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Professor Stephen Worthington has been schooled in the bedroom by free-spirited student Julia Wilde. But what started as a casual arrangement has turned into so much more—at least for Stephen.

Head over heels, Stephen is tired of being just “sex buddies.” Julia’s resisting, but her blithe attitude towards keeping it casual may just be a front. Can he prove to her that their amazing sexual chemistry can mix with romance and ultimately win her heart?

In this eagerly awaited sequel to S.J. Hooks’ successful first novel, Absolute Beginners, readers will find themselves riding alongside Stephen and Julia’s highs and lows as their friends-with-benefits relationship reaches a crossroads. Absolute Lovers’ humor and romance will tease and delight both dedicated fans and new readers alike.

Absolute Lovers is the final installment in the Absolute Novels series.

This novel contains mature content. 

HUBBY'S REVIEW:

Julia and Stephen are back and this book opens with them together after the funeral of her grandfather (pops). She is for the most part starting with Stephen at his place and other than a surprise visit by his mom and step father their relationship though neither of them calls it that is going good. They have made up for Stephen’s drunk night when he graded one of her papers wrong. If you have not read the first book Absolute Beginnings, you will find that Julia is 10 years younger and is one of Stephens’s students in his Lit. Class in college. She has been flirting with him and then one night outside of his step brothers sports bar he gives her a ride home and from their they start meeting each other just casually, for her anyway for him he still can’t get her out of his mind. The second book they actually grow together as a couple and during finals he cooks dinner for her and lets her study and use his office. They go on a few trips together over the summer because she now is no longer his student and if they are scene together it is not a big deal. Two things happen that make them come together emotionally more than just the sex part. The first being the annual 4th of July party at his mother’s and stepfather’s house. He has now changed into a more confident man with her and her when she meets one old friend of his that hurt him she takes charge and puts her in her place. They did not see it but as a couple they were stronger and better for each other than either one realized. The next was when he finds out that she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and she was going to pass on it but he would not let her. After four months apart her friends come over to tell him they think she is having trouble over in London, not eating or sleeping. He sees it that night and decides to do something about it and it is something he would not have had the courage to do from the beginning of the first book. A fantastic story of two people coming together and giving the other one what they are lacking and becoming a couple with all of the fears of what people are thinking but doing it anyway. A good book. i got this book from netgalley.  I give this 5 stars.

The moment I felt her come, I lost all control, grabbing a hold of her to chase my own pleasure. It was wild, savage and nothing had ever felt better. My orgasm completely took my breath away and the delicious contractions that her climax created prolonged mine for what seemed like an eternity. I was vaguely aware of the fact that I roared out her name but all I could focus on were the mind-blowing sensations flowing through my body.

I collapsed on top of her, panting and shaking just like she was underneath me.

“Oh, God,” I groaned, rubbing my face against her neck.

"Holy shit," Julia gasped. "What the hell was that, Stephen?"

"I don't know. But I loved it."

"So did I. You were in control, so amazing . . ."

"Stephen?" I heard a voice calling from somewhere.

My entire body froze. Someone was in the apartment!

"Who the fuck is that?" Julia whispered.

"Shhh," I whispered back, rolling off her.

"Are you okay?”

I recognized the voice and my blood turned cold.

Fuck! It's my mother!

"I'm all right!" I called out, completely panicked. "Don't come in here! I'll be right out!"

Julia quickly covered herself with the duvet.

"It's my mom," I whispered.

"What?" she shrieked, sitting up.

"Don't worry, she won't come in here," I whispered, all the while praying that I was right.

I jumped out of bed, closed the door and started dressing frantically while Julia watched me with an expression that was somewhere in between amused and panicked.

"What are you doing here?" I shouted while I tried to remember how one worked buttons.

The task suddenly seemed impossible.

"We're here for lunch," a second voice called out. "You invited us, remember?"

Oh, God! Richard is here too!

I wanted to kill myself for being such a gargantuan idiot. I had completely forgotten that my parents were supposed to come over today. In all my excitement it had slipped my mind and now I had to face the fact that my idiocy was the reason why Julia looked like a deer caught in the headlight.

"Stephen," she whispered. "My clothes are on the living room floor. They know you have a girl in here."

"Either that, or they think you're a cross-dresser," she added with wide eyes.

I honestly can't decide which option is worse right now.