Goddess of Ivy: The Complete Trilogy

Goddess of Ivy is a contemporary American story about new-adult romance, sex, and life. It is rich with passionate, detailed sexuality interspersed throughout an equally detailed drama of a young woman’s determination to survive all adversities and never give up her search for love.

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Serena Loomis grew up poor, with an alcoholic mother and no father, but with Sam Everhart as her best friend. All she ever wanted was to become Serena Everhart, but Sam inexplicably began to push her away, and finally broke up with her. Abandoned by the only male she’d ever loved or felt loved by, they rarely spoke as Serena started going through boyfriends as fast as her mother, until she confronted a painful truth: Giving them everything wasn't enough.

Now when Sam figures he can’t afford an Ivy League degree, he contacts Serena again with a plan to close his tuition gap by selling her considerable sexual favors to a few rich, trust-funded fraternity brothers, but when he starts to tell her about it, he changes his mind before he gets it out. Serena coerces him into divulging it after all, breaking her heart again.

After a sleepless night, Serena considers her lack of plans or hope for her life, and the prospect that Sam’s elaborate scheme would give her a small fortune at the end of four years. She reluctantly decides she has no better option, and will pursue Sam’s idea as a necessary, but temporary compromise to secure her future. Serena has to pressure Sam into following through with it, but he does. Unfortunately for Sam’s renewed interest, she seems to thrive under the new circumstances. Unfortunately for Serena, although her work provides numerous pleasures, it’s a lot more difficult than she ever imagined, and getting worse, not better.

Foreword Clarion Review:

"Through her engagements with the men and women who come and go in her life, Serena’s development as a character is entertaining and surprisingly engaging...

"Madison manages to craft a strong primary story line, that of Serena’s development from small-town girl to sophisticated, worldly woman. The sex, though plentiful, is a surprising secondary narrative. The author’s descriptive powers evoke a woman on a quest of self-discovery, with words that are at once lush and unequivocal...

"Goddess of Ivy: The Complete Trilogy is a heart-pumping, breathtaking trilogy filled with emotional and sexual tension and high drama. These are books that will surely find a devoted following."