The Power Trip

a rebel leader and staying in a hotel with other journalists from across the world. The camaraderie was just what he needed. None of them gave a shit about The Bianca and what had taken place, although one female journalist did ask him what Bianca looked like in real life.

He stayed there for several weeks before returning to his Paris apartment.

Sierra had blanked him — it was painfully obvious she did not want a connection.

He was fine with it. It was her choice, and if that’s what she wanted — so be it.

Enough obsessing over one woman. Finally he was beginning to realize that the past could never be recaptured. Too much had happened. Too many roadblocks.

Aleksandr contacted him and offered him whatever amount of money it would take to track down the mastermind behind the seizing of The Bianca.

‘I don’t want your money, Alek,’ Flynn told him. ‘But I will look into it, see what I can find out.’

He still had his connections in Eyl, and since the pirates were probably from there, a little investigation might go a long way.

‘Xuan is here,’ Aleksandr informed him. ‘Is that all right with you?’

‘Perfectly all right,’ Flynn assured him. ‘I always thought you two would be a great match.’

Since arriving back in Paris he’d gotten together with Mai a couple of times. Their relationship — such as it was — stayed on a casual level. She was exactly what he needed.

For now.

Somewhere out there was the right girl for him, and one of these days he would definitely find her.

About the Author

JACKIE COLLINS is the author of twenty-eight New York Times bestselling novels. More than 500 million of her books have sold in more than forty countries. From Hollywood Wives to Lady Boss, from Chances to Poor Little Bitch Girl, Jackie Collins has chronicled the lives of the rich and famous with “devastating accuracy” (Los Angeles Times). She lives in Beverly Hills.

Also by Jackie Collins

Poor Little Bitch Girl

Married Lovers

Lovers & Players

Deadly Embrace

Hollywood Wives — The New Generation

Lethal Seduction

Thrill!

L.A. Connections — Power, Obsession, Murder, Revenge

Hollywood Kids

American Star

Rock Star

Hollywood Husbands

Lovers & Gamblers

Hollywood Wives

The World Is Full Of Divorced Women

The Love Killers

Sinners

The Bitch

The Stud

The World Is Full Of Married Men

Hollywood Divorces

THE SANTANGELO NOVELS

Goddess of Vengeance

Drop Dead Beautiful

Dangerous Kiss

Vendetta: Lucky’s Revenge

Lady Boss

Lucky

Chances

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