American Star

<b>Jackie Collins'</b> <b><i>American Star</i></b> is a love story for the nineties. At its heart are two extraordinary lovers, separated by tragic circumstances, yearning for each other, yet seemingly never able to be together again. <p> <b><i>Nick</i> and <i>Lauren </i></b> can never forget each other. Teenage small-town lovers -- he from the wrong side of the tracks, she the prettiest girl in town -- their love was the town scandal, forbidden, sizzling and unforgettable, ending abruptly in a tragedy that sent them into separate orbits. <p> <b><i>Nick</i> pursues his dream</b> of acting, and after a series of wild adventures begins the slow rise that will make him one of Hollywood's biggest stars. <p> <b><i>Lauren </i> goes to New York</b> and enters the modeling world, surprising everyone with a career that takes off in a direction she never expected. <p> <b><i>American Star</i> follows them both</b> on their trips to fame, as <b><i>Nick</i></b> and <b><i>Lauren,</i></b> haunted by the secret they share, try to live without each other -- only to find they can't. <p> <b><i>American Star</i></b> is a compelling story of love, sex and murder, set against the glamorous backgrounds of New York and Hollywood, as only Jackie Collins can tell it.