Writing is never easy—ever.  But I must say that in many ways Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover is the easiest book I’ve ever written. 

I don’t know why that is exactly.  I think it’s partially because after Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy I took some time off from writing.  In those few months I had a lot of time to think about what GG3 should be.

At the time, the 2008 presidential election was going into full swing and I spent a lot of time thinking about how hard it would be to live life in such a public glare.  That was when I knew that I wanted to tell the next Gallagher Girls story in that context.

When Cammie "the Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept a nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnapper's dangerous plot, with only their espionage skills to save them. 

As her junior year begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. 

Shocking secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and her friends struggle to answer the questions, Who is after Macey? And how can they keep her safe? 

Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the campaign trail. The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth... 

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