Giveaway! Win A Copy of "The Power Trip" by Jackie Collins

Updated 2/26/13 - Congratulations to Beth L. from Ellwood City, PA.

PopCultureGuy, in conjunction with St. Martin's Press and Get Red PR, would like to give one lucky reader an opportunity to win the recently released book The Power Trip by Jackie Collins. You can read my thoughts on the book here.

Description: A luxurious yacht in the Sea of Cortez, a birthday cruise for one of the world’s most beautiful women and an invitation no one can refuse. The Power Trip—take it if you dare.

From Hollywood icon and mega-seller Jackie Collins comes a thrilling new novel, The Power Trip, set on a state of the art luxury yacht off the coast of Cabo San Lucas. A tropical getaway with a cast of global power-hungry elites turns sour when they find out maybe they don't control as much of the world as they thought …

In The Power Trip you will meet Aleksandr Kasianenko, a billionaire Russian oligarch, as he sets sail on The Bianca. You’ll meet his sexy supermodel girlfriend, whom The Bianca is named after, and five dynamic, powerful, and famous couples invited on the yacht’s maiden voyage: Hammond Patterson, a driven Senator, and his lovely but unhappy wife, Sierra; Cliff Baxter, a charming, never-married movie star, and his ex-waitress girlfriend, Lori; Taye Sherwin, a famous black UK footballer and his interior designer wife, Ashley; Luca Perez, a male Latin singing sensation with his older decadent English boyfriend, Jeromy; and Flynn, a maverick journalist with his Asian renegade female friend, Xuan.

You will also meet Russian mobster, Sergei Zukov, a man with a grudge against Aleksandr. And Sergei’s Mexican beauty queen girlfriend, Ina, whose brother, Cruz, is a master pirate with orders to hold The Bianca and its illustrious guests for ransom.

The Power Trip explorers the decadent playgrounds of the super-rich . . . and leaves you hungry for more.

To enter the giveaway, send an e-mail to don.sauer@gmail.com, place "The Power Trip" in the subject line and include the name of your favorite Jackie Collins novel. The contest begins February 16, 2013 and runs through February 25, 2013. One winner will then be drawn at random and notified shortly thereafter and will need to provide a shipping address at that time.

Open to residents of the United States and Canada only.

Good luck and thank you for reading PopCultureGuy!

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Jackie Collins is back with "The Power Trip"

The lifestyles of the (fictional) rich and famous are once again put under the microscope by best selling author Jackie Collins (Goddess of Vengeance), who delivers her trademark elements of romance, action and excess in the new book The Power Trip (St. Martin's Press). The story centers around a party throw by Aleksandr Kasianenko, a wealthy Russian businessman, and his fiance Bianca, a world famous model, aboard his Yacht, which has been christened Bianca. The guest list includes a domineering senator, a movie star, a well known sports personality and an immensely popular singer, along with their significant others.

The primary focus of The Power Trip is on the relationship issues between the large cast of characters and a plot by an unknown enemy of Kasianenko, who threatens to disrupt the luxurious party, while potentially placing all of their lives in danger. Some of Kasianenko's guests have known each other for years and share a romantic history, which threatens to cause problems for their current partners, while others sense a potential fling should the opportunity present itself. For instance, Senator Hammond's wife, Sierra, encounters a former flame and, perhaps, her one true love, Flynn Hudson, aboard ship. Flashbacks flesh out their tortured romantic past, which leads to startling revelations concerning a plot to break them up and keep them apart.

Readers familiar with Jackie Collins will not be disappointed with The Power Trip. She clearly knows how to weave an exciting, interlocking story with many characters that is part soap opera and part action adventure. Collins also displays a keen understanding of human nature, especially where sex is involved, but she is rather restrained in that area, while focusing more on the interpersonal relationships of her interesting and diverse characters. In addition, references to contemporary themes and events help to add a degree of realism to the various storylines. The author weaves her story for more than 500 pages, thus allowing readers to have a thorough understanding of the characters and become attached to some of them before their lives are put in danger. The result is a mostly satisfying and sometimes unexpected story that hints at the possibility of a sequel. Indeed, unfinished business can be a real bitch.

The Power Trip was released on February 12.