She turned left on Sawtelle, as Sam's directions had indicated. 'Anyway, what are you doing talking to me? You're in a library.' Cyn had just informed Anna that she was stuck in the NYU library researching a final paper on pop culture references to the French Revolution and had also just admitted that a tiny part of her was actually enjoying working on it. Anna had just informed Cyn that she was driving to a pregraduation party aboard her friend Samantha Sharpe's yacht. Her pearl-gray Lexus powered down Wilshire Boulevard the Santa Monica mountains stood sentry to the north. 'Jealousy is oozing through my phone, Cyn,' Anna teased, wriggling the discreet earpiece from her Motorola E815's headset to a more comfortable position. Cyn was still her best friend-one who could let fly with a friendly insult the way other uptown girls tossed off skimpy two-ply cashmere. But whether there were three thousand miles or three blocks between them, it didn't matter. Cynthia Baltres might be living in the intellectual mecca known as New York City, and Anna might now be living in the anti-intellectual sun-dappled overindulgent splendor of Beverly Hills. 'Anna Percy, you are a traitor to all that is good and holy. The unknown was always so attractive to me … and still is.īlack Sweatshirt with a Bad Chanel Knock-off Scarf Hope and curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. To Lynn Weingarten and Cindy Eagan, without whom I'd have much less time to shop. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.īe sure to read all the novels in the New York Times bestsellingĪnd keep your eye out for the eighth novel, coming July 2007.īe sure to read all the novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling GOSSIP GIRL seriesĪnd keep you eye out for the eleventh novel, coming May 2007. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. While talking to Cyn, her best friend from New York, she stops to let a couple cross the street, and a woman hits the back of her car.Visit our Web site at The book starts out with Anna driving to Sam's pre-graduation party on her father's new yacht. She will stop at nothing to find out the truth. And infamous Cammie? She could not care less about graduation, not when she is so close to unraveling the mystery of her mother's death. But hopefully Sam will use her brains and considerable means to get creative about winning Eduardo back.

Maybe her father's hot tattooed intern, Caine Manning, will help cheer Anna up! Ever since her illicit kiss with Parker, Sam has been Eduardo-less and heartbroken. Ben has been acting distant and she is worried. Despite the festivities, Anna is not in a partying mood. That means lavish yacht parties, designer caps and gowns, and saying bye-bye to high school for good. It is graduation time for the A-List crew.

It was released in 2006 through Megan Tingley Publishers. American Beauty is the seventh novel in the A-List series by Zoey Dean.

American beauty by zoey dean