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Sex and the Single Zillionaire: A Novel Paperback – January 30, 2007

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Much to his surprise, and the chagrin of his Wall Street partners, Steven Hudson, a very wealthy widower, agrees to appear on the new reality show Trophy Bride. Plucked from his lonely Central Park-view penthouse and dropped into a frothy mix of stunning models, actresses, and athletes, Steven's sober life quickly veers out of control.

Lured from his solitary existence by Jessica James, the smart and sexy producer of Trophy Bride, Steven is smitten and plays along with the TV madness to stay close to Jessie, taping "dates" on his fabulous private jet, the breathtaking slopes of Vail, and his incredible yacht—struggling to show Jessie that he's more than just a zillionaire. But with an engagement ring on her finger from her hot young fiancé, is Steven too late?

Funny, sexy, and at times deeply moving, this debut novel has made waves in bedrooms and boardrooms all across the nation.

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January 30, 2007
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6 x 0.76 x 9 inches
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0060859776
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978-0060859770
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“Fun, fast―a great read!” — – Rupert Murdoch

“Loved the sex scenes.” — – Newsweek

“A saucy tale ... from Hudson’s standing 5 P.M. martini ... to the eyebrow-raising sex scenes, it’s all there.” — – Fortune

“A bodice ripper for the silicone valley set.” — – Fortune

“A racy romp.” — – W

“Slyly wicked.” — – New York Post

About the Author

Tom Perkins is one of Silicon Valley's pioneers. His venture capital firm has financed many famous companies, including Genentech, Compaq, Amazon, AOL, and Google. Perkins lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a medieval manor house, complete with moat, in East Sussex, England.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (January 30, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060859776
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060859770
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.76 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #854,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #659 in Women's Divorce Fiction
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Junling Hu

A romance with passion missing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2007

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I picked up this book with great interest, mainly because of the author himself. I wanted to find out more about Tom Perkins, a super successful entrepreneur and investor, to see how his mind operates on the personal side. The book satisfied my curiosity but deeply disappointed me on its primary mission -- a romance novel.

As I finished the book, something seemed oddly missing. Yes, there are stories, characters, plot twists and so on. But I don't feel close to any person in the book. They were written in such a detached way that you feel like they are behind a glass window, so remote and not real.

The book is written in such a rational and dissecting way that it truly matches a businessman's mindset. But that's not beneficial to a novel. A novel has to be personal, up close and irrational. It's the raw emotion that really evokes our strong feeling. A novel is written for the heart, not for the mind.

There are too many characters in this book that it feels too spread out and none is deeply developed. The heroin Jessie is a very weak character. We know so little about her personal feeling and how her love for our hero develops. The occasional praises like "handsome", "tasteful" seems well suited for attraction to a man, but far from falling in love. There is this obvious distance between Jessie and our hero. There is no feelabe bond between them. The thing that is supposed to bond them together -- Jessie's son Mark, is so cliche and feels fake. Why do we have to resort to a son as glue? Can't real emotion develop between two adult people?

Being a businessman is being the opposite of romance: you are calculating and judging all the time. This is the basic tone throughout this book. Romance makes you believe and relax, a pure world where love flourshes without caring for consequences. While I commend Tom Perkins' effort of trying fiction writing, I cannot help feel lamenting at the failure of this book as a romance novel.

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CounterCulture

Clever & Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2013

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I first learned about Tom Perkins -fascinating character!- last night when I watched the documentary Something Ventured. This morning I bought the book and I didn't stop until I finished it a few hours later. I was prepared for an abomination, like some other reader said in his one star review, but I was pleasantly surprised. The book is clever, fun, and the flow impeccable to a surprising degree for a newcomer, but then, I googled the author and found out that he was married to Danielle Steel, who also edited the book.
The only thing that seemed unrealistic is that the main character, Mr. Hudson, is so 100% good. He is SO decent and flawless that makes for a formulaic character, but one that you will LOVE (FYI: unfortunately, the editors are the ones who DEMAND THAT from all new writers: non challenging, likable characters if you expect to be published). I only wish there were still men like this hero! The super rich that I know have much grayer morals...and most are douche bags. There is also an over the top scene, jumping from a chopper into the sea to meet the woman the hero wants, which was suggested, I suppose by Danielle Steel, thinking that it would look great on film. And it would. It can make an excellent Lifetime movie.

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D. Reed

Sexy, funny, light, fast, romantic, won't disappoint by the pool

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 4, 2007

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Girls..... pack this book to take along on your next vacation. A little fantasy and romance, plus a few chuckles are guaranteed. The story is a funny twist on romance from a mature man's point of view. The best is the author's sense of humor which really comes through in the book.

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Tales End

good first attempt, but don't give up the day job

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 1, 2006

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While I admire immensely the work Tom has done in his VC firm, and even more so for attempting to tackle a romance novel given his relationship with the romance queen herself - I found that this book did not live up to the hype -- it dragged on in several areas and was predictable from the beginning. A really good romance novel should offer elements of surprise, romance and tears ...this book did not have any of these qualities.

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Not worth the time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2014

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I chose this book having just finished Valley Boy, Tom Perkins autobiography. He does know about all the rich man's toys mentioned in this book, but Perkins should stick to his financial affairs.

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Martha E. Mertz

Fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 21, 2014

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It was a fun read. One could feel the influence of Danielle Steel in the work. Loved it written in a man's point of view.

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Laura Roden

Embarrassing exposure of TP's fantasies

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2019

Agree with essentially all the other 1 star reviews: really bad writing, painfully predictable "plot". But what is worse in my mind is the embarrassing exposure of the author's trite, shallow and somewhat twisted romantic fantasies. I read the book when it first came out when the author was a huge power broker in Silicon Valley, and it made me wince to think of the sneers he invited by showing his dirty sheets, so to speak. It is not a funny book, because he's obviously heartless; it's not even sad, because how sad can you feel for a billionaire making an utter old fool of himself; it leaves images in your head of some unattractive couplings that you would rather forget. It also casts a gray shadow of questionable judgment on some of the business situations he was involved in, like the Hewlett Packard insider information leak/phone records scandal and the subsequent termination of the female chairwoman of the board at TP's insistence. This book exhibits the author's enormous egotism, his conviction that he is untouchable by normal societal standards, and an attitude towards women that ranges from ridicule to lust. It makes me feel sorry for those who had to deal with him in real life.

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