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Book 3 - Friends With More Benefits

As Jillian and Brian's wedding date nears, the blissful Jillian is only slightly bothered that her just released novel is only mildly successful. The same can't be said for her ruthless agent, Albert, who secretly makes Natalie aware that she's the star of the show. Hoping for publicity to drive sales of the book, he plants a bug in the ear of the super-flexible ballerina that a financial windfall might be in her future. After Natalie files a lawsuit claiming defamation and that her likeness was used without her permission, book sales sky rocket. Then in a final act of shameless publicity, Albert delivers Natalie to St. Barts to make the wedding slightly more interesting and, to ensure maximum exposure, he arranges for it all to be captured on film. Although the outdoor beach wedding is disrupted by not only the unwanted guest and a sudden rain storm, Jillian and Brian tie the knot.

When Jillian learns that not only did Victoria sleep with her son, but that he could be the father of her baby, she's thrown for a loop. Later when the truth is revealed, everyone except Jim's girlfriend, Caroline, is relieved to discover that Jim is the baby's father.

After witnessing first-hand how much in love Jim and Caroline really are, Victoria considers that, along with their age difference and her inability to commit as she makes the difficult decision to push Jim away for his own good. Book three ends with Jim returning to Caroline, Victoria sobbing in a bathtub clutching her growing belly and the newlyweds giggling and looking with trepidation upon Victoria's wedding gift— a sex swing installed in their master bedroom.

Book 4 - Friends With Extra Benefits

This volume opens with Jillian and Brian trying out the sex swing, Jim and Caroline growing even closer together and Jillian and Victoria plotting a little practical joke on Brian. (Throughout the series, Brian finds himself in a number of embarrassing situations— some of his own doing and some courtesy of the clever and imaginative Victoria.)

After a slightly embarrassing deposition where security photos of a nude Brian were threatened to be released (and there was definite shrinkage), the wacky trial begins. During the proceedings Natalie's antics continue and include an attempt to seduce Brian, lying under oath along with a smattering of witness tampering. When the jury reaches a verdict in Natalie's favor, but with an award much to the defenses liking, Jillian is both relieved and overjoyed.

Complications with Victoria's pregnancy lead to Jim and Caroline returning to Miami and an early delivery for baby girl Kaylie. After Kaylie requires life-saving surgery, Victoria and Jim reach out to one another for comfort and in the process the attraction between the two of them is rekindled. Everyone is relieved when the surgery is a success and the prognosis for the baby is for a full recovery. Months pass with Victoria and Kaylie thriving while on their own and Jim and Caroline return to school to finish their senior years. The story comes to a close with Jillian and Brian watching the baby for the night and discussing having one of their own. Fueled by champagne, Victoria, Jim and Caroline grow a little too close while relaxing in the hot tub and after a crowded night of passion; Caroline slips away leaving a note and leaving the new parents to contemplate their future.

Book 5 - Friends With Way Too Many Benefits

This volume is my absolute series favorite—you’re doing yourself a disservice if you skip this book—just sayin'. But here's the recap. The story opens with Jillian, Brian, Victoria and Jim playing a naughty game of Scrabble. Then after watching a movie starring Brian's favorite actress, the famous Amanda Joseph, Jillian makes fun of his leading lady crush and after a comical discussion, the two agree on their celebrity free passes.

As Jim and Victoria learn to live together and raise their new baby, he proposes marriage. Then after she agrees, the two makes plans to meet to pick out a ring.

A call comes in from Jillian's agent delivering the news that interest in adapting her novel for the screen is heating up. As luck would have it, the A-list actress Amanda Joseph is the studio's number one choice.

As Victoria is waiting at the jewelry store for Jim to join her to pick out the ring, she receives a call that he's been in a car accident. He's only a little banged up, but this event along with the tragic history of her first husband's untimely death, are screaming to her that just maybe marrying her is bad luck. Victoria calls off the wedding.

Natalie, with a new stage name and coming off her Playboy centerfold, is living in Los Angeles in the Playboy Mansion and looking to expand her horizons as an actress. Upon seeing news of Jillian's greenlit film, she's hell bent on doing whatever she can to win the role she was born to play. She seeks out, Paul Ford, the film's good-looking single director and her plan begins to take shape.

Meanwhile Jillian and Brian attempt to make a baby and after months and months of failure the two seek medical help. When a disaster at the fertility clinic leaves Brian once again naked and humiliated, but this time in-front of a construction crew, the desperate pair decide to take a more relaxed approach to conception.

The film's production begins and Natalie secures both a personal relationship with Paul and a spot as a body double on the film. After some complicated scheming she finally lands her role in the film and once Jillian finds out she, of course, goes ape shit. But when dailies of Natalie nailing her part are viewed by all the producers, even Jillian has to agree she blows away her troubled predecessor.

The gorgeous, but just a little off, Amanda Joseph shows up on set and while having trouble with her tennis trainer discovers Brian is more than up to the task. The two begin working together with Jillian's semi-reluctant approval. This is just about the time that Jillian discovers she's finally pregnant.

The night of the movie wrap party, Jim once again asks Victoria to marry him, but he does it in such a charming way that it leaves her laughing and unable to say no. The two decide on a Vegas wedding. After the wrap party, Amanda Joseph seeks out Brian at the tennis club and she attempts to seduce him in the locker room. As Jillian stops by the club to deliver the news of their friends' upcoming marriage, she overhears Amanda's brazen effort to corrupt her husband. She's moved by his impassioned rebuffing of the A-list actress as he sings the praises of his gorgeous and pregnant wife.

