Melissa De La Cruz Books In Order

The Au Pairs / Beach Lane

SUMMER AU PAIRS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY
For four energetic children, between 3 and 10 years old.
Join a NYC family for the best summer of your life in
East Hampton, July 4 Labor Day.

Pay: $10,000. 00
Driver’s license a must.
Familiarity with the Hamptons, a plus.

Send resumes and head shots to HamptonsAuPairs@yahoo. com

Meet Mara Waters, Eliza Thompson, and Jacqui Velasco new au pairs for one of New York City’s wealthiest families who will spend their summer in one of the most posh, most exclusive spots for summer summering: the Hamptons.

For good girl Mara, this job is a way out of another go slow Massachusetts summer. Eliza, New York City’s former It Girl, knows this is the fast lane back to the stylish world she wishes she’d never left. And for Brazilian bombshell Jacqui, it’s a boarding pass back to her American love who told her he’d e mail as soon as he got home, and didn’t.

After all, how hard can an au pair job be? Slap sunscreen on the kids during the day and party at the coolest hot spots at night, right? Wrong.

While Eliza is desperately trying to hide her baby sitting job from her superspoiled friends who think she’s still just as rich as she used to be, Mara’s getting awfully cozy with the kids’ extremely attractive older brother, Ryan. And Jacqui is heartbroken when she discovers that the love of her life may have been nothing more than a spring fling.

If the girls can manage au pair duties all the while mastering the ins and outs of the Hamptons’ social scene it might just turn out to be the most incredible summer of their lives. But to do it they’ll have to stick together. And that’s where things definitely get sticky.

Skinny-Dipping

And you thought last summer was hot? Your favorite bikini clad au pairs good girl turned It Girl Mara, spoiled Eliza, and Brazilian bombshell Jacqui are back for another season of skinny dipping in Georgica Pond, tanning on Main Beach, and oh, yeah, babysitting for the Perry kids too. The au pairs think they’re ready for another summer of outrageous fun, but a lot of things have changed since last year…
. Mara dumped Ryan, the uber hot older brother of the kids she’s babysitting, and opted out of spending winter break in Palm Beach with the family. Now she wants him back, but is he hers for the taking? Eliza and Jeremy agreed to see other people at the end of last summer, but Eliza’s done a lot more than look at other boys…
namely Ryan Perry. Can Eliza keep their Palm Beach hookup a secret from Mara? Jacqui managed to stick to her no more boys rule all year, but when she meets the Perry’s newest au pair, Philippe, a gorgeous French guy, she’s not so sure she’ll be able to maintain her resolve. After all, aren’t rules made to be broken? This summer Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui will manage to find trouble and a party wherever they go. But if they’re not careful, their friendships, their guys, and their perfect summer jobs could fade away faster than last year’s tans.

Sun-Kissed

Be careful or you’ll get burned. The three hottest au pairs in history are back, and this time they’re ready to rule the Hamptons. Mara has all the VIPs in the hottest clubs hanging on her every word. Eliza’s family is back from financial ruin; and she’s got the platinum charge cards to prove it. Jacqui is newly single and ready for some steamy summer hook ups. The girls seem to have it all this summer…
but looks, as we all know, can be deceiving. Mara’s living every girl’s dream: playing house with her boyfriend, Ryan Perry, on his parents’ luxury yacht while writing a column about night life in the Hamptons. With a press pass to every hot event, Mara’s ready to hit the red carpet and scoop even the most seasoned journalists. If only she could get a pass from Ryan, who just wants her to stay home and cuddle. Last summer’s ‘No boys!’ mantra is a distant memory for Jacqui. While the new au pair, Shannon, handles the Perry kids, Jacqui searches for some serious fun. And she doesn’t have to look far: Three dot. com boy millionaires have moved in next door and are more than happy to compete for her affections. Thus Jacqui’s new mantra is, ‘Why have just one when you can have them all?’Eliza and Jeremy are in total relationship bliss. She’s decided to take the next step with Jeremy and nothing’s going to stop her this time. Unfortunately, what she thought would be a cakewalk internship for a famous fashion designer turns out to be more hours of hard labor than she, or her relationship, are ready for. Too bad Jeremy won’t stop questioning her work ethic long enough for Eliza to get back in the mood. The Au Pairs: Sun kissed. Because it’s soooo much more than just a job.

