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"Captivating. Krantz's latest tome . . . is her most erotic yet. Dazzle sizzles."--Los Angeles Daily News Now, Judith Krantz, best-selling author of ScruplesMistral's Daughter, and Till We Meet Again, invites you into the luscious, monied world of Jazz Kilkullen, her most daring, provocative, impetuous heroine yet.  Inside the fun-filled photographers' studio in California known as Dazzle, Jazz Kilkullen reigns supreme. At twenty-nine, this playful, gifted, and thoroughly sexy woman show more has become one of the most successful celebrity portrait photo in the world. But her charmed career and her dashing private life, which includes three fascinating-and fascinated-men, are rocked when an unexpected tragedy leaves jazz to battle her father's vengeful ex-wife and the machinations of her half-sisters. At stake is the Kilkullen family ranch, a three-billion-dollar paradise of unspoiled California land that developers all over the world would do anything to possess . . . and Jazz will do anything to protect. Absolutely anything.  Praise for Dazzle "Enjoyable . . . Jazz is one of the most likable free souls to emerge from the novel industry."--The Pittsburgh Press  "Deliciously sexy."--Cosmopolitan "Judith Krantz's best novel since Scruples."--Associated Press "Steamy."--Los Angeles Times "Hot . . . bubbling with sex, intrigue, and-most of all-money. Krantz is at the height of her form here."--Booklist show less

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Light, ephemeral read. Jazz Killkullen is very much a creature of the 1990s, as is this entire story. In that sense it reminds me of my own 20's (in the same period). I picked the book up again because a specific passage popped into my memory. Inexplicable I suppose. But it was a good quick jaunt down memory lane, fun but with no lasting consequences.
I think this one was my favorite. Of course, I haven't read anything by Krantz in about 15 years. Something tells me I should keep it that way!
It's a good book to read before bed, if you want to "fall right to sleep." Forced myself to keep reading, but today realized I don't want to!
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Meet Jazz Kilkullen, with a unique talent for photography, a creature totally of the 1990's. Enter Dazzle, the huge photographers' studio in lively Venice Beach, CA, which Jazz owns with two male partners. Discover the Kilkullen Ranch, Jazz's beloved family home, an unspoiled cattle ranch that lies on the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego. Savor the dynamics of the Kilkullen family's internal strife.
ok novel @ Jazz - photographer set in Calif.

Inside the fun-filled photographers' studio in California known as Dazzle, Jazz Kilkullen reigns supreme. At twenty-nine, this playful, gifted, and thoroughly sexy woman has become one of the most successful celebrity portrait photographers in the world.

But her charmed career and her dashing private life, which includes three fascinating --- and fascinated --- men, are rocked when an unexpected tragedy leaves Jazz to battle her father's vengeful ex-wife and the machinations of her own half-sisters. At stake is the Kilkullen family ranch, a three-billion-dollar paradise of unspoiled California land that developers all over the world would do anything to possess ... and Jazz will do anything to show more protect. Absolutely anything. show less

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Judith Krantz was born on January 9, 1929 in New York City. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1948. She was a fashion publicist in Paris in the late 1940s. She was the fashion editor for Good Housekeeping magazine, a contributing writer to McCall's magazine and Ladies' Home Journal, and the contributing West Coast editor of Cosmopolitan. Her show more first novel, Scruples, was published in 1978. Her other novels include Princess Daisy, Mistral's Daughter, I'll Take Manhattan, Till We Meet Again, The Jewels of Tessa Kent, and Lovers. Her autobiography, Sex and Shopping: The Confessions of a Nice Jewish Girl, was published in 2000. Although she did not publish her first book until she was 50, Krantz's 10 novels have together sold more than 85 million copies in more than 50 languages. Most of her books also became TV movies or mini-series, often produced by her husband, Steve Krantz. Because of her love for reading and writing, Krantz was an enthusiastic supporter of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and an active member of the Council of the Library Foundation. In 2014, she received the Light of Learning Award from the LFLA. In recognition of her many years of support, the Los Angeles Public Library named the Judith Krantz Fiction Collection in her honor. Judith Krantz passed away on 06/22/2019 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title*
Kimallus
Original title
Dazzle
Original publication date
1990
Important places
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Related movies
Dazzle (1995 | IMDb)
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3561 .R264 .D39Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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