Maneater » (Reprint)

A sassy, brassy practitioner of the "write what you know" technique, screenwriter/novelist/Hollywood wife (of movie producer Brian Grazer) Gigi Levangie Grazer dishes the dirty details of divorce, rehab, and Tinseltown tactics in buzzed-about bestsellers like Maneater and The Starter Wife.

Gorgeous, funny, and wildly uninhibited, her exes are a veritable "Who's Who" of Hollywood power players. At 28 (31), she is blessed with a firm (if curvaceous) bod, a designer wardrobe, a Daddy-subsidized apartment, and an A-list speed-dial.

But with her thirty-second birthday looming, our heroine is starting to panic. Who on earth (read: Hollywood) could possibly make Clarissa Alpert an honest woman? Enter Aaron Mason, the latest hottest new producer in town. From the moment Clarissa sees him, she sets her sights on making him the future "Mr. Alpert."

With the eager help of her vivacious (if neurotic) friends, her aerobicized Latina mother, her philandering (but loving) ex-con father, and the most divine gay waiter in Hollywood, Clarissa finds herself phoning the florist to the stars (his private line) and planning the biggest wedding the town has seen in years -- before the couple's first date. Catching Aaron's eye is not a problem. But it seems her intended might have his own agenda. Could it be Clarissa has finally bitten off more than she can chew?

USA Today

Brilliantly weaving together a story about deception and love, Grazer, who wrote the Stepmom screenplay and has sold film options for Maneater to Mandalay Entertainment, creates a wickedly entertaining novel worthy of being on your summer reading list. — Nicholas Thomas