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" \n When it comes to beach reads, we love crazy almost as much as we love sexy... And this new book from Jennifer Weiner serves up one wild story! Jules Strauss is a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with Ivy League smarts. The one thing she&amp;#039;s lacking, though, is money. So when she&amp;#039;s approached to sell her eggs to a fertility clinic, she jumps at the money-making opportunity. The 39-year-old woman who buys her DNA has a whole closet of issues to add to the mix\u2014especially when she realizes she&amp;#039;s actually not ready to be a mom. This book has guilty pleasure written all over it. Read on to find out how Jennifer Weiner dreamed up this wacky plot\u2014and what you can expect from the very naughty sex scene between two of the (female) characters. Q: This book really brings the drama. Were you inspired by a reality TV show? A: No! The idea actually came from a real story I read in the New York Times titled, &amp;quot;My Baby, Her Body.&amp;quot; It was about a wealthy woman who had hired a surrogate [to carry her baby]. Alongside the article were two images\u2014one of the baby on this estate in the Hamptons, and another of the surrogate, basically barefoot and pregnant on a porch somewhere. I instantly thought this topic would make for a great novel. Q: You must have learned a lot about the process and experience through your research for the book. What would you say to a woman in her 20s who&amp;#039;s considering donating her eggs? A: Well in the book, Jules does it strictly for the money and decides that she doesn&amp;#039;t want to play a role in the baby&amp;#039;s life... But by the end of the novel, she doesn&amp;#039;t stick to that plan. You&amp;#039;ll have to read the book to see how it all plays out, but I think it&amp;#039;s a really tough decision. And the first thing you have to consider, is if you would want to know this baby? It&amp;#039;s really tough to project that far ahead, but it&amp;#039;s a decision that requires a lot of thought, and a lot of time too. Q: We&amp;#039;re big fans of the way you write sex scenes... But this new novel features a type of sex scene you&amp;#039;ve never written before: a girl-on-girl hookup. And it&amp;#039;s pretty hot. What made you decide to go there? A: When I was writing the story, I had no plans to include a lesbian scene, but it just happened. When you start writing, you really get into the heads of your characters and you see the story unfold\u2014they take on a life of their own. When Kimmy, Jules&amp;#039; roommate and best friend from college, starts kissing her I just thought of how Jules would react. And surprisingly, she liked it! So it happened naturally, but sometimes I&amp;#039;m shocked with what I create. I do admit\u2014writing it got a little tricky, since I was thinking about the fact that my mom would eventually read the scene! Q: We can see how that might be tricky. On another note, authors always have the best book recommendations. What sexy reads should we throw into our beach bags? A: Definitely Almost Paradise by Susan Isaacs. It&amp;#039;s about a plain-Jane heroine who lands the most eligible movie star in the world. It includes some seriously hot love scenes. Another favorite of mine is The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough\u2014there are exotic locales, steamy sex scenes, and a great forbidden love (he&amp;#039;s a priest!). The story never gets old. On the weird side, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn is a must read about an insane circus family\u2014strange, but completely unforgettable plot. For more from Jennifer Weiner, pick up the July issue of Cosmo, and turn to page 206 to check out her Red Hot Read\u2014about a woman who has an unforgettable wedding hookup. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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