title: Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction
author:  Jena Pincott 
description: Starred Review. In these playfully written scientific anecdotes, Pincott (<i>Success</i>) argues that desire is strongly rooted in evolutionary biases and consults a variety of studiessome familiar, others cutting-edgeto reveal the extent to which hormones dictate human behavior. Even idle ogling is a serious endeavor: humans constantly rate each other for levels of attractiveness, a signifier of male and female hormones. When women are ovulating, estrogen rebuilds the female face, making lips fuller and skin smoother; Pincott cites studies showing that strippers earned twice as much during the fertile phase of their cycles as when they had their periods, while those taking birth control earned significantly less money throughout. The book also has the scoop about whether penis size matters (it does), how the post-orgasm rush of oxytocin promotes bonding and why women are tempted to cheat during certain times of the month. It ends with a look at the neuroscience of love, which despite all the jostling and jousting of dating and mating, appears to be very much alive when measured by MRI studies of passionate couples. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Blond
  And
  Broken
   
  Pittsburgh Vampires
  Vol.3
  
  Copyright © 2018 by B.A. Stretke
   
  Published by Superiorland Publishing
   
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including
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  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person (living or dead), place, or event is purely coincidence.
  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  “Gentlemen prefer blondes.”
  -Anita Loos
  Title of 1925 novel
   
  
   
  CHAPTER ONE
   
  Isaac Lucas stared at the man for several seconds before realizing that he was speaking
  to him. He was tall and lean but not skinny; he was fit. He was dressed like most of the other
  men at the Imperial Club, fine suit, and fine accessories. It just shock