Chances (novel) Chances (novel) Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and the first in her "Santangelo" novels series. The novel has three focal points, two of them focusing on the main characters of the novel and a third during the New York City blackout of 1977. "Chances" is broken up into parts. The first part looks at the blackout in New York City and how this affects the main characters. The second is focused on Gino Santangelo and later includes his children Lucky and Dario. The third part examines the life of Carrie Berkley and later her son Steven. The
Jackie Collins this time, she wrote and produced another miniseries based on the "Lady Boss" novel, with Kim Delaney playing the lead role. Collins' run of best-sellers continued with "American Star" (1993), "Hollywood Kids" (1994), and the fourth Santangelo novel, "" (1996). She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1993, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel. In 1998, she made a foray into talk show television with the series "Jackie Collins' Hollywood", but this was unsuccessful. She also published the novel "Thrill" (1998) and wrote a four-part series of mini-novels, called "L.A. Connections", to be released in a