I'm studying to be an actuary, and that is exactly as exciting as it sounds. I'm not a guy who revels in risk. So why am I sneaking into a gay roadhouse tonight? Good question. I just wanted to live a little, but now I'm in big trouble. That bouncer right there? He's too big with too many tattoos, too many muscles, and too many reasons I should run. He took one look at me and decided I was his. He's possessive, dominating, and so intense for someone inexperienced like me. And I just married him. \*Love, Actuarily is the first story in the Nerd in the Hand series by debut author Tragen Moss. Each book is a fun, over-the-top tale about awkward nerds and the hella delicious blue collar dudes who fall desperately in love with them. They all have a May-December feel to them—but don't worry about the boys. They have these alpha men wrapped around their pinkies. You know how it goes...the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Sawdust and evergreen. That’s what the carpenter my dad hired smells like. Men are like a whole other alien species to me. I can observe them, make what I think are reasonable deductions about their behavior, but the interacting part never seems to go the way I think it will. The carpenter is certainly no exception to that rule. But, let’s face it, I’m the nerdiest nerd in Nerdville. And he’s the broest bro in Alphatown. I don’t have anything to offer a guy like that. Do I? \*Dear Reader, You know I wouldn’t steer you wrong, right? If your Trope Bucket List includes: opposites attract, older man, first time, m/m, insta-everything, broody alpha, nerdy nerd, and romantic comedy then this book is for you!

If I didn’t have horrible luck with men, I wouldn’t have any luck at all. I have a full life—great friends, a job I love, a really nice place to live—but something is missing. I want a family. Someone to love and who loves me back. A house full of kids. But when it comes to dating, I can’t get a passing grade. I haven’t even lost my virginity. I’ll never get a husband if I can’t get a second date. So I ask my roommate, my older brother’s best friend before he died, to teach me Real Man Seduction 101. I was always good at school and my rugged, alpha roommate seems like the perfect tutor. The problem is, the more time he spends guiding me, the less I feel like taking my new skills outside of our house. I know he’s not the guy for me, even if he were gay, he tells me all the time he’s not the marrying kind. I should get out now, before it’s too late to save my heart. If it’s not already. Dear Reader, This book is my everything. How can you not love the oil rigger and the kindergarten teacher? It’s also an older brother’s best friend book. And a first time book. And a May-December book. And…roommates…and well, it’s just as many tropes as I could mash into it. Go get some! The Nerd in the Hand series are re-imagined stories from Tragen’s other pen name.