Author | Jackie Collins |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Santangelo novels |
Genre | Romantic novel |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster (US) Macmillan (UK) |
Publication date | 1999 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 624 pp |
ISBN | 0-684-85030-3 |
OCLC | 37437192 |
Preceded by | Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge |
Followed by | Drop Dead Beautiful |
Dangerous Kiss is a 1999 novel by Jackie Collins and the fifth novel in her Santangelo novels series. [1]
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