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Meg's Books for Adults

If you're looking for something a little more mature than The Princess Diaries, Meg has also written a number of romance novels for adults. These books still feature Meg's signature humor and lovable characters, but with R-rated romance scenes.

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The "Boy" series This series uses emails and IMs to tell funny and charming urban love stories. The three books share the same style, but have different characters. The Boy Next Door Boy Meets Girl Every Boy's Got One Review Publishers Weekly In her debut adult novel, Cabot (known for her extremely successful young adult fiction series the Princess Diaries, published under the name Meg Cabot) relies entirely on highly amusing e-mails to tell a fetching meet-cute story. New York City gossip columnist Melissa Fuller is known for being obsessive about Winona Ryder, dating the wrong men and being tardy for work. Arriving particularly late one morning, she explains to her colleagues at the New York Journal that she was detained by the attempted murder of her elderly next-door neighbor, Mrs. Friedlander, who is in a coma. Always the good girl, Mel has volunteered to take care of Mrs. Friedlander's many pets until the neighbor's nephew Max, a famous fashion photographer, can be reached. Her co-workers warn her about Max, a notorious lady's man. Contrary to the gossip, when she meets Max he is down to earth, funny and kind. Despite the strange fact that he likes to be called John and appears to be between photo shoots, she begins to date him and learns that he shares her love for Stephen King novels and natural disasters. It doesn't take long for her to fall head over heels, or for Mel's mom to write, "Get a ring on your finger before you uncross those legs, sweetie." When a mysterious e-mail arrives explaining that there is more to her beau than meets the eye, she is duly upset and uses the power of her pen to get even. But when Mrs. Friedlander's attacker returns, will Mel and Max be able to put their differences aside to catch a killer? Full of clever e-mail banter and tongue-in-cheek humor, this cheeky novel should be enjoyed in one sitting.
Heather Wells series Heather Wells used to be a pop star, but her label dropped her for gaining a few pounds. She's happy with her new size and her new job at a college dorm--until a dead student turns up and she has a mystery to solve. Size 12 Is Not Fat Size 14 Is Not Fat Either Big Boned Review Publishers Weekly Bag the tiara and get out the gun: Heather Wells, former teen idol, turns detective in the cute debut of a new mystery series from bestseller Cabot (The Princess Project and other titles in her Princess Diaries series). After the 20-something Heather's rocker boyfriend dumps her, and her mother and manager flee with her earnings, she becomes an assistant director of an undergraduate residence hall at Manhattan's New York College (read: NYU) in hopes of free tuition. When students start to die mysteriously while "elevator surfing" in the building, weight-conscious, romance-obsessed Heather goes on a crazed hunt to uncover the truth—with an unwavering sense of style. As Magda, Heather's dorm cashier friend, says: "Even if the rest of your life is going down the toilet... at least your toes can still look pretty." Cabot delivers Heather's amateur sleuthing adventures in a rapid-fire narrative that may leave some readers begging for time-outs to control sudden laughing fits.
Insatiable Meena Harper uses her psychic power to predict death to write complicated plots for the popular soap opera Insatiable. Unfortunately, her ability gets her involved with tracking down some modern-day vampires, one of whom Meena finds very attractive. Insatiable Review Publishers Weekly Cabot (Princess Diaries) winningly applies her trademark likably fallible protagonists and breezy storytelling to a vampire war in New York City. TV writer Meena Harper creates fabulous plots for Insatiable, the second-highest–rated soap opera, thanks to her burdensome if lucrative psychic ability to see into the future and determine how people are going to die. And just as Insatiable is switching to a vampire theme to attract a younger demographic, a spate of chilling murders-by-exsanguination grips New York City. Enter Lucien Antonescu, a sexy, melancholic Romanian history professor/vampire who recognizes that the murders are the work of rogue vampires who have broken away from his order. (Lucien happens to be the son of Vlad the Impaler, whom Bram Stoker gave such a bad rep.) Lucien's opposition: Alaric Wulf, a sympathetic detective from the Palatine Guard, who hopes to use Meena and her prophetic gift to stop the murders and track down Lucien. Unfortunately for Alaric, Meena is a little in love with Lucien. Cabot is less concerned with creating a convincing family tree for Lucien than with creating sparks between her characters, who feel pleasantly natural even as they live alongside the vampires next door.
Queen of Babble series Lizzie Nichols has a passion for fashion and a big mouth. Can she find a career in the wedding dress restoration field and keep her gift of babble from sabotaging her relationships? The first Queen of Babble book has been optioned as a movie, with Kristen Bell set to star as Lizzie. Queen of Babble Queen of Babble in the Big City Queen of Babble Gets Hitched Review Publishers Weekly Cabot, author of the wildly popular Princess Diaries, delivers another charmer, this time taking on the misadventures of a college girl looking for Mr. Right in Europe. Fresh out of the Univ. of Michigan with a B.A. in history of fashion, Lizzie Nichols sets off across the pond to spend the summer with British boyfriend Andrew, whom she barely knows. When Lizzie learns that Andrew isn't the man she imagined, she changes direction and heads for France, where her best friend Shari is working at Chateau Mirac in the Dordogne wine country. En route, she meets Jean-Luc de Villiers, a French-American hottie whose father owns the chateau, and who would be so easy to fall in love with if he weren't already taken. Lizzie discovers sixteenth-century wineries, kir royals and vintage Givenchy dresses stored in the attic, while matching wits with Jean-Luc's ambitious girlfriend. Although blunt dialogue about oral sex adds a titillating edge, the book is sweet to the core.
She Went All The Way Screenwriter Lou Calabrese is known for writing the tough Copkiller movies. When she and movie star Jack Townsend survive a helicopter crash in the Arctic wilderness, they have to draw on everything they've learned from Hollywood to survive in the woods. She Went All the Way Review Amazon.com User Review If you enjoy contemporary romance with a touch of thriller in the wilds of Alaska, then you might want to try this romance story. Lou Calabrese, Hollywood screenwriter and Jack Townsend, Hollywood hunk and action star are lost in Alaska after a helicopter they are in goes down in the far reaches of Alaska. They survive the crash but will they survive their dislike for one another? Will they survive the killers that are tracking them and trying to do away with them? The dialogue is good and the action scenes are great. The romance between the characters is fun as well. I enjoyed this as light reading and you will too.
Patricia Cabot Books Meg's first books were adult romance novels written under the pen name Patricia Cabot. You can read about these on Meg's web site, but they are largely out of print.