Working stiff : the misadventures of an accidental sexpert

Grant Stoddard left Britain for the States with the clothes on his back, a fascination with all things American, and a burning hope for something bigger.

But with no steady job, no money, and no girlfriend, the starry-eyed young Englishman's excitement was shrinking fast.

Then fate in the guise of an X-rated online contest intervened.

Winning first prize - sexual intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist - changed everything.

The sensitive lad, whose record with the ladies was spotty at best, had a new lease on life.

With a shot of much needed confidence, Stoddard emerged as the mascot of Nerve.com, a gonzo sex columnist who would begrudgingly try any and every lurid thing his crafty co-workers devised.

From offering himself up as man-bait at a notoriously hard-core gay bar to attending an elite orgy with a blue-blooded date, to being a hapless participant in a sexual home-invasion, Stoddard went where few men dare and lived to tell the tale.

With a self-deprecating style and wonderful appreciation of the absurd, "Working Stiff" is a unique coming-of-age story from a very funny and irreverent new writer.