Lace II
LILI, INTERNATIONAL STAR, IRRESISTIBLE BEAUTY … KIDNAPPED IN THE LABYRINTHS OF ISTANBUL!
Lili commands whatever she desires. Any luxury. Any privilege. Anybody. Only one man eludes her … a man whose long-forgotten act of passion has shaped her fate … her father
.
Now, on a worldwide search, Lili is stalking a handful of powerful men. From New York to Paris to the wild, exotic Middle East, her journey brings her closer to the man she must find—until, one morning she disappears
.
A ransom note brings the unforgettable characters of
Lace
together again to share Lili’s ultimate ordeal—a struggle of desire and obsession, of wealth and love—to uncover the shocking truth Lili’s mother wanted to hide forever!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
SHIRLEY CONRAN, best-selling author of
Lace
and
Lace 2
, divides her time among London, New York and Monte Carlo. In addition to her powerhouse fiction blockbusters, she is also the author of
Superwoman
,
The Superwoman Yearbook
,
Superwoman in Action
,
Forever Superwoman
and
The Magic Garden
. Ms. Conran, who trained as a sculptor, has also been a journalist and an editor, a facet of her career that includes a stint as a columnist for
Vanity Fair
magazine. She has recently completed the adaption of
SAVAGES
into a treatment for a six-hour television mini-series.
To the Father She Had Never Known
On a sun-drenched terrace in Cannes, an Arabian king received a telegram that began, “Dear Daddy…”
In a crowded London dressing room, an aging rock star leaned back from his makeup mirror and opened a telegram that read, “Dead Daddy…”
On a luxurious yacht in the shimmering Mediterranean, a Greek shipping tycoon was handed a radio communiqué by his valet. The message started with, “Dear Daddy…”
In a plush executive office in Philadelphia, an elegantly attired banker blanched as he read the text of the telegram that began, “Dear Daddy…”
At that moment, Judy Jordan, the world-famous publisher of the magazine
VERVE!
, sat in her hotel room in Istanbul with her tear-streaked face hidden in her hands. And she tried to block out the demanding voice that rang with the question she had never wanted to hear:
“Which of those bastards is my father?”
“I was up all night reading
LACE 2
. You won’t be able to put it down.”
—Cynthia Heimel, Author of
Sex Tips for Girls
“LACE 2
is my ideal curl-up-and-read book.”
—Pat Miller,
New Woman
magazine
Books by Shirley Conran
Lace
Lace 2
Savages
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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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FOR PETER
WITH LOVE
August 31, 1979
T
HEY ARE THE
most expensive breasts in the world, thought Lili, as she soaped them. Lace rivulets of foam slipped over her rounded flesh and, as she touched one cinnamon-tinted nipple, Lili shivered with sensuous pleasure. She stretched one rose-tipped toe to push the old-fashioned, ivory-handled dial which released hot water; then she stroked her other nipple with the sea sponge, and again her body quivered in response. It was as if the tips of her breasts were part of an electrical circuit of sensation which connected directly with the sensual core of her body, Lili thought, as she watched the two cinnamon buds grow hard, then break through the carnation-scented foam.