Book five ends with the two couples heading off to Vegas. There Victoria and Jim tie the knot and Jillian receives a call from her doctor that she's not only expecting, she's expecting twins! There she finds out that Rob's girlfriend Bridget is pregnant too, and with it the bittersweet news that she's going to be a super-young grandmother.

And now on to book six!

Jillian stirred awake and glanced at Brian as he slept in
the king
bed in their luxurious hotel suite. She didn't understand the appeal of sleeping in a king since he seemed so far away from her and she liked to be close. She much preferred her queen bed at home. Their feet always seemed to be touching in the morning and he has such soft, adorable feet, for a guy anyway. The previous night she learned she was pregnant with twins. She had just come to terms with the idea of one baby and now this bomb was dropped on her— two babies at her age. Wow, this was going to be a whole other thing. Sure it was a blessing, and it was going to be amazing, but she remembered how difficult Rob was when he was born. If she ended up with two
Robs,
she thought, well, she didn't even want to think about it.

Taking a deep breath, she sat up in bed and let the covers fall from her naked breasts. Brian had given her that fantastic
rub
the previous night and they ended up going to sleep without doing it. They were just too tired and he's never too tired to do it. It had been a long day—flying cross-country to Las Vegas to attend Victoria and Jim's wedding. Not to mention all the drinking he had done and discovering he was going to be the father of twins, and the
step-grandfather
now that Rob's girlfriend, Bridget, was also expecting. That seemed like an awful lot for a
twenty-nine-year-old
man to take all in one day.

Lifting the covers off him slowly, she eyed his naked body as he slept on his back breathing softly in and out. She found him absolutely adorable. There wasn't any part of him that she didn't like. Okay, maybe except for his second toe. Now that seemed to be a little longer than it should be and it curved down sort of like a claw. Other than that tiny little flaw he was perfect. She pulled the covers down past his hips and knelt up next to him, grinning from ear to ear. His penis lay flaccid and flopped against his leg as she gently ran her finger around the head holding back a giggle. He deserved a little reward, she thought.

Taking hold of his manhood with one hand, she held it straight up and used the fingers of her other hand to brush gently over the ridge. He stirred slightly and she kept watching the innocent smile that materialized as he seemingly enjoyed his all-too-real erotic dream. She felt him expand in her hand and slowly stroked him up and down while
eyeing
his parts hungrily.

Her gaze
traveled
up his love trail to his firm abdomen then to his chiseled chest before returning to his erection, which had now nearly reached full size. Smiling, she slowly lowered her head toward it with her lips parting to accommodate him.

His eyes opened and he said groggily, "Hey, you."

Suddenly she wretched then covered her mouth with her hand as she scampered off the bed gagging.

"What's wrong?"

"Blahhhhh!" The sound echoed out of the bathroom followed by moans and groans. "Oh, my God. It's… it's starting
already
."

"Does it smell that bad? I could take a shower if you want."

After flushing the toilet, Jillian appeared in the doorway looking an odd shade of pale green.

He gave her a sympathetic look. "Are you okay?"

"It's starting."

"What's starting?"

"Morning sickness."

"Oh, shit." He cringed.

Climbing in bed next to him, she wrapped her arms around her knees and bent forward taking a deep breath. "I hate this."

He rubbed her back. "Is there anything I can do?"

She turned to look at him, wearing a sick expression, then her stomach convulsed and she covered her mouth as a gas bubble escaped.

He made a face and covered his mouth. "I don't feel so good either."

She opened her mouth to speak then quickly covered it and wretched again. Then she performed some sort of modified gymnastics
move
over him on her way back into the bathroom. This time she slammed the door closed.

When she finally reappeared, he met her at the door and taking her arm, he walked her back to the bed. "Are you sure it wasn't my, you know?"

"Uh-uh," she grumbled as she adjusted the pillows and slipped under the sheet, sitting back against the wall and running her hands over her face.

"Can I get you some tea or anything?"

"No, I just need to sit here for a few minutes."

Reaching out, he put his hand on her arm and caressed it gently.

"Sorry about this. I really wanted to do that for you this morning."

"That's okay." He smiled. "I do love when you wake me like that, but I understand."

"When I'm pregnant I have a heightened sense of smell and lots of things can make me sick."

"Oh, really?"

"Even things I used to like the smell of can suddenly make me sick to my stomach."

"Wow, that stinks.

"With Rob this went on for months." She closed her eyes.

"Months?" He wore a concerned expression. "You don't think, um… no forget it."

Opening her eyes, she turned slowly to glare at him. "What?"

"It's nothing." He shook his head.

"What?" She shot him a disgusted look. "You're worried that I won't be able to do
that
for a while."

"No. No." He avoided making eye contact with her.

"That
is
what you were thinking."

"Okay." He shrugged. "Yes, the thought crossed my mind. You know that's sorta our thing."

"I can't believe you. Here I am throwing my guts up and all you can think about is getting a blowjob."

"No, I'm not worried about
this
blowjob." He raised his hands. "I was just kinda slightly concerned, you know, about future ones."

"Men." She scoffed.

"No." He sighed. "It's not that."

Rising to her knees, she ripped the covers off him then pinched her nose between two fingers. She said in a
nasally
voice, "Okay, get it hard. You want a blowjob, let's go." She motioned with her other hand to his groin area.

"Come on." He rolled his eyes. "You're going to hold your nose and… and…"

"Yep." She kept hold of her nose.

"You look ridiculous. Okay, you've made your point."

"No, I really want to do it. I'll show you what a trooper I can be." She widened her eyes and added, sarcastically, "You know, I may projectile vomit all over it, but let's give it a shot, shall we?"