From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes the sizzling final installment to the humorous and heart-filled How to Catch an Alpha series. Anna McAlister needs a new life. But that doesn't mean she needs a new man. After leaving her fiancé and Chicago behind, she promises herself no dating until she finds what she's looking for. But meeting one seriously hot and determined detective has her questioning herself. Calvin Miller is that detective, and he's been burned by women in the past. It's easy for him to sleep alone and focus on his work, but the moment he lays eyes on Anna, he starts imagining sexy nights with her wrapped in his sheets. Maybe it's time to get back out there. But just as the attraction between them begins to sizzle, Anna's past shows up to create trouble. And to make matters worse, a string of murders forces Calvin to juggle his new relationship and his career. His worst fear? That the two are somehow connected. Can they find love together, or will her past and his duty sink their hopes?
A closer look into the new sexual culture on college campuses It happens every weekend: In a haze of hormones and alcohol, groups of male and female college students meet at a frat party, a bar, or hanging out in a dorm room, and then hook up for an evening of sex first, questions later. As casually as the sexual encounter begins, so it often ends with no strings attached; after all, it was “just a hook up.” While a hook up might mean anything from kissing to oral sex to going all the way, the lack of commitment is paramount. Hooking Up is an intimate look at how and why college students get together, what hooking up means to them, and why it has replaced dating on college campuses. In surprisingly frank interviews, students reveal the circumstances that have led to the rise of the booty call and the death of dinner-and-a-movie. Whether it is an expression of postfeminist independence or a form of youthful rebellion, hooking up has become the only game in town on many campuses. In Hooking Up, Kathleen A. Bogle argues that college life itself promotes casual relationships among students on campus. The book sheds light on everything from the differences in what young men and women want from a hook up to why freshmen girls are more likely to hook up than their upper-class sisters and the effects this period has on the sexual and romantic relationships of both men and women after college. Importantly, she shows us that the standards for young men and women are not as different as they used to be, as women talk about “friends with benefits” and “one and done” hook ups. Breaking through many misconceptions about casual sex on college campuses, Hooking Up is the first book to understand the new sexual culture on its own terms, with vivid real-life stories of young men and women as they navigate the newest sexual revolution.
A hilarious and heartwarming novel about the fear of commitment, the beauty of devotion, and loyalty with the right person, this is the story of Anna, who wants to get married; her boyfriend Chris, who wants to wait; and Jeff and Dave, two relationship-phobic guys who guarantee they can convince Chris into walking down the aisle. After their plan works, Jeff, Dave, and Anna decide to go into business together, taking on clients, manipulating boyfriends, and turning frustrated girls into blushing brides, all while raking in the cash. But the marriage business gets messy when Jeff discovers he has a little problem--he never counted on falling madly in love with Anna, the girl who is now planning her wedding thanks to him.
Most dating books tell you what NOT to do. Here's a book dedicated to telling you what you CAN do. In his book, Get the Guy, Matthew Hussey—relationship expert, matchmaker, and star of the reality show Ready for Love—reveals the secrets of the male mind and the fundamentals of dating and mating for a proven, revolutionary approach to help women to find lasting love. Matthew Hussey has coached thousands of high-powered CEOs, showing them how to develop confidence and build relationships that translate into professional success. Many of Matthew’s male clients pressed him for advice on how to apply his winning strategies not to just get the job, but how to get the girl. As his reputation grew, Hussey was approached by more and more women, eager to hear what he had learned about the male perspective on love and romance. From landing a first date to establishing emotional intimacy, playful flirtation to red-hot bedroom tips, Matthew’s insightfulness, irreverence, and warmth makes Get the Guy: Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve a one-of-a-kind relationship guide and the handbook for every woman who wants to get the guy she’s been waiting for.
Only yesterday boys and girls spoke of embracing and kissing (necking) as getting to first base. Second base was deep kissing, plus groping and fondling this and that. Third base was oral sex. Home plate was going all the way. That was yesterday. Here in the Year 2000 we can forget about necking. Today's girls and boys have never heard of anything that dainty. Today first base is deep kissing, now known as tonsil hockey, plus groping and fondling this and that. Second base is oral sex. Third base is going all the way. Home plate is being introduced by name. And how rarely our hooked-up boys and girls are introduced by name!-as Tom Wolfe has discovered from a survey of girls' File-o-Fax diaries, to cite but one of Hooking Up's displays of his famed reporting prowess. Wolfe ranges from coast to coast chronicling everything from the sexual manners and mores of teenagers... to fundamental changes in the way human beings now regard themselves thanks to the hot new field of genetics and neuroscience. . . to the inner workings of television's magazine-show sting operations. Printed here in its entirety is "Ambush at Fort Bragg," a novella about sting TV in which Wolfe prefigured with eerie accuracy three cases of scandal and betrayal that would soon explode in the press. A second piece of fiction, "U. R. Here," the story of a New York artist who triumphs precisely because of his total lack of talent, gives us a case history preparing us for Wolfe's forecast ("My Three Stooges," "The Invisible Artist") of radical changes about to sweep the arts in America. As an espresso after so much full-bodied twenty-first-century fare, we get a trip to Memory Mall. Reprinted here for the first time are Wolfe's two articles about The New Yorker magazine and its editor, William Shawn, which ignited one of the great firestorms of twentieth-century journalism. Wolfe's afterword about it all is in itself a delicious draught of an intoxicating era, the Twistin' Sixties. In sum, here is Tom Wolfe at the height of his powers as reporter, novelist, sociologist, memoirist, and-to paraphrase what Balzac called himself-the very secretary of American society in the 21st century.
