Chances (novel) blackout, a real event that Collins describes in some detail affects all the major characters either directly or indirectly. Gino's story begins in 1921 but backtracks to narrate details of when Gino's parent's, Paulo and Mira Santangelo emigrated to New York City from Italy in 1909 when Gino was three. From an early age, Gino takes to a life of crime, stealing a car at the age of fifteen and ending up in a juvenile home. Chances (novel) Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and the first in her "Santangelo" novels series. The novel has three focal points,
Lady of Sherwood featured cover art by Gregg Gulbronson, who also redesigned the covers for Roberson's works "Lady of the Forest" and "Lady of the Glen". The novel has received generally positive reviews. Contributing to the "Library Journal", Jackie Cassada asserted that "fans of historical fiction and period fantasy should enjoy this rousing story," while "Booklist"s Kaite Mediatore Stover opined that it "is just the story for the handywoman who can take care of herself." Writing for the same publication, Melanie Duncan positively compared "Lady of Sherwood" to the novel "The Mists of Avalon", writing "what Marion Zimmer Bradley did for King Arthur,