Crazy Hot

This summer’s not just hot…
it’s Crazy Hot. It’s been a year since the hottest au pairs ever saw the Hamptons, and they’re certainly older though not necessarily wiser. Or drama free. Eliza, Jacqui, and Mara thought they’d be spending the summer apart, but when Eliza’s new stepmother finds herself in need of some nannying help around the megamansion with the step monsters, Eliza makes a call…
and Jacqui and Mara wind up with two first class tickets to the Hamptons. After ruling her first year at Parsons, Eliza, the up and coming starlet turned designer, is opening her own boutique on super posh Main Street. But it’s not just Eliza’s career that’s on the fast track her relationship with Jeremy is too. Too bad he’s moving too fast for Eliza to keep up. Brazilian beauty Jacqui is trying to be a good, responsible au pair. But it’s tough when there’s a hot British photographer following you around, telling you to quit your job and become an international supermodel. All she wants is to make enough money to pay for NYU…
so what happens when she gets a much bigger offer? After getting fired from her travel writing job and dumped at the airport by her journalist boyfriend, Mara settles for a summer chasing toddlers once again. There’s one benefit to nannying: She’ll have plenty of material for the novel she’s writing about being an au pair and an It Girl in the Hamptons. Nothing’s going to distract her from the task at hand…
except perhaps her old flame, Ryan Perry. Can our three favorite Hamptons girls survive the craziest, hottest summer yet?

Blue Bloods

Schuyler Van Alen is confused about what is happening to her. Her veins are starting to turn blue, and she’s starting to crave raw meat. Soon, her world is thrust into an intricate maze of secret societies and bitter intrigue. Schuyler has never been a part of the trendy crowd at her prestigious New York private school. Now, all of a sudden, Jack Force, the most popular guy in school, is showing an interest in her. And when one of the popular girls is found dead, Schuyler and Jack are determined to get to the bottom of it. Schuyler wants to find out the secrets of the mysterious Blue Bloods. But is she putting herself in danger? Melissa de la Cruz s vampire mythology, set against the glitzy backdrop of New York City, is a juicy and intoxicating read.

Masquerade

Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires. With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help her grandfather. Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations are feverishly underway for the Four Hundred Ball, an exclusive gala hosted by the city’s wealthy, powerful, and unhuman a true Blue Blood affair. But it’s at the after party, a Masquerade ball thrown by the cunning Mimi Force, that the real danger lurks. Hidden behind the masks is a revelation that will forever change the course of a young vampire’s destiny. Rich with glamour, attitude, and vampire lore, this second installment in the Blue Bloods saga will leave readers thirsting for more.

Revelations

Have you ever wondered what secrets lurk behind the closed doors of New York City’s wealthiest families? They’re powerful, they’re famous…
they’re undead. Schuyler Van Alen s blood legacy has just been called into question is the young vampire in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? As controversy swirls, Schuyler is left stranded in the Force household, trapped under the same roof as her cunning nemesis, Mimi Force, and her forbidden crush, Jack Force. When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by Silver Bloods in Rio de Janeiro, however, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side. The stakes are high; the battle is bloody; and through it all, Carnavale rages on. And in the end, one vampire s secret identity will be exposed in a revelation that shocks everyone.

The Van Alen Legacy

With the stunning revelation surrounding Bliss’s true identity comes the growing threat of the sinister Silver Bloods. Once left to live the glamorous life in New York City, the Blue Bloods now find themselves in an epic battle for survival. Not to worry, love is still in the air for the young vampires of the Upper East Side. Or is it? Jack and Schuyler are over. Oliver’s brokenhearted. And only the cunning Mimi seems to be happily engaged. Young, fanged, and fabulous, Melissa de la Cruz’s vampires unite in this highly anticipated fourth installment of the Blue Bloods series.

Bloody Valentine

Vampires have powers beyond human comprehension: strength that defies logic, speed that cannot be captured on film, the ability to shapeshift and more. But in matters of the heart, no one, not even the strikingly beautiful and outrageously wealthy Blue Bloods, has total control. In Bloody Valentine, bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz offers readers a new story about the love lives of their favorite vamps the passion and heartache, the hope and devastation, the lust and longing. Combined with all the glitz, glamour, and mystery fans have come to expect, this is sure to be another huge hit in the Blue Bloods series.

