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Overview

What if you had sculpted the perfect replica of a gorgeous Greek god and, right before you're about to unveil it to a group of ladies, it comes to life in all its naked glory? What if your creation wanted to reward you by fulfilling your every desire? What would you do?

If you're Alexandra, you'd want to smash something.

The statue of Darius, playboy god, was supposed to bring in much-needed cash for the orphanage where Alex grew up. Now that it has miraculously turned to flesh, she just needs to give it a small imperfection so that it'll turn back into the marble statue she created.

Never mind that she fell in love with him—it—a little every day while she was sculpting the exquisite body. Never mind that he—it—is every bit as sexy and charming and powerful as she imagined.

And she sure as heck shouldn't be tempted by his heated offer to fulfill her every desire . . .

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780060549275
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 11/25/2003
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • Sales rank: 970,344
  • Series: Avon Romance Series
  • Product dimensions: 4.18 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 0.96 (d)

Meet the Author

I began writing stories when I was about nine. Back then, I was enthralled by television's rugged cowboys, suave spies, and debonair doctors. Now I'm into more tangible characters—like Greek gods, angels-in-training, and ornery ghosts. Hey, no sense growing up too much. When I'm not writing, I like to meet up with friends around the country, hike, and dig through antique malls. Sometimes I get to do all three at once, and then I'm in heaven.

First Chapter

A Greek God at the Ladies' Club

Chapter One

Present day


"Psst! Darius, where are you?"

Hermes fluttered around the sky in his winged sandals, searching for his elusive little brother. He couldn't be too loud or too obvious; Zeus frowned on any contact with his shunned son, even after three thousand years. But they were brothers, and Hermes felt someone had to look out for Darius.

Trouble was, he was hard to find. Zeus had been so angered by the tryst with Queen Aara, he'd taken away Darius's rulership of gems. His telekinetic powers were gone, too. He'd been allowed out of the broken, deformed statue, but he no longer had any "body" to call his own. No form, no shape, nothing. Sometimes, when he heard Hermes searching for him, Darius would get inside a star or a tree so Hermes had something on which to focus while they were talking. Not often though, as he was always afraid of getting stuck again.

"Psst! I've got good news."

Dust particles around a satellite shifted and took on a new form.

"That you, Dare?"

"It's me," filtered through what sounded like a yawn.

"What are you doing by the satellite?"

"Listening." Darius didn't sound as morose as the last time they'd spoken -- a mere one hundred fifty years ago.

"Really?" Hermes winged downward, landing gently and sinking up to his knees in the dust.

"Hey, watch it."

"Oh, sorry." Hermes surveyed his surroundings for a comfortable place to sit, then moved toward the edge. "Okay over here?"

"Yeah, I guess."

He wiggled into the cloud of dust the way one burrows into a beanbag chair. "What are you listening to?"

"Jeopardy! The history category is a cinch. You ever listen to The Learning Channel?"

"Uh, no. How you been, buddy?"

"Well, if I let myself get distracted with all the information the mortals have amassed, I don't notice how miserable I am."

"That bad, huh?"

"Worse." Darius's sorrowful sigh tore at Hermes' heart. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a woman when they can't see, hear, or touch you?"

He thought Darius would've forgotten about women by now, but, no -- he still had a one-track mind after all this time.

"Can you imagine how frustrating it is to want a woman when I can't touch one even if I got one? And that's not all -- "

"Precisely why I'm here." He thought it better to cut Darius off before he hit rock bottom. "I think I found the answer to your problem. Maybe."

"Zeus is ready to forgive and forget?" Darius asked sarcastically.

"Zeus forgive?" Hermes laughed mirthlessly. "Not hardly. But he said you couldn't have your body back until someone pieced it together again, right?"

"'Until it's perfect again' were his exact words."

"Right, that's it. So, do you know about Dr. Mickael's team?"

"Yeah, I watched them uncover what was left of me ... it." Darius yawned.

He couldn't see Darius yawn, of course, but he heard it. A big, openmouthed, I'm-bored kind of yawn. It made Hermes sleepy, so he hopped up out of his comfy seat and paced the edge of the dust cloud before he nodded off.

"They never found all of me, so it was a, shall we say, less than perfect job."

"Right, but get this ..."

"Can you stand still? You're walking all over the family jewels."

"Oh, sorry." He didn't add salt to the wound and point out that as long as there was no body, there were no family jewels. That seemed too cruel. Instead, he crouched near what he thought was Darius's head, the better to get his full attention.

"Not that I get to use them or anything."

Dare's increasing despondency worried Hermes, which made the timing of his visit perfect. "There's a sculptor in the United States I think you might be interested in. She's working on a marble statue."

Darius yawned again. "Uh-huh."

"Guess who her model is?"

The dust shifted slightly. "Who?"

"You. Your statue, I mean. The one they found and pieced back together."

"But it's locked up in a museum basement."

"She's got pictures, Dare. Pictures of it ...of you."

"Pictures?" The dust cloud sat up.

If not for his lightfootedness, Hermes would've toppled overboard. "Yeah, you know what those are, don't you?" He wasn't sure just how well Darius had kept up with the times. Listening to sound waves wasn't the same as seeing the real thing on television or in books.

"Of course, I've been on Earth. I just told you I know where the statue is."

