Mating Game [Mass Market Paperback]

Janice Maynard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 7, 2009

The author of Hot Mail pens an erotic scorcher that will keep readers in the throes of passion-and on the edge of their seats.

Nola Grainger needs a man...and fast. Her grandmother has left her everything in her will, with one small catch: Nola has to be married within a month. But if she's going to get married, she wants it to last. And for her, that means finding a man with as much passion as she has-who can take care of every desire, every day.

Nola finds three prime candidates: her high school sweetheart Billy, hard-dealing businessman Marc, and sexy handyman Tanner. Trying out three very different-and very desirable-men proves to be more fun than Nola imagined. But she never thought it might prove fatal.

Because someone in town is dead set against Nola sticking around. And with three new men in her bed, the danger might be closer than she thinks...

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Janice Maynard grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and later married her high school sweetheart. She taught kindergarten and second grade for fifteen years near Knoxville, Tennessee, in the foothills of the beautiful Smoky Mountains. In the fall of 2002, she left the classroom to write full time.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: NAL Trade (July 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 045122714X
• ISBN-13: 978-0451227140
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,579,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taught public school for 15 years before becoming a "full-time" writer in the fall of 2002.

Married my high school sweetheart... two grown daughters.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't do it for me, January 2, 2010

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L. Nievin "Avid Reader" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mating Game (Paperback)

This was definitely not a favorite for me. I usually love Jaynice Maynard, but this book really annoyed me. First of all this is the same exact cover as Erin McCarthy's Mouth to Mouth trade paperback and I found that to be very annoying. Second of all it bothered me tremendously Nola had no problems having sex with three men--not together, but still juggling three men at one time. For some reason this really bothered me. How are you professing to love Tanner when still sleeping with Marc? It just didn't work for me. This is the first book that I can remember I didn't finish all in one sitting. I will continue to read Jaynice as I've loved all her previous works, but this one will not stay on the "keeper" shelf.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smoking Hot Read, September 14, 2009

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Cryna Palmiere "bluebroom" (Calgary, Alberta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mating Game (Mass Market Paperback)

Mating Game, on shelves now, is the most recent release by Janice Maynard.

Nola Grainger has a successful photography business in Chicago, but it seems that all this might come to an end, when the terms of her grandmother's will are revealed. Although archaic, it is ironclad and leaves her no choice but to try and fulfill the terms her grandmother has set out. If she wants to inherit her ancestral home, Lochhaven, she must marry within thirty days and live in the small town of Resnick, Georgia for six months. So what's a girl to do?

Nola heads back to Resnick, intent on maybe rekindling a relationship with Billy Inman, her high school sweetheart. But Marc Overmeyer, her present boyfriend and lover, has decided that he wants to take their relationship to the next level and follows her south from Chicago. Upon arriving in town she soon meets smoking hot Tanner Nash, the handyman who has been fixing up her grandmother's dilapidated home. Now with three candidates, Nola must decide who would make the best husband. Her goal is a lifelong union and she is determined to choose a mate with whom she is compatible on all levels.


There is an element of mystery in this story that is new and different for Ms. Maynard. Someone in town is out to stop Nola from claiming her inheritance. Could it be one of the three potential husbands, or is there someone else that she is overlooking?

This contemporary romance is well written and flows seamlessly. In the end Nola does get her happily ever after, and the choice she makes is exactly right for her. It might be a stretch for some readers who believe in monogamous relationships, but if read with an open mind, letting the story work its way to its conclusion, this will be an enjoyable read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steamy and sexy, July 8, 2009

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Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mating Game (Mass Market Paperback)

Janice Maynard's Mating Game takes romance to its edgiest.

Nola Grainger has built a good life for herself in Chicago. Her photography business has really taken off and she has a smoking hot lover in Marc Overmyer. Her ordered life is tossed up in the air when she hears the terms of her grandmothers will.

Nola must return to small town Resnich, Georgia and live there for 6 months. In order to inherit she must also marry within 30 days. Nola figures her best bet might be her old highschool sweetheart Billy Inman.

Add to that mix is the studly contractor Tanner Nash who is rehabbing her grandmothers old home.

Nola wants this marriage to be for keeps, so she wants to be sexually compatible with her mate. While she is trying to determine which of the three men is her perfect match someone is trying to harm her.

Mating Game has a different kind of heroine. Nola is a woman who knows her own mind and is determined to find her perfect match in all areas of a relationship. Janice Maynard blends the sensual along with the romantic suspense seamlessly and gives Nola her happy ever after.