Misguided Angel

After inheriting the dark Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler fled to Florence with her forbidden love, Jack. Now the two of them must embark on the mission Schuyler was destined to complete: to find and protect the five remaining gates that guard earth from Lucifer, lord of the Silver Bloods. Back in New York, Mimi has been elected Regent of a crumbling coven. Struggling with her heartache over the loss of Kingsley and with her overwhelming desire to destroy Jack, she must focus all of her energy on a perilous new threat. Vampires are being abducted and their captors are planning to burn them alive online for all the world to see. Help arrives in the form of Deming Chen, a Venator from Shanghai, who must untangle the web of deceptions before the killers strike again. As the young vampires struggle for the survival of the coven, they uncover a deadly secret, a truth first discovered by Schuyler’s mother during the Renaissance but kept buried for centuries. And as the Blue Blood enclave weakens yet further, fate leads Schuyler to a terrible choice that will ultimately map the destiny of her heart.

Lost In Time

The young Blue Bloods of Manhattan descend upon Egypt in Lost In Time, the epic sixth book in Melissa de la Cruz’s New York Times and USA Today best selling Blue Bloods series. After their beautiful yet brief bonding ceremony in Italy, Schuyler Van Alen and Jack Force are forced to separate. To fulfill the Van Alen Legacy, Schuyler travels to Alexandria to search for Catherine of Siena and the Gate of Promise. But Schuyler quickly discovers that everything she believed about the Gate to be wrong. Meanwhile, Jack makes the difficult decision to return to New York to face his twin and former bondmate, Mimi. But instead of a bitter reunion, he is faced with a choice for which there is no good option. Mimi, with a most unexpected travel companion in Oliver Hazard Perry, jets off to Egypt, too, to search for Kingsley Martin, her long lost love. With all roads leading to Hell, Mimi learns that not all love stories have happy endings. But she’ll have to put her own feelings aside if she’s going to save her crumbling Coven. Packed with heartache, twists, and vampiric folklore, Lost In Time is sure to satisfy hungry fans’ cravings for more Blue Bloods adventure.

Keys to the Repository

Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the night. Bone chilling murders. Midterms. The day to day life of Schuyler Van Alen and her Blue Bloods friends and enemies is never boring. But there’s oh so much more to know about these beautiful and powerful teens. Below the streets of Manhattan, within the walls of the Repository, exists a wealth of revealing information about the vampire elite that dates back before the Mayflower. In a series of short stories, journal entries, and never before seen letters, New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz gives her hungry fans the Keys to the Repository and an even more in depth look into the secret world of the Blue Bloods. Won’t you come inside?

The Ashleys / The Ashley Project

The Ashleys rule Miss Gamble’s Preparatory School for Girls. They are gorgeous, rich, impeccably fashion forward, and, yes, all named Ashley. Lauren Page has gone to the same school with them her whole life, and the Ashleys, if forced to remember, might recall only a faint memory of shoving mud in the poor girl’s mouth in kindergarten. But Lauren Page is no longer the mud eating loser she once was. And though she has completely changed her exterior from bargain baseme*nt cast offs to off the runway couture props, of course, to her new personal shopper she is still the same person on the inside. And that person has had enough of the current regime. Look out, Ashleys. There’s a new name in school.

Jealous? / Social Order

They have it all: money, looks, popularity, anything their little platinum encased hearts desire. They also have a new face. After Lauren Page’s unexpected and brilliant maneuver at the fall VIP dance, she is in so tight with Ashley Spencer, the number one Ashley, that she might as well be Ashley’s favorite pair of leggings. But a new website, www. ashleyrank. com, catches on like the flu in February, and for the first time since kindergarten it’s open season in the popularity race. Lauren Page sees a way in, Ashley Li and Ashley Alito see a way up, and Ashley Spencer sees a way to prove there’s only room for one at the top.

Birthday Vicious

Ashley spencer considers her birthday to be the most important event next to . . well, okay, it’s just the most important event, period. Hello. So when the invite list is cast and the custom embossed invitations are sent, it’s a who’s who list of San Francisco’s best tweens. If people don’t yet know whether they are in or out, this party is sure to draw the lines of coolness in the most permanent of inks. Ashley intends to prove that there’s a reason she’s been at the top of the social food chain her entire life, and she’s not about to be unseated by some lame website ranking. She’d also like to solve the problem of losing her boyfriend. Will all her birthday wishes come true? Or is it more like it’s her party and she’ll freak if she wants to?

