Books by Valerie Frankel

From: Venus, Goddess of Love, 120 Main, Mt. Olympus

To: Stacy Temple, lapsed temptress

Stacy, Stacy, Stacy.

You were so promising at the beginning: Sexy, smart, personable and funny. Great on dates and really great afterward-if you know what I mean. But this is a sad state of affairs; or, in your case, non-affairs! It's been nearly an entire year and you haven't had your way with even ONE eligible male. You've been working so hard concocting sexy lingerie for Thongs.com -- and really, Stacy, if that little pink velvet bustier didn't put you in the mood, I don't know what to say! -- that you haven't even tried to be coaxed out of your own thong.com!

Are you listening, Stacy? Seven days to find the perfect man -- or else!

Happy hunting!

Do you know how to find the elusive G-spot (with foolproof directions)?

Do you have any idea how to stimulate his P-spot? (He might not even know he has one!)

Would you like to have a better lust life?

Then The Best You’ll Ever Have is must-have bed-side reading. Shannon Mullen has spent years learning about every last nerve in the female body—and every sex toy under the sun. She interviewed sex educators, doctors, and therapists. Then, armed with her favorite sex toys, or Sexories, she started talking to groups of women who gathered in living rooms all over the country. In these intimate Sex-Ed Salons, she shared the fruits of her extensive research with women, who opened up to her with their biggest questions, misconceptions, and fears (and revealed some fun and dirty stories along the way!).

In The Best You’ll Ever Have, you’ll find a deliciously confessional, frank, and funny guide that will help you learn:

• How to feel sexually stimulated from head to toe

• How to incorporate Sexories into a sensational sex life

• How to tell your partner exactly what turns you on in bed

• How to achieve knock-your-socks-off orgasms whenever you want them

• How to spice things up with your partner so he can have knock-your-socks-off sex, too!

Full of practical advice, illuminating tidbits of knowledge about our bodies, inspiration for anyone who has ever been confused about sex, and honest talk from real women who are all searching for a fabulous time in bed, The Best You’ll Ever Have will help anyone turn on their lust life!

Investigating the suspected infidelities of a former tennis pro's wife, private detective Wanda Mallory becomes an unlikely member of an elite health club, where she uncovers a series of other crimes, including murder. Original.

It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy theknowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.

Instead, Peg finds herself at Inward Bound -- a proactive adult-education retreat for the hapless and hopelessly lovelorn -- to try to lift her dreaded "girlfriend curse." A steamy (and expressly forbidden) dalliance with gorgeous woman-eater Ray probably isn't going to help cure her. But some romantic insight could arise from her attraction to Linus, Inward Bound's sexy, scruffy, smart and still-single founder. Perhaps there is a secret to be unearthed in the crunchy Green Mountains, one that will magically transform Peg Silver from the Perpetual Also Ran to the Big Winner in love.

Known as the ultimate matchmaker, Emma Hutch uses her talent for putting images of potential mates into other people's heads for everyone but herself, until she meets Liam Dearborn, Manhattan's most eligible bachelor, who is planning to use his own form of magic on Emma.

Jilted on the morning of her long-anticipated wedding to Bram, Penny Bracket recklessly sets out to discover what went wrong, an effort that is complicated when her mother abducts Bram and imprisons him in a locked room. By the author of The Girlfriend Curse. Original. 30,000 first printing.

A whimsical guide to beauty care that considers the preferences of today's men, written by the over-the-top comedienne, shares no-nonsense recommendations for the latest cosmetic regimens, from botox injections and chemical peels to liposuction and breast augmentation. Simultaneous.

"A whimsical guide to beauty care that considers the preferences of today's men, written by the over-the-top comedienne, shares no-nonsense recommendations for the latest cosmetic regimens, from botox injections and chemical peels to liposuction and breast augmentation."

Approached by Strom Bismark, the leader of the notorious biker gang, Blood and Iron, Wanda agrees to help him find the criminal who ripped off a bundle of dough from Strom's illegal East Village social club. Original.

As far as her family and friends are concerned,Frieda has been the grieving widow for long enough. At 35, she's still (relatively) young, still (adequately) attractive. Her sex drive is very much alive; even Frieda admits she'd like to put it to use again. Besides, she has a son who certainly needs a father figure. With visions of the perfect second husband in mind, Frieda's sisters start to send eligible males in her direction.

Big sister Ilene -- herself substantially married -- has found the ultimateunattached catch: a gorgeous, independently wealthy, successful, divorced father, pillar of society and paragon of potential. What more could a single mom ask for?Apparently a lot more than loved ones realize. Frieda's own efforts bearvery tasty fruit. Sam is young, talented, devoted, and incredibly sexy -- though broke, only sporadically employed, and clueless about kids. But he makes Frieda feel brand-spanking-new, in a most wonderfully wanton way. When all is said and done, does Frieda really needthe "perfect man" ... or the far-from-ideal man who's perfect for her?

Tough-talking, gun-toting, funky-chic owner of the Do It Right Detective Agency in Times Square, Wanda Mallory takes on a murder investigation. Soon she is led into the plastic-coated glitz that is network television--and into a world where a "hit" show means more than drop-dead ratings.