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26 Nights: A Sexual Adventure
The hero of this story must bed twenty-six women across the alphabet, from Abigail to Zelda to win the wager. He beds divas and debutantes, playgirls and politicos, evangelists and entrepreneurs, throughout a great American 'sin' city.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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March 3, 2017
26 Nights: A Sexual Adventure
by Penthouse Magazine Editors
Audio narrated by Bill Morgan
3*
Steven Walling is a businessman whose wealth and occupation was handed to him by his father and who relies mainly on his competent assistant, Miss Greenglass, to maintain his success. He spends most of his time womanizing and avoiding actual work. Although he constantly has a stream of women to entertain him, he is a bit obsessed with Miss Greenglass, who seems to be the only woman who has ever refused his advances and, in fact, seems oblivious to him.
After some back-and-forth bantering about his excessive love life, Miss Greenglass tells him he needs to learn to limit himself and proposes a challenge. He is to date women using their first names in alphabetical order, with no women in between. He is allowed six months to complete this challenge. If he fails to do so, then Miss Greenglass will be given a raise (he offers 3x her salary). If he completes the challenge successfully (26 women from A-Z), then Miss Greenglass reluctantly agrees to be his 27th woman.
When I first started reading this, I was rolling my eyes with derision. It was so ridiculous and such a sexist male fantasy. Complete trash, I thought, and was already preparing for the 2* rating. Then I started noticing that this man's tale was being told in the first person from Mr. Walling's viewpoint. After his trysts with these women, he would go back and describe them to Miss Greenglass to prove that he completed A, B, C, etc. and was moving on to the next "letter". I first thought the intention was to be titillating, but it failed because it was pretty clinical. Then I started to see the humor in it all. I realized that the man's "voice" was always fairly deadpan, which was even more effective when things got weird or the situations ridiculous. I was seeing the intentional humor, not just poor writing like I had initially assumed.
Each episode became more and more bizarre and unbelievable, often rather absurd, and that is where the genius lies in this story. There was a funny dalliance that took place in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, with the help of an unnamed but easily presumed former president. There's also a ridiculous yet funny interchange involving a set of identical twins with names one letter apart, so Steven has to try to tell them apart and be with them in the right order so he doesn't lose the bet. Of course, they insist that they do everything together.
Yes, it's still a man's fantasy (it is by Penthouse Magazine) and yes, it still can be considered pretty trashy, but really this is just a silly romp into the land of erotica with an actual romance thrown in. You have to be patient with this one, but if you make it through to the end, you'll find a sweet ending and some chuckles throughout to take away from it.
by Penthouse Magazine Editors
Audio narrated by Bill Morgan
3*
Steven Walling is a businessman whose wealth and occupation was handed to him by his father and who relies mainly on his competent assistant, Miss Greenglass, to maintain his success. He spends most of his time womanizing and avoiding actual work. Although he constantly has a stream of women to entertain him, he is a bit obsessed with Miss Greenglass, who seems to be the only woman who has ever refused his advances and, in fact, seems oblivious to him.
After some back-and-forth bantering about his excessive love life, Miss Greenglass tells him he needs to learn to limit himself and proposes a challenge. He is to date women using their first names in alphabetical order, with no women in between. He is allowed six months to complete this challenge. If he fails to do so, then Miss Greenglass will be given a raise (he offers 3x her salary). If he completes the challenge successfully (26 women from A-Z), then Miss Greenglass reluctantly agrees to be his 27th woman.
When I first started reading this, I was rolling my eyes with derision. It was so ridiculous and such a sexist male fantasy. Complete trash, I thought, and was already preparing for the 2* rating. Then I started noticing that this man's tale was being told in the first person from Mr. Walling's viewpoint. After his trysts with these women, he would go back and describe them to Miss Greenglass to prove that he completed A, B, C, etc. and was moving on to the next "letter". I first thought the intention was to be titillating, but it failed because it was pretty clinical. Then I started to see the humor in it all. I realized that the man's "voice" was always fairly deadpan, which was even more effective when things got weird or the situations ridiculous. I was seeing the intentional humor, not just poor writing like I had initially assumed.