Lip Gloss Jungle / Popularity Takeover

Lauren page’s plan was simple: get a fabulous makeover, become one of the Ashleys, and once she was securely in their trenches, completely destroy them from the inside. The only problem is, now that Lauren is seventh grade royalty she isn’t so sure she wants to follow through especially because Sadie, her former best friend and current best frenemy, has formed a new plan to bring down the Ashleys in all of her own fabulous makeover glory.

Now Lauren’s plan of action has changed: to save the Ashleys. But with Ashley dating a penniless blue collar, Lili shunning makeup and fashion, and A.A. questioning Ashley’s loyalty, can it be done? Or will the Ashleys actually go down?

Angels on Sunset Boulevard

Johnny Silver is the world’s soon to be biggest rock star, but on the eve of his debut concert in Los Angeles, he mysteriously disappears, causing global pandemonium. His friend Taj tries to discover the truth about his disappearance, which leads her to TAP. com and its shadowy founder, Sutton Werner, who throws the wildest parties in Bel Air.

TAP started out innocently enough, as a website that dishes the dirt on the kids of Sunset Boulevard and beyond. But it has become something more. Membership is a privilege with responsibilities and consequences.

At Sutton’s parties, anything goes, especially in the legendary backroom rituals nicknamed The Angels Practice. Rumors abound of a special drink handed out at the parties that tap into otherworldly sensations.

One night Taj meets Nick, a Westside preppie who doesn’t buy into the TAP mayhem, especially since his kid sister never came home from attending one of its blow out bashes. Slowly the two of them are drawn to TAP and to each other. But Taj just might know more than she’s letting on…
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Are you ready for the darker side of Tinsel town’s brightest lights?

Girl Stays in the Picture

Devon, the hottest chart topping sixteenyear old diva, has just landed in the south of France to film her Hollywood movie debut. With her French Caribbean beauty and ethereal voice, she aims to secure her newest crown blockbuster box office but she discovers sometimes a girl can t get by without a little help from her friends. So when she befriends Livia Romero, the producer’s insanely gorgeous and insanely spoiled daughter, whose slammin new body is thanks to dropping two hundred pounds via stomach stapling surgery; and Casey West, a personal assistant to the rival star, an entourage is born. And the paparazzi can t get enough of them.

Fresh Off the Boat

Dear Peaches,

America is perfect!

I love it here. I wish you could come visit we could go shopping on Market Street and you could meet all my new friends. And my new boyfriend. He looks exactly like Tobey Maguire from Spider Man, not Seabiscuit. We’ll be the hottest couple at the Soir e!

I miss you!! x*xooo,
V.

Okay, so Vicenza isn’t being totally honest with Peaches, her best friend back in Manila. But what fun is it being the new girl at snooty Grosvernor High? Or rooting through the Salvation Army for unholey cashmere sweaters? Or having culture shocked, embarrassingly clueless parents? Maybe being Claude Caligari’s ignored geometry partner is sort of fun, but Vicenza would rather be his girlfriend…
or at least his date to the annual fancy schmancy Soir e d’Hiver. Instead, she’s stuck going with scrawny family friend Freddie in an outlet purchased, coupon reduced dress that is nothing short of disaster!

But Vicenza won’t be friendless, fashionless, or ‘Fresh Off the Boat‘ for long it’s only a matter of time before she sees what’s right before her eyes, and her luck begins to change.

Cat’s Meow

Cat McAllister grew up as a Hollywood child star, spent her adolescence modeling in Japan, and now, as she celebrates her twenty fifth birthday for the fourth time, she lives for velvet ropes, Mo t & Chandon, gold leaf invitations, and other fashionista prizes. But on her way up the social ladder, making her way past the who’s who and the what’s what, Cat finds herself stuck in that seventh circle of celebrity hell. What’s worse, her funds are running dry. What’s a girl to do? Marry rich. And so the ruckus begins, taking us from China for a baby adoption, to Paris for the couture shows, to the ‘it’ world of Gotham. And that’s just the hors d’oeuvres. Punctuated with Kim DeMarco’s illustrations, Cat’s Meow is a spectacularly witty novel about a young woman looking for love, clothes, and what will make her truly happy in life.

