title: The Bride Stripped Bare: A Novel
author:  Nikki Gemmell 
description: A series of diary entries charts the sinuous paths of marriage and sexual desire in this artful book, a bestseller in the U.K. The author of the entries, a nameless 30-something housewife, has disappeared, leaving behind what amounts to 138 "lessons," written in the second-person, for her fellow archetypal "good wives." At first, the gimmick is jarring, but as the protagonist's personality emerges and flowers, readers will be seduced by this sometimes subtle, sometimes overwrought novel set in modern-day London. At first, marriage equals safety to the woman ("it's a relief, to be honest, this surrendering..."), but the sex is humdrum, and Cole, her husband, is remote and fastidiousonly oral sex offers a surefire way to orgasm and sometimes he'd just rather watch TV. To make matters worse, he may have engaged in an affair with her best childhood friend. Beginning work on her long-planned book might cheer her upand so will an affair with lovely Gabriel, of the "cathedral-wide" chest and silky young skin. Thus she commences erotic adventures previously unimaginable. She also becomes pregnant, and the anonymous author is cannily perceptive about the vicissitudes of pregnancy and new motherhood; she writes strikingly of the surprising erotic passion, emotional upheaval and anger that can flare during pregnancy. This unusual but strangely compelling novel offers an intimate chronicle of change and self-discovery, of a woman who makes a final and unexpected choice. <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: THE WEDDING RESCUE, BOOK FIVE
  AN ALPHA BILLIONAIRE CLUB ROMANCE
  
  ALEXA WILDER
  
  CONTENTS
  About The Wedding Rescue, Book Five
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Thank You
  Sneak Peek: The Unexpected Crush
  Also by Alexa Wilder
  Copyright
  
  S
  ABOUT THE WEDDING RESCUE, BOOK FIVE
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  Leigha Carmichael is used to the quiet life. A junior accountant by day,
  she knows girls like her don't have exciting lives. She's smart, shy, and her
  curvy body doesn't fit in among the beauty queens of Las Vegas. Still reeling
  from her ex-boyfriend's betrayal, Leigha's sworn off all men. Except she has
  a huge problem, and only the right man can solve it.
  The moment he sees her across a crowded bar, Dylan Kane knows he
  wants her. And Dylan Kane always gets what he wants. Especially when the
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