Spencer’s thirtieth birthday is right around the corner, and he wants to say goodbye to his twenties with a bang. Literally.
As a self-proclaimed sex god, Spencer has sworn off love and dedicated himself to finishing his F***-it List – a collection of wild fantasies he’s checked off one by one. Now, only one fantasy remains: rock a virgin’s world with a night of unforgettable sex.
Shy, sweet Mickey seems like the perfect candidate, but he’ll need a major confidence boost before he’s ready to go all the way. Hoping for a chance to be Mickey’s first, Spencer makes him an offer he can’t refuse – he’ll transform Mickey into San Francisco’s next sex god.
Mickey, who’s always felt out of step with the gay scene, jumps at the chance to reinvent himself. It isn’t long, though, before styling tips and flirting lessons give way to stolen glances and heart-to-heart conversations, and what started as a playful makeover begins to look a lot like falling in love.
For Spencer, feelings were never part of the plan. But as Mickey blossoms into a self-assured man and their connection deepens, Spencer is forced to ask himself: is Mickey just another checkmark on his list, or could he be the man who finally makes Spencer believe in love?
Review By Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Spencer Ewing is a self-proclaimed sex god. He and his friends have a group where they meet once a week and reveal what they did that week. To Spencer and his friend’s sex is a game with an actual list of rules. In a few weeks Spencer will be thirty and only one thing remains on his list, have sex with a virgin. Not an easy accomplishment in San Francisco.
It was on his way to the weekly brunch with the other sex gods that Spencer saw a man and a woman with two kids being pulled in a wagon. One of the kids dropped their stuffed toy which Spencer returned. His actions brought him face to face with a man who admits he is not married and a virgin. Finally, the last item on his list is within his grasp.
Unfortunately, Spencer didn’t get the man’s name or phone number, but luck was on his side when he went to a speed dating event looking to pick up men and saw the man sitting there as a participant. Finally getting his name and phone number Spencer decides to follow up and get to know him.
Mickey Briggs is twenty-eight years old and a live-in nanny. When his father had a car accident killing his fifteen-year-old sister and leaving his father with brain damage Mickey was the one left to raise his younger siblings leaving him no time for a social life. His mother became addicted to drugs and his father was never the same.
Spencer promised to made Mickey a sex god, new clothes, new hairdo and meeting with the group for Sunday brunch. With his birthday coming up Spencer was ready to put his plan into action until he began to have feelings for Mickey.
Mickey was not one to want sex with multiple partners, he wanted to have sex with Spencer even though he knew Spencer would never be satisfied with just one person. Spencer played the game of sex, never allowing the man to stay overnight and never having sex with the same man twice.
Mickey knew that if he gave in to Spencer they would probably never be together again, but his heart wanted what his brain knew was a mistake.
Two men, a player and a virgin meet, one wanting to complete his list and one just wanting to have sex with the man he has grown to like have lessons to learn. A story filled with surprises, sex and betrayal. How long before the player realizes that sex is more than just a one-night stand and how long before the virgin finally gets what he has wanted for so long.
Better Than Sex 