How to Become Famous in Two Weeks or Less

2 WOMEN, 14 DAYS. THE GOAL? ACHIEVE BOLD FACE STATUS

SIGHTINGS: Spotted last night at a giant bash at Nobu: fashionista cuties Karen Robinovitz and Melissa De La Cruz. Karen was heard saying she’s still exhausted from her recent Bungalow 8 birthday party that would have made P. Diddy jealous. Apparently, she was wearing two million dollars worth of Harry Winston diamonds including the 22 carat ring Whoopie Goldberg wore to the Oscars and was constantly shadowed by a bodyguard named Lou who was straight out of a Scorsese film. Melissa, also fatigued from the fast track, just hosted an intimate dinner party at a swanky Upper East Side restaurant attended by trend setting journos from New York magazine, The Observer, Allure, Page Six as well as the indefatigable Michael Musto and as part of the gift bag giveaway, the whole crew is being flown to Miami to stay at a five star resort favored by the likes of Will Smith.

Asked how they managed to go from barely known freelance writers to A list celebrities in just fourteen days, they coyly spilled the beans: Marie Claire called with the assignment, and they simply begged, clawed, cried, borrowed, cheated, lied, stole, and bribed their way to fame. Their how to tips to stardom include Pick an M&M color to hate, and stick to it. And they re writing a book, daaahlings, so whether you live in New York or Nebraska, you too can have the goods to claim your own fame and become legendary.

The Fashionista Files

A fashionista is a girl who always looks current and cutting edge, even when her clothes are vintage 1975. A fashionista can tell her Pucci from her Gucci and her Blahniks from her Choos, but she’s as comfortable in Kmart as she is in Chanel. She wears what she likes and always looks fantastic. She s a clothing chameleon: a sharp tweed suit and ladylike driving gloves one moment, a punk rock T shirt and studded belt the next. She s a gypsy, a princess, and a diva. She s fashion forward, shopping addicted, and full of fun. And you can be her, no matter your size, style, or budget.
Authors Melissa de la Cruz and Karen Robinovitz are fashionistas who share a love for impractical shoes, small dogs that fit in designer handbags, and wearing white after Labor Day. They eat, sleep, and breathe fashion. And they ll teach you how to

Make a whole new wardrobe out of the awful duds that lurk in the back of your closet
Use the words postmodern and ironic to fake your way through pseudo intellectual cocktail conversation really it s easy, and so postmodern and ironic!
Score big with chic and cheap finds at thrift stores, consignment shops, and discount designer outlets
Live like a socialite on a shoestring budget

In two weeks or less, you ll be living the lush life, from the brim of your Eugenia Kim fedora to the tip of your pointy Christian Louboutin pumps!

Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys

A celebration of the most important relationship in a straight girl’s life-her gay best friend.

Thanks to iconic duos such as Sex and the City‘s Carrie and Stanford and the title characters of Will & Grace, the love affair between straight women and gay men has moved into the mainstream. Never before, though, has a book looked at these friendships in the real world.

The editors, themselves best friends, have put together this collection of hilarious and poignant never-before-published essays that explore this unique relationship. In addition to stories about single girls and gay guys bonding over shopping sprees and brunch, these stories chronicle love and lust, infatuation and heartbreak, growing up and coming out, and family and children.

Straight women and gay men alike will relate to these tales from a diverse array of contributors, ranging from literary novelists to Emmy Award winners, single girls about town to mothers of four, downtown performance artists to Hollywood scenesters. This definitive anthology, the first of its kind, proves that more durable than diamonds, straight women and gay men are each other’s true best friends.

A share of the proceeds from this book will benefit The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping gay teens.

Mistletoe

Glittering white snowflakes. The handsome blond ski instructor. The sparkle on a cashmere skirt. Hot cocoa and kisses in front of a crackling fire. The holiday season is the ESSENCE of magic…
and romance. Four of today’s bestselling teen authors Melissa de la Cruz THE AU PAIRS, Aimee Friedman SOUTH BEACH, Hailey Abbott SUMMER BOYS, and Nina Malkin 6X bring us delectable tales of love and lust and holiday cheers and tears in this one of a kind collection that teens will devour faster than a plate of Christmas cookies.