{"product_id":"book-acyk","title":"Thrill","description":"\u003cb\u003eLara Ivory is a movie star\u003c\/b\u003e -- an incandescent beauty with cat-like green eyes,\u003cbr\u003efull luscious lips and honey blond hair. Lara has been at the top of her\u003cbr\u003eprofession for eight years and everybody loves her. But at thirty-two she\u003cbr\u003ecannot find a man who can handle being with such an exquisite object of\u003cbr\u003edesire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer ex-husband, Richard Barry\u003c\/b\u003e, an extremely successful veteran film director,\u003cbr\u003eis currently married to Nikki, a feisty brunette clothes designer on movies.\u003cbr\u003eNikki is a strong woman who tries her best to keep Richard under control --\u003cbr\u003esomething Lara couldn't manage. But Richard is not as pliable as Nikki\u003cbr\u003ethinks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThrill! \u003c\/i\u003e opens\u003c\/b\u003e, the three of them are great friends, shooting a\u003cbr\u003emovie in the South of France. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery man desires Lara\u003c\/b\u003e, but because of her insecurities she feels they only\u003cbr\u003ewant her for her beauty and fame. Lara is searching for something more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki can't wait\u003c\/b\u003e to get her hooked up with a guy, because she suspects Richard\u003cbr\u003estill harbors an unhealthy crush on his ex-wife -- a crush bordering on obsession. \u003cbr\u003eAfter the South of France location is over, Lara goes straight to the Hamptons to \u003cbr\u003eshoot her next movie -- \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamer,\u003c\/i\u003e while\u003cbr\u003eRichard and Nikki return to L.A. and their Malibu house. Richard starts post\u003cbr\u003eproduction, and Nikki awaits the arrival of her fifteen year old daughter,\u003cbr\u003eSummer, who is due to visit from Chicago. Nikki gave birth to Summer when she\u003cbr\u003ewas sixteen and married to Sheldon Weston -- an older psychiatrist who got\u003cbr\u003ecustody of their only daughter because Summer chose to stay with him when they\u003cbr\u003edivorced. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoey Lorenzo is a street-smart\u003c\/b\u003e, unbelievably handsome, small time actor with a\u003cbr\u003eshady past. At thirty, he's been around and then some. He had a couple of\u003cbr\u003emeaningful breaks in movies while he was living with New York agent, Madelaine\u003cbr\u003eFrancis, a woman twenty years older than him --but that was six years ago --\u003cbr\u003ebefore he vanished with seven thousand dollars of Madelaine's money. She \u003cbr\u003ehasn't heard from him since. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the beginning of \u003ci\u003eThrill! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Joey returns from New York, apologetic and\u003cbr\u003efull of excuses. He's hot to get his movie career back on track -- and uses\u003cbr\u003eMadelaine to do it for him. She gets him a role in \u003ci\u003eThe Dreamer,\u003c\/i\u003e and he\u003cbr\u003etakes off for the Hamptons location. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne look at Lara Ivory\u003c\/b\u003e and he realizes he has finally met his destiny. But he\u003cbr\u003ealso knows he has to play it cool --because Lara is a woman who can have any\u003cbr\u003eman she wants. And more than anything he wants her to want him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki is making a career transition\u003c\/b\u003e from movie clothes designer to producer.\u003cbr\u003eShe has bought the rights to \u003ci\u003eRevenge,\u003c\/i\u003e a true story about a woman who is\u003cbr\u003eraped and beaten by three men, and then systematically tracks them down and\u003cbr\u003ekills them. Nikki has supervised a script, and wants Lara to play the lead role\u003cbr\u003eof the rape victim. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard is against it because he thinks\u003c\/b\u003e the explicit sex and violence will\u003cbr\u003eexploit Lara. Nikki ignores his advice and pursues Lara for the role. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara agrees to do it\u003c\/b\u003e, even though she knows the violence in the story will\u003cbr\u003ebring back many painful, long buried memories from her past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the time Lara returns to L.A.\u003c\/b\u003e to shoot \u003ci\u003eRevenge,\u003c\/i\u003e Joey is ensconced in\u003cbr\u003eher life. He has gotten her hooked sexually, making her feel she has met the\u003cbr\u003eman who can be everything to her. Both of them have something to hide, so even\u003cbr\u003ethough she knows nothing about him, to everyone's concern, she doesn't seem to\u003cbr\u003ecare. She and Joey are together, and that's all that matters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki hires a hot director\u003c\/b\u003e, Mick Stefan, a young Quentin Tarantino with plenty \u003cbr\u003eof attitude. Mick in turn brings in Aiden Sean, a burned-out movie star with a \u003cbr\u003edrug problem to play the main rapist. Both men have major problems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd then the wild and precocious\u003c\/b\u003e fifteen year old Summer arrives to stay and\u003cbr\u003ethe trouble really starts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer is a wild child\u003c\/b\u003e, way out of control -- into sex, men and money. L.A.\u003cbr\u003eseems the perfect place to escape from the unhealthy relationship she has with\u003cbr\u003eher controlling father. Especially when she hooks up with Betty, a pretty\u003cbr\u003enineteen year old, who introduces her to Darlene, an infamous Hollywood\u003cbr\u003eMadam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving in and out of \u003ci\u003eThrill! \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an unnamed character who tells his\u003cbr\u003estory in the first person from the age of sixteen to the present day. He is the\u003cbr\u003ewild card -- a man who lives life on the edge -- violence only a breath\u003cbr\u003eaway. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it Joey Lorenzo?\u003c\/b\u003e Aiden Sean? Mick Stefan? Richard Barry? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe reader cannot guess\u003c\/b\u003e until the violence packed climax -- when secrets and\u003cbr\u003epassions ignite into a crazed roller coaster of survival. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrill! \u003c\/i\u003e is a psychological sexual thriller\u003c\/b\u003e about relationships,\u003cbr\u003esecrets, violence and red-hot passions.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348376920368,"sku":"BDacyk","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/241280-acyk-Square.jpg?v=1734222163","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-acyk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}