{"product_id":"the-bride-stripped-bare-9780060591885","title":"The Bride Stripped Bare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE RUNAWAY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Bride Stripped Bare\u003c\/em\u003e shows us the inside-out of marriage, infidelity, obsession and taxi drivers (I may never take a cab ride in London again). . . . Few books can be both dark and light. This one dances on the edge, and sometimes crosses it, with much satisfaction to be had on either side.\"-- Valerie Frankel, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Accidental Virgin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn explosive novel of sex, secrecy, and escape.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA woman disappears. Her car lies abandoned on a remote bluff; no body is found. Known by her family and friends as quiet and self-contained, she has left behind an incendiary diary chronicling a disturbing journey of sexual awakening.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diary opens on her honeymoon in Morocco: she believes herself to be happy--or happy enough, anyway. Swiftly, this security masquerading as love fractures in an act of massive betrayal, only to propel her into a world of desire and fantasy and recklessness. In need of guidance, she finds an unlikely heroine in the anonymous author of a dusty, rare manuscript. Written by a woman in the 1600s, it is a cry from the heart for women to live and love freely. Emboldened, she allows herself to discover the intoxicating power of knowing what she wants and how to get it. The question is, how long can her soul sustain a perilous double life?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoolly impassioned, \u003cem\u003e Bride Stripped Bare\u003c\/em\u003e tells shocking truths about love and sex. Couched in a deceptively simple style, its gorgeous, incantatory rhythms will make you question whether it is ever entirely possible to know another person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGemmell, Nikki:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNikki Gemmell is the internationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Bride Stripped Bare\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWith My Body\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eShiver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAlice Springs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Rapture\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523369931026,"sku":"9780060591885","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94ed9caf-dfbf-4d55-a338-7c01d3ba63c7.jpg?v=1731145964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bride-stripped-bare-9780060591885","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}