The Boy Next Door

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12+
Release Date
June 23, 2017
ISBN
978-1370067640
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She was a good girl, she was a bad girl...who knew what the truth really was.

Diana Cooper is eighteen, eager to graduate and go to Yale, and too shy to really look a boy in the eye. No one suspects the sexy lingerie hiding under her vintage dresses. No one suspects the dirty fantasies running through her mind.

Brendan and Ian O'Brian, the hot twins next door, are home from UConn for the summer: gorgeous, athletic, basking in popularity. Brendan, the "good twin," attracts everyone with easygoing friendliness. Ian, the "bad twin," leaves a mess of pranks, collisions, girls, and attitude behind.

As kids, the O'Brian twins were practically Diana's brothers. But a year away changed everything. Now, Di can barely handle a hello to Brendan. And Ian — well, it’s easier to look the other way and pretend she doesn’t see his smirk.

Right before graduation, Brendan breaks the silence to invite Di for a swim. She figures she’ll test the waters, but that night pulls her into the steamiest deep end imaginable. And it’s just the beginning.

Can she dive in and live out her fantasies?

Can she let the past go and learn to trust?

And when no one’s who they seem — good twin, bad twin, or shy honors student — will her heart tell a different story?

She’d never admit it. But she might be over her head.

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great book!!!
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Reader reviewed by Janet

this was a great book! i love the way it was written completely in e-mails--it's very creative! it had an original setting and the murder situation at the end added a cliffhanger (when mel is cut off in the middle of her e-mail)
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Such a sweet, fun romance that keeps you reading!
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Reader reviewed by Dylana

Meg Cabot never fails to bore me. Her stories are so much fun to read and she is the best chick-lit writer ever. This book is about Mel Fuller, a 27 year old gossip columnist in New York. Her apartment neighbor, Mrs. Friedlander, is struck in the head by a someone and is now in a coma. It's up to Mel to take care of her neighbor's pets, making her late for work everyday. Then a new, good-looking guy, says he is Max Friedlander, the nephew and moves in. Max and Mel start hanging out and it turns into love. But who is this Max, and why does he want Mel to call him John. Mel's friends are happy for her, but suspicious, too. And when it turns out that Max isn't who he says he is, things turn chaotic. Mel feels she can never trust a man. It's too hard to explain the events of the story. You just have to read this compilation of emails from all the characters interacting. It makes so much more sense and it is really fun. But there is definitely a happy ending. You just want to keep reading. Meg Cabot did it again with her timeless, fun-loving characters and sense-of-humor in the big city.
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