'Starkly explicit…richly descriptive with a fast-paced narrative' Sunday Telegraph 'Nikki Gemmel's prose has a wonderful sensuousness…witty…a subtle portrait of a modern and rather alienating marriage' Lisa Appignanesi, Independent Magazine 'Must read…A tale of sexual awakening for the dark horse in all of us' Tatler ‘The sex is well-written…Gemmell is refreshingly straightforward about the act' Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard 'Easy to read, hard to put down. Keep an extinguisher handy' Closer 'A page-turner' Evening Standard 'A bored housewife embarks on a life of sexual pleasure…The sex is rude and raunchy and "exactly where you want it"' Elle 'Personal dilemmas are bravely explored; thoughts and fantasies about sex and infidelity, which most women have learned to keep to themselves, are laid bare on the page in all their shocking glory…brutal, brilliant and addictive' Glasgow Herald

• The Bride Stripped Bare was a huge international bestseller when it was first published in 2003. • The revelation of Nikki Gemmell’s identity as the anonymous author sparked huge media attention. • The sequel to The Bride Stripped Bare, With My Body, will publish this autumn and is expected to get wide attention. • The Bride Stripped Bare has sold nearly 400,000 copies in our territories. Competition: Fifty Shades of Grey; Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Delta of Venus; Story of O; Madame Bovary. Anais Nin; E L James; Jack Kerouac