In all of her many years interviewing bull-riders as the sideline reporter for the pro tour, Annie Grant has never been tempted until she learns Luke is back on the market. Veteran rider Luke Carpenter knows that the time will come when he’ll have to hang up his spurs as every year the rookies get younger, the bulls are ranker and he feels a little older. . . that is until a sizzling night with Annie has him feeling like a teenager again. But when a life changing event turns his world upside down, and he struggles to right it again, he’ll have to decide if he can live with the sacrifices he’s made . . . and if he can live without Annie. *AAD Bookie Awards 2012 Best Western Romance of the Year* Don't miss the other hot and steamy contemporary cowboy romances set in the world of professional bull riding in New York Times bestselling author Cat Johnson's Studs in Spurs! Cat Johnson's Studs in Spurs Unridden Bucked Ride Hooked Flanked Thrown Champion Spurred Wrecked
An assassin is on the loose and a baby has gone missing in South Africa - it's up to a vulture researcher and a helicopter pilot track down the innocent and stop the guilty. How will they know the difference? On the outskirts of Durban, Suzanne Fessey fights back during a vicious carjacking. She kills one thief but the other, wounded, escapes with her baby strapped into the back seat. Called in to pursue the missing vehicle are helicopter tracker pilot Nia Carras from the air, and Mike Dunn, a nearby wildlife researcher, from the ground. But South Africa’s police have even bigger problems: a suicide bomber has killed the visiting American Ambassador, and chaos has descended on Kwa-Zulu Natal. As the missing baby is tracked through wild game reserves from Zululand to Zimbabwe, Mike and Nia come to realise that the war on terror has well and truly invaded their part of the world.
Billionaire Sutton Mayfair has nothing left to lose... My best friend is getting married to the woman I love. They say the nice guy finishes last. So what's the point of being a goddamn gentleman? Maybe I should take what I want. Even that sexy little thing on the street corner. She needs a hot meal and a place to sleep. Instead I'm taking her home to soothe the savage beast inside me. I was born a bastard, and for the first time in my life I act like one. Except the more I use her, the more I need her. I didn't know I had someone left to lose. But for a single heartbeat, I had her. * * * * * * "DEAR GOD. THIS BOOK, GUYS!!! OMG. Okay, I may have a new favorite book from Skye Warren!!!" - Lina's Reviews Book Blog "This is a beautifully sad book that transforms into a magical, fairytale ending much like a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly." - Elizabeth, Goodreads reader "It was so easy to get caught up in this incredible story. Sutton and Ashleigh's romance is a powerful and poignant tale that is sometimes painful but ultimately beautiful." - Gladys, Goodreads reader "Mating Theory is authentic and raw! Sizzling with passion, conflict and desire, Sutton and Ashleigh's love is awe-inspiring!" - Maria, Goodreads reader "Their journey is deliciously painful, full of angst and entirely perfect. Skye Warren has delivered another devastatingly wonderful and truly satisfying read. Bravo!" - Jennifer, Goodreads reader "I loved & adored this book!! I'm surprised how many times I teared up for Sutton and Ashleigh🖤 It was raw, emotional, & beautiful!" - Wasted Life Books & Romance "I give it 5++++ stars. I’m slightly obsessed with down on their luck women... And the men who find them, love them, try to save them... Highly recommend!" - Ashley, Goodreads reader "Skye Warren writes with such emotion and passion that the reader absorbs those emotions and feelings so deeply, as if the story is happening to them, with them, and for them. This Tanglewood series is the most captivating and compelling saga I have ever read." - Kelly, Goodreads reader "Sutton and Ashleigh had an electrifying chemistry right from the moment they met. I loved how every emotion was raw and real... Their passion was incredibly hot and all-consuming. Skye Warren managed to find beauty in pain with these two and that’s why their love story is so genuine and heartbreakingly beautiful." - Weronika, Goodreads reader
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