Clare Naylor Books In Order

The Second Assistant

No political science degree could ever prepare Elizabeth Miller for her new job as second assistant at The Agency, whose clients include everyone you ve never met but you know who they re sleeping with. A former congressional intern in Washington, Lizzie makes a bid for a life change that lands her a job a world away, where ethics and First Amendment debates take a backseat to pleading the Fifth for ritalin snorting boss Scott Wagner, the hottest young agent in Hollywood who devotes his days to playing online poker that is, when he’s not closing a $30 million deal for one of his AAA list clients. And while getting six hundred dollar highlights from Cameron D s colorist or organizing the strippers for George C s party come close to causing heart failure for this East Coast girl, the real dangers lurk elsewhere. But Lizzie is a survivor, and no Machiavellian assistant, lecherous producer, or power struggle at The Agency can douse her nascent dreams of climbing up the Hollywood ladder. But first she has to run down to the Coffee Bean to pick up that triple espresso, or Scott is going to throw something…
. For anyone who loved The Nanny Diaries or The Devil Wears Prada, The Second Assistant is a compulsively readable novel and a gleeful skewering of Tinsel Town packed with outrageous, thinly veiled stories about the deranged, the dastardly, and the unspeakably glamorous that will have tongues wagging from coast to coast.

The First Assistant

The further adventures of talent agency assistant Lizzie Miller as she finally gets some traction on the slippery Hollywood slope

In The Second Assistant, readers across the country found a hero*ine they loved to love in Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder. But no more coffee runs and sorting thumbtacks by color for Lizzie; she’s been promoted. As first assistant to Scott Wagner, now president of The Agency and one of Hollywood’s premiere movers and shakers, she’s making decisions and learning the ins and outs of the business. But unlike the other airhead assistants, she’s not being wooed by the glamour and mystique of Lala Land. At least, that’s what she tells herself. But with a fabulous boyfriend and visions of Harry Winston diamonds and a black AmEx dancing in her head, it is getting harder for Lizzie to keep her pumps firmly on the ground.

In The First Assistant, Clare Naylor and Mimi Hare have again joined forces to take a wry and hilarious look at the wheeling, dealing, schmoozing, and snubbing that make Hollywood the cutthroat capital of the world. Readers are hungry for more-and The First Assistant is just the romp into the red-carpet world that they crave.

Love

Working for Vogue, Amy spends her days dressing waif models in London’s latest apparel while fending off insults from the Gucci garbed staff. Hardly the glamorous job she hoped it would be. But that won’t stop her from fantasizing about the jet set life she knows she’s destined for or the prince who’s bound to redeem her from a less than glowing record in romance. However, beneath her dreamy exterior, Amy has a sure streak of common sense. So when the impossible happens and her path crosses that of London’s hottest film star she swoons with longing, expecting nothing in return. But Orlando Rock has other ideas. For Amy is just the kind of girl he’s after smart and witty, with a penchant for quoting from the classics, different from the daft supermodels and vain leading ladies he’s dated before. Or is she? For with fame, fortune, and true love just around the corner, Amy’s head is spinning, her jet fueled imagination poised for takeoff. Is her love for Orlando stronger than her lust for the limelight or is she merely fated to be the paparazzi’s latest prey…
?Hip and hilarious, this enchanting, sizzlingly sexy tale of a winsome twenty something caught between romance and reality will have you rooting her on through each outrageous mishap and daring plunge toward love…
. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Catching Alice

After losing a job, boyfriend, and apartment all within one kick me when I’m down week, Alice Lewis desperately needs a break. So when an old pal sweeps into London and offers her escape, Alice jumps at the chance and onto the next plane to Los Angeles, the city of…
yeah, right. L.A. turns out to be a little less ‘angelic’ than the down to earth English girl anticipated. For one, there’s the new nine to five: the unbelievably glamorous, frenzied chore of coddling doing PR for the stars not to mention the bevy of gorgeous, stick thin models who suddenly appear in Alice’s orbit and the suntan/convertible lifestyle that taunts her pasty white self starting with her thighs. And just when she thinks her new life couldn’t get any more surreal, Alice acquires that most American of accessories: her very own stalker. While the B list actresses grumble how unfair it is that Alice gets a stalker and they don’t, Alice tries to figure out who the mystery man leaving her poems and flowers could be. Is it Charlie, the slick but twisted talent agent? Or Paddy, the hot Irish director who has eyes for any breathing woman? Or maybe it’s Tommy, the unbelievably beautiful and totally wasted movie star? Because if truth be told, Alice doesn’t think it’s all that strange, this stalker business. In fact, she’s pretty sure it’s downright romantic…

Dog Handling

A hilarious and hip novel for every girl who’s been desperate to find a way into her dream man s heart and discovered that love is more finicky than a Chihuahua in a Prada handbag. Yesterday, Liv Elliot had it all: a great flat in London s Notting Hill, an actual career okay, as an accountant, and a fianc with whom she was only weeks away from wedded bliss. Every girl s dream, right? But then Tim declared that the wedding was off leaving Liv shell shocked. Luckily, she s got her best friend s fab Australian beach house in which to recuperate. The restorative powers of the Sydney sun, sand, and sea soon have Liv feeling wonderfully careless, wanton, and reckless. Things really couldn t get any more anti accountant when she runs into old flame Ben Parker. It s been years since they fooled around on their summer vacation, but Liv never forgot that genetically blessed face. Raring to help her land beautiful Ben, Liv s friends teach her the Rules of Dog Handling: Treat a man like a dog, and he ll be eating out of your hand. But surely this can t actually work? Liv is about to find out that it can but she s hardly prepared for the unexpected results.

The Goddess Rules

Here’s the delightful new novel from Clare Naylor, whose sleeper hit Dog Handling was one of Cosmopolitan s Best Beach Reads for 2002. Fresh and fun, The Goddess Rules is an outrageous, wry, and razor sharp portrait of a girl who thinks her life is just fine until she meets a woman who swears by the belief that life is meant to be fabulous. When obsessed pet owners have pooches or kitties they want immortalized on canvas, Kate Disney is the artist of choice. From her shed which doubles as a studio and apartment in London s Primrose Hill, Kate caters to the whims of the rich and famous while herself living a decidedly bohemian existence. The problem is, she has a tendency to cater to her on again, way off again boyfriend as well. Jake is so erratic, that most of her friends don t understand why she even bothers. But it s hard to fall out of love with a man who writes her songs and calls her Angel even if he disappears for weeks at a time. Luckily for Kate, Mirabelle Moncur isn t buying any of that claptrap. Mirri was an actress, a legend in her time. Now, at age sixty, she s given up on fame and men and lives in Africa, where she raises lion cubs. But her reclusive nature has done nothing to dull her beauty, mar her incredible figure, or dampen her outrageous joie de vivre. After sweeping into London to have Kate paint a portrait of her favorite cub, Mirri seizes hold of Kate s life from the baggy wardrobe to the hopeless taste in men. Under Mirri s tutelage, Kate learns to dance on tables with abandon, drink like a dockworker, and flirt like a goddess. And when her old friend Louis reenters the picture, she begins to see things in a whole new light. But Mirri has secrets that hint at a less than divine future. Now it s Kate s turn to teach Mirri a thing or two about life, love, and being fabulous. From the Hardcover edition.