Like the tsunami of news reports on the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Scott Spencer’s new novel suggests that the world’s oldest profession is alive and well. The hero of Willing, however, is not a disgraced politician but a struggling freelance writer named Avery Jankowski. Avery’s fear of commitment and issues with his mother eventually drive his girlfriend into the arms and bed of another man. Brokenhearted and directionless, Avery shares his woeful tale of betrayal with his uncle, who in an act of unprecedented charity sets him up on an all-expenses-paid sex trip around the globe. The protagonist is actually less interested in the sex than he is in collecting material for a lucrative story—a book, maybe—which would allow him to purchase a new Manhattan apartment. With minimal moral grappling, he promptly joins a group of wealthy and depraved johns as they prepare for their sexiest dreams to come true.