This is the 1st book in Christie's series 7 Stud club about a group of friends that get together and play poker, no girls allow. John Boone, strong yet silent with commitment issues because his mother left him and his father at a young age. Gemma Marquette, is the complete opposite. According to her mother and aunt the "Marquette woman are the marrying kind", so much so that between the two of the sisters and her deceased grandmother they have 10 marriages between them. But Gemma doesn't want to be like her mother, aunt and grandmother so she swears off men, that is until she meets her neighbor book and they can no longer deny their chemistry. Great writing, sex scenes and characters. I can not wait for the next book in the series.