Dazzle

by Judith Gould

The Boralevi women rose from the depths of a Russian ghetto to the heights of wealth and power in St. Petersburg, Hollywood and the Middle East. Dazzle is the story of these amazing women, a racy, scintillating novel packed with all the blockbuster potential of Gould's earlier bestsellers, Sins and Love-Makers.Senda - she fled the pogrom-haunted woods of her childhood for the scented palaces of St Petersberg, a meteoric star of the stage who bewitched a generation born to die in the blood-spattered snow of revolutionary Russia.Tamara - a golden-haired star of the silver screen, her face was the fortune and Hollywood her kingdom. Who was she? Where had she come from? Not even she knew the answers. One man had made her for the dream machine, and he could save her, or break her.Daliah - the film idol of millions, in her legend lives on. Snatched into the crazy fury of a terrorist hell, she is forced to pay for the sins of her fathers. Three women as fiery as precious diamonds. Three lives burning with fire and passion.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance

816 pages, Paperback

First published February 7, 1989

About the author

pseudonym of two authors: Nick Bienes and Rhea (pronounced “Ray”) Gallaher

Reviews

[Floripiquita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo leí cuando era muy jovencita y me impactó un montón, por la historia y las escenas de sexo, seamos sinceras. Un culebron total que narra la historia de una familia a través de tres mujeres, gran deudor de la época en la que está escrito, los años 80. Tengo que releerlo.

[Xenia0201 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is not to be considered critically acclaimed in any way. It is yet another book I read at an age I was highly impressionable. Dazzle did two things for me - spark my interest in the Russian Revolution, and served as a tutorial for sex at my ripe age of 14 when I first read it. This was another one of those books I found laying around the house that my mother had gotten at a flea market where the covers had been ripped off of new paperbacks and sold five for $10 that never should have gotten into my hands!! Dazzle is about three generations of Russian Jewish women, starting with Senda, who narrowly escapes a pogrom set upon her village. Personally, the plot loses me right after this, as we continue with her daughter, Tamara, who becomes a movie star in Hollywood, and then finally, her daughter, Daliah who also is a successful actress, following all three women's trials and tribulations. Good for naughty reading but that's about it!!

[Arto Mutka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this Judith Gould book... Loved the story over the three generations of women all involved in the entertainment industry. Lots of smutty and sexy bits too... Ie lots of very detailed love scenes!! Great escapist fiction. I took it away with me on a holiday to China last year and was perfect for reading on tour bus in between seeing the sights... I in turn entertained my fellow travellers my reading the graphic sex scenes as I came across them... Had whole tour bus in hysterics!!

[Nora · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this when I was a teen and remembered it fondly. But let me tell you it hasn't aged well. It starts off with the bad man being a pedophile who molests boys. The writing is extremely bad and the time line makes no sense at all. Oh and it ends practically with rape. (the classic she found him hot but didn't want sex, said no repeatedly, begged him no, fought him, but he could see in her eyes that she wanted him so he did it and wow she fell in love)

[Assunta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would have given it a 5 star because the story is good but there were too many totally unnecessary very explicit sex passages......seriously?

[Sorcha]

Oh I love trashy novels with the best of em......but sometimes......[return][return]Started off well, with a Russian peasant girl working her way up to be the best known actress in Russia (and the Tzar's mistress), only for everything to be lost in the Revolution.[return][return]I have a feeling I read this book a long time ago, and struggled then too.[return][return]Time goes on, her daughter gets involved with the Jewish people, and *her* daughter (and the rest of the family) gets involved in the attempt to start the Jewish state. Lots of violence, kidnaps, escapes, betrayals, loyalty, aggressive sex that passes for exciting love, the usual stuff (well worn copy with the spine broken at the really "interesting" - ahem - parts for the one handed reader).......meh

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the fence with this one. 3½ stars. Full review at http://sleaze-factor.blogspot.ca/2013...

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, although I thought it was good, but not great.