He was pleased to see Dare's lethargy replaced with a crumb of interest.

"Good, then you know where St. Louis is, too?"

"Unless they moved it."

"And you know how things work down there now?" He didn't want to throw him to the wolves if he wasn't ready. If he hadn't seen microwaves and TV and video games yet, he'd think the whole planet was possessed.

"Well, it's been a while, but the satellites keep me up to date. Is the sculptor any good?"

"Oh, very good. Her work is outstanding."

"Maybe perfect?" Darius showed more interest than he had in centuries, and Hermes knew he was doing the right thing in bringing him this news.

"Perfection is her middle name."

"How far along is she? How big is it? Is it -- "

"Stop!" Hermes laughed and held up his hands to forestall the questions. Better to let Darius get involved from the ground up. "Go see for yourself. Look for Alexandra de Marco, in the -- "

The dust cloud flattened abruptly. "I can't."

So close, Hermes thought. He'd almost had him. This close to getting his brother back. "Why not?"

A Greek God at the Ladies' Club. Copyright © by Jenna McKnight. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 8, 2012

    U will luv this book

    This book is awesome. I couldnt put it down. Itll make u fel like ur really there

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  • Posted February 24, 2010

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    So Much Fun

    It was so quirky and the characters were so great that it was just a lot of fun to read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 21, 2004

    refreshing, brilliant

    Some days it just does not pay to be a God! At least, so it seems to Darius, son of Zeus, God of the Gemstones. Darius, a bit of a lover, was known for all his dalliances with married ladies and it is that, which trips the old boy up. Darius¿ 'gift' was his ability to turn himself into a statue... which comes in handy when he is playing footsie with Queen Aara in her bedroom. When King baby pops in startling them, Darius goes into his statue routine to protect the Queen from her jealous husband. Only, the King thinks there is something rotten in Denmark...oops wrong local... something wrong with his wife's statue...so he chops off a part of Darius of which he is rather 'fond' and then pushes Darius the stoneman out the window, smashing him to pieces. Patsy Cline's song kept popping into my mind as I read this! Daddy Dearest, Zeus, is not happy with the fate of his son, so curses him to remain bodiless, until he can find the perfect statue to possess and once more grant him the ability to return to mortal form. Well, artistic talent must have been sadly lacking, for it was three millenniums before Darius gets a second chance at breathing. Fortunately, for Darius, fate brings Alexandra de Marco his way. Alexandra is a brilliant sculptor. She and her sister were orphaned when they were very young, and now she is facing the task of saving the orphanage where they grew up from being closed because of a lack of money. She comes across the history of our boy Darius, God of the Gemstone, and the tale of his marble statue, which had been shattered to pieces. She is so taken with the myth that she turns her talents into creating a statue of the most beautiful man she can, lovingly bringing the marble into the perfect form under her talent. She plans to auction off the brilliant work at the Ladies¿ Annual Charity Auction and donate the money to the orphanage. It would save the place that sheltered her as a child, while at the same time, be a great PR showcase for her talent. Only, Darius finally has the means to return to mortal form, little knowing about charities or Ladies Clubs, and he does so right before the stunned audience. While Alexandra is impressed with her creation, she can hardly auction HIM off - though a few might have other ideas¿lol. She is furious because she needs that statue to save the orphanage. Darius doesn¿t give a fig¿mainly, because the statue was in the old Greek style - au natural. But the fun begins as Darius finds life in the modern world is a long way from Mt. Olympus. The writing is witty, quirky and the author shows a deft pen in crafting this wickedly funny tale. So original!! Will definitely be watching for more from this wonderful writer!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 29, 2003

    Readers will enjoy this romantic fantasy

    Three thousand years ago, Zeus¿ son Darius and Queen Aara make love when her spouse King Edward arrives with an army. With no place to hide, Darius uses his power to turn himself into a statue. Edward sees the nude statue and slices off the marble penis before having his men toss the rest out the window.

    In the present Hermes visits his brother Darius who remains without a body as ruled by Zeus. He tells him that a St. Louis sculptor is building a statue of Darius from a photo taken from the works of Dr. Mickail, who pieced together the shattered stature sans a penis. Darius realizes this is his chance to regain a body, which he does when Alexandra de Marco unveiled her statue if him. As he tries to reward her with his body that the uptight artist rejects, they fall in love, but he is a child of the Greek Gods and she is a mortal making anything permanent impossible or is it?

    Readers will enjoy this romantic fantasy starring a delightful female protagonist and a somewhat haughty hunk. Though the audience will wonder what it will take for Darius to learn a lesson as he failed to get the message from being castrated and a three millennium bodiless debacle. Still sub-genre fans will appreciate this amusing tale of a mortal teaching a God-rake what really matters.

    Harriet Klausner

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 9, 2003

    You won't be able to put this book down

    Jenna McKnight has deftly blended Greek mythology with twenty-first century comedy to give her readers a fabulous story about the quest for love and the importance of family. The story shows the high jinks of a god bent on loving and a woman who is too hurt to love again. But rest assured that in true romance fashion, there¿s a very happy ending in store at the end. Ms. McKnight¿s writing will keep you laughing til the wee hours of the morning because once you get involved in the story of Alexandra and Darius, you won¿t be able to put the book down. Marilyn Puett Writers Unlimited Reviewer

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