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When Jason Alvarez left his hometown for the Marine Corp six years ago, his friend Mara Von Strom was a sweet, churchgoing virgin who never touched alcohol. Now she's knocking back hard cider, cursing like a sailor and turning his head even more than she had before. And that was before she started taking her clothes off in his apartment.

Caterer and event planner Mara is tired of waiting for life to happen. She decided years ago that she was done with the purity culture she was raised in, ...