I was a workaholic studyaholic, pursuing my history PhD. Whereas she was leggy and tan with twinkling blue eyes and cropped black hair, I was short and top-heavy, with long red hair and pale-as-a-porcelain-sink skin. Other than that, we were as different as we could be. Like her, it took a lot to get me ruffled, which was one of the reasons we made such great roommates.

“Low blow, Jess,” I said without any heat. She alone knew that I’d never given it up-and why.

My best friend Jessica murmured at my ear, “You better be careful, you picky prude, or else you’ll take your hymen to your grave. Drinks were perpetually free.Īfter the week I’d had, my dinner of salt, tequila, and lime was hitting the spot. The girls at the table-several of my roommate’s friends and a couple of mine-looked at me like I was a fun sideshow act, their carny pal. I had an uncanny knack for sizing up males-I was a regular “manalyst.” My secret? I always went negative, and the guys, well, they always accommodated. Two-pump chump.” With each guy who entered the campus bar, I ticked off my initial impression to my drunken friends.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-rich in Paris, the two lovers tempt each other's boundaries to discover whether their darkest-and most forbidden-fantasies really can come true. To remove Natalie from an enemy's reach, Aleksandr spirits her into hiding. In the game of obsession, two players are better than one. He makes the rules.Grad student Natalie Porter has barely recovered from her first encounter with the dark and breathtaking Siberian when he whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. Ordered to protect her, Aleksandr will do anything to possess her as well-on his own wicked terms. Meet the Professional.Mafiya enforcer Aleksandr 'The Siberian' Sevastyan's loyalty to his boss is unwavering, until he meets the boss's long-lost daughter, a curvy, tantalizing redhead who haunts his mind and heats his blood like no other. The highly anticipated complete novel of The Professional-the first installment in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole's scorching Game Maker series, an erotica collection that has readers asking: How hot is too hot?

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