Why do men like intelligent women?
Because opposites attract.

That's what shy London music teacher Shelly Green thinks when she meets hunky, boisterous American, Kit Kincaide...on their wedding day. Thrown together on the reality show Desperate and Dateless, they were predicted to be the perfect match--physically, emotionally, and intellectually. Proving their compatibility on at least one score (in the backseat of a limo), there appears to be some hope for this manufactured marriage...until their honeymoon on the tropical island of Reunion, where Shelly realizes that...

It's brains versus Botox

Lizzie's life is so perfect she has to look down to see cloud nine...until she realizes she's about to hit the dreaded four-oh. For most women, turning forty is more dangerous than wearing a bikini thong in a big surf. Not Lizzie. Until, that is, she loses her job to a younger, more telegenic journalist -- and her husband to a sex goddess who keeps fit by doing step aerobics off her ego. That's when she starts to wonder about brains versus Botox. For Lizzie's sister, beauty is one of the most natural and lovely things money can buy. But must Lizzie...

"An unashamedly sexy collection" (Glamour) featuring today's top female writers hiding behind naughty pseudonyms.
A unique and sexy collection of bedtime stories by bestselling, award- winning, and well-known novelists delivering the goods under their X- rated pseudonyms. So who's who? We're not telling. After all, a woman should have at least one good secret.
Feturing Adele Parks, Ali Smith, Bella Pollen, Chris Manby, Daisy Waugh, Emma Darwin, Esther Freud, Fay Weldon, Jane Moore, Joan Smith, Joanne Harris, Justine Picardi, Louise Doughty, Rachel Johnson, Santa...

Maddy's first day out with her newborn takes an awful turn. Arrested in Harrods for shoplifting, she finds herself falsely detained in prison. She smuggles Jack to freedom in her friend Gillian's bag and ends up in court on a charge of infanticide.

Julia has a bright, beautiful, autistic son called Merlin. Merlin's father left them shortly after his diagnosis. When Julia finally resolves to start dating again, things don't quite go to plan. But then the most imperfectly perfect man for her and her son lands on her doorstep. But then so does Jeremy, begging for a second chance.

In 12 funny short stories, Kathy Lette reveals the hilarious, poignant and bawdy secrets women tell each other - when men aren't around.

Kat's in Hollywood to meet a man who's romantic. Nothing special, as long as he has pectorals, a Ph.D., a nice bum, a non-sexist attitude, can cook souffles, and wants a loving relationship. Is that too much to ask of a billionaire?

When it comes to sex, even the best laid plans come unstuck. As a crossword-addicted English teacher, Lucy never expected to be arrested for kerb-crawling. But her autistic twenty-year-old son Merlin is desperate to lose his virginity, and a prostitute seems like the only option ...only Lucy picks up an undercover policewoman instead.