Each episode became more and more bizarre and unbelievable, often rather absurd, and that is where the genius lies in this story. There was a funny dalliance that took place in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, with the help of an unnamed but easily presumed former president. There's also a ridiculous yet funny interchange involving a set of identical twins with names one letter apart, so Steven has to try to tell them apart and be with them in the right order so he doesn't lose the bet. Of course, they insist that they do everything together.
Yes, it's still a man's fantasy (it is by Penthouse Magazine) and yes, it still can be considered pretty trashy, but really this is just a silly romp into the land of erotica with an actual romance thrown in. You have to be patient with this one, but if you make it through to the end, you'll find a sweet ending and some chuckles throughout to take away from it.
July 5, 2012
Horrible book. Couldn't finish it. The main character was a womanizing jerk. The sex scenes were too clinical to be called erotica. Don't waste your time.
August 6, 2016
Boring, poorly written. The guy is an annoying boring jerk, the women are caricatures. And he spends more time rambling on about how great he is at bedding women than he actually does bedding them.
April 22, 2022
-1 if I could.
I remembered reading this a long time ago and thinking it was so spicy.
A guy sleeping his way through the alphabet to win a bet.
This was written with a specific type of reader in mind. No wonder its presented by penthouse.
The guy is en entitled white guy with money and is trying to be James Bond-ish I guess...
Its also clear the author does not have an idea of the female anatomy at all as all the ladies climax within 5 seconds of the guy just thrusting -_-.
Also, the fact that he hasnt died of STDs is astounding. AND the fact that the professional and cynical assistant falling for him because he slept through the Alphabet would not happen on any planet ever.
I hated this. I almost DNFd. I should have.
I remembered reading this a long time ago and thinking it was so spicy.
A guy sleeping his way through the alphabet to win a bet.
This was written with a specific type of reader in mind. No wonder its presented by penthouse.
The guy is en entitled white guy with money and is trying to be James Bond-ish I guess...
Its also clear the author does not have an idea of the female anatomy at all as all the ladies climax within 5 seconds of the guy just thrusting -_-.
Also, the fact that he hasnt died of STDs is astounding. AND the fact that the professional and cynical assistant falling for him because he slept through the Alphabet would not happen on any planet ever.
I hated this. I almost DNFd. I should have.
July 25, 2019
I was hoping for a spicy summer erotica book to entertain me on my commutes, but this proved to be cliché, misogynistic, and ultimately uncreative. There were minor parts that were pretty hot, so I give it one extra star for that. But, generally not worth the time. Luckily it was a fast listen.
May 3, 2019
Super crazy and sexy.
ps how big was that police car? Lol
ps how big was that police car? Lol
December 10, 2008
Guy bets his secretary that he can go through the alphabet by having sex with twenty-six women within a certain amount of time. Interesting plot and pretty good read. If you tend to blush easily, might want to put this one down and head over to the romance section because some of the scenarios are pretty "out there". I rather enjoyed the ending also.
June 25, 2011
"Roman in the disguise of Erotica"
What made the experience of listening to 26 Nights the most enjoyable?
Well written and fun erotic romance.
What did you like best about this story?
It’s an erotic book, what is there not to like?
Any additional comments?
It’s not a work of art, it’s not the best Erotica or Romance I’ve read. Yet it was good for what it is.
What made the experience of listening to 26 Nights the most enjoyable?
Well written and fun erotic romance.
What did you like best about this story?
It’s an erotic book, what is there not to like?
Any additional comments?
It’s not a work of art, it’s not the best Erotica or Romance I’ve read. Yet it was good for what it is.
January 14, 2008
It's about a guy who makes a bet with his secretary that he can go thru the alphabet within a certain amount of time and have sex with a woman who corresponds with the letter (in order)...far fetched but funny at some points
February 17, 2012
I found some of this book to be highly exaggerated, I mean the guy really never had anyone say no to him. But I generally liked it and loved the ending.
February 16, 2013
Veľká nuda.
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May 23, 2016This is one of the worst books I've ever read. If you come across it - pass it by as it is not worth the bother.
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