her life without the threat of her family's many dark secrets forever following her. Her father was a treacherous man who killed as easily as he loved, and it was always women who paid the price. 

As she digs into her father's past, trying to resolve the mystery that surrounds her mother's death, Madison uncovers more secrets and scandals that put her life in further danger. 

They're living the dream: glamorous, beautiful, and exceedingly wealthy wives whose husbands have dominated Hollywood and allowed them to live a life of shopping and parties. But it takes a lot of work to stay on top. 

Elaine, a Hollywood hostess, is trying to relaunch her husband's flagging acting career. 

Angel is married to an up-and-coming star but is constantly fending with the grubby hands of unscrupulous men. 

Montana wants to break the glass ceiling and be a celebrated director, even though everyone tells her that women don't make movies. 

Behind every successful man is a woman doing all the work—and better!

Actress Shelby is married to Linc Blackwood, a macho movie star who never gave up his playboy lifestyle once he "settled down." Shelby continues to put up with his infidelities, because only she knows the tragic secrets of his past. Lola Sanchez has climbed to the top of the ladder in a sexist and racist industry and found a gorgeous husband in the form of tennis player Matt Seel. 

But she still prefers bad boys, most notably the real love of her life, drug-addled director Tony Alvarez. Cat Harrison is a prodigious talent with a hit movie, a rock star husband, and the favor of a studio head on her side. But she won't allow men to push her around. In Hollywood, they say that men hold all the power, but this trio of women will prove them all wrong. 

Lissa Roman is a superstar with a new blockbuster hit under her belt. If only her younger husband (number four), Gregg Lynch, was worth all the effort. He seems more interested in her money than their marriage. He'll also do anything to keep his lavish lifestyle. 

Taylor Singer is the wife of the well known director Larry Singer but is in bed with the writer Oliver Rock. Kyndra Rossiter is a diva singer whose dramatic life has put a dent in her relationship with her daughter Saffron. Balancing work, love, and life has never been harder for these friends. 

Lucky fought tooth and nail to acquire control of the legendary Panther Studios, but now, it's been taken from her by the conniving Donna Landsman, the widow of Lucky's arch-enemy, Santino Bonnatti. 

Donna intends to destroy Lucky in every way she can, but one should never underestimate a Santangelo. She's street-smart, ambitious, and far more dangerous than Donna realizes. The battle for Panther could end in blood.