Victoria Ashton - Confessions of a Teen Nanny 3 Juicy Secrets

Confessions of a Teen Nanny, Book 3

Juicy Secrets

by Victoria Ashton

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Publisher: HarperTeen (August 22, 2006)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0060731818

ISBN-13: 978-0060731816

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Teen nannies Adrienne Lewis and Liz Braun finally have it all or so they think. Adrienne is so over her ex-boyfriend, who dumped her for celebutante Cameron Warner. But its Camerons half brother who is hitting on Adrienne. Are his charming ways sincere? Lizs relationship with her boyfriend is going strong, except that he becomes chillingly distant at the drop of a cell-phone ring. Will secrets that are too juicy to be kept ruin their fabulously indulgent world?

Childrens Literature

Best friends since second grade, Adrienne and Liz have everything they have ever wanted: money, fame, and glamour. In this third book in the series, they are still nannies on Fifth Avenue in New York, and they are still great friends. Adrienne is taking care of Emma Warner, a kid genius, and Liz is watching David and Heather, whose mother is a popular psychologist. Emmas half brother, Graydon, is in college. Cameron is still the lying and wild half-sister who hates Adrienne. Then there is Lizs boyfriend, Parker. Their relationship is about to fizzle as soon as Adrienne heats it up with Graydon. This is not your storybook romance. In this novel, you will find all the juicy secrets. In fact, they are lurking around where Emma has recorded conversations that really stir things up. There are scams, lies, deception, and reality in this third installment by Ashton. Each novel gets deeper and more involved. Volume #3 in the Confessions of a Teen Nanny series.

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Biography

Victoria Ashton was born in New York and attended an elite private school. She has worked and played with the rich and famous and has seen it allthe good, the bad, and the completely outrageous. Victoria divides her time among New York City, the Hamptons, and London. She is also the author of Confessions of a Teen Nanny and Rich Girls.

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To MFD

the first boy I kissed and meant it

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Contents

Cover

CHAPTER ONE frozen hot gossip

CHAPTER TWO back in the saddle

CHAPTER THREE the deals

CHAPTER FOUR gotta take this

CHAPTER FIVE Moscow on the Hudson

CHAPTER SIX totally suspicious behavior

CHAPTER SEVEN horse sense

CHAPTER EIGHT whats normal?

CHAPTER NINE Parkers big secret

CHAPTER TEN I know the truth

CHAPTER ELEVEN and it only gets better

CHAPTER TWELVE totally MIA

CHAPTER THIRTEEN dont do anything I wouldnt do

CHAPTER FOURTEEN charge it

CHAPTER FIFTEEN unsteady gait

CHAPTER SIXTEEN making plans

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN the scam

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN free love

CHAPTER NINETEEN high in the sky

CHAPTER TWENTY lock and load

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE the center of attention

About the Publisher

Copyright

Credits

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Did you know that if you grind up a tigers hairs into a powder and give them to someone in a drink, theyll die a slow, painful death of internal bleeding from unde-tectable lacerations? eight-year-old Emma Warner asked Adrienne Lewis as they walked hand-in-hand through Central Park.

Emma, that is so gross, Adrienne said. Please dont mention it over lunch with Liz, Heather, and David.

Your endless capacity to avoid even the most basic confrontation never ceases to amuse me. Emma sighed.

Another piece of evidence.

Adrienne rolled her eyes. Even though Emma was off-the-charts smart for her age, she still could be a huge pain.

Adrienne looked across the broad expanse of Central Park, searching for her best friend on earth, Liz Braun.

Liz and Adrienne had been friends since the second grade, and only since high school had they been separated for more than twelve minutes each day.With their mobiles and BlackBerries, the two girls were still inseparableat least electronically. The one thing that brought them together face-to-face every day was the fact that they were both employed in the same building as nannies.

841 Fifth Avenue.

One of the legendary buildings in New York. The apartments started at $30 million, and you had to have ten times that in the bank to be accepted.The building was full of the citys elitemost importantly, Adriennes and Lizs employers.

While Liz worked for Dr. Mayra Markham-Collins (known as Dr. M-C to the girls), a popular psychologist for children who made Dr. Phil look like a second-rate veteri-narian, Adrienne worked for Catherine Olivia Warner (the COW), one of New York Citys most prominent socialites.

The girls had spent the past year caught in the whirlwind of the lives of their bosses: expensive trips to Palm Beach and Aspen, parties with the rich and decadent, and long, long days with their totally warped offspring.The rich were different, the girls had realized, but as long as they were paying, and paying big, why not enjoy the ride?

Adrienne waved at Liz and the two kids she took care of: David and Heather. David was adorable, Adrienne thought. A funny, sensitive five-year-old with an active imagination. Heather? Well, nine-year-old Heather was just sensitive and not particularly active.

Hey, there! Liz said, releasing Davids hand for a second to wave to Adrienne. David bolted and ran to Adrienne, throwing his arms around her legs.

Adrienne! he shouted with glee.Give me a cookie!

Adrienne smiled. I dont have a cookie, David. Im a nanny, not a supermarket.

David let go and stared at her skeptically. I bet you do, he said. Youre just mean. His face screwed up with tears.

This is his new trick, Liz explained. He learned it from Heather.

Aha! Classic! David uses trust and affection to manipulate the subject, Emma said, taking out a small red leather notebook from her jacket pocket. Then he makes an unusual request, causing the subject to feel as if she would be denying him her affection by refusing his request.That is the hallmark of the manipulative sociopath.

She scribbled furiously. Watch him, Liz, she said, closing the Smythson notebook that read EVIDENCE on the front cover. He could be a budding serial killer.

Well, Liz replied,we know hed kill for cereal! She grinned. Davids affection for junk food was well known, even though his mother refused to allow him to eat anything other than soy products. Emma, Liz added, what are you writing?

This is my evidence journal, Emma explained. I keep track of everything now.

Did Oprah tell you to do this? Adrienne asked.

Emma was completely obsessed with Oprah.

Who watches Oprah anymore? Emma sneered. I am a devotee of CSI.

Since when?

Since I grew up.

I see. Adrienne raised an eyebrow, as Emma stashed her notebook in her coat pocket.

Liz and Adrienne watched the kids amble just ahead of them as they left the park and crossed Fifth Avenue.

Walking over to Lexington, the group made their way to Serendipity 3, the fabulous hangout near Bloomingdales, famous for its frozen hot chocolate. An old soda fountain and gift shop, Serendipity was the cool place for kids to go during a day of shopping on Manhattans Upper East Side.

Its frozen hot chocolate was a New York institution.

Hi there, Emma, chirped the man behind the reservation desk. Emma Warner, although only eight, was recognized throughout much of the Upper East Side.