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The Bride Stripped Bare

by Nikki Gemmell · 2003

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A woman disappears, leaving behind an incendiary diary chronicling a journey of sexual awakening. To all who knew her, she was the good wife: happy, devoted, content. But the diary reveals a secret self, one who's discovered that her new marriage contains mysteries of its own. She has discovered a forgotten Elizabethan manuscript that dares to speak of what women truly desire, and inspired by its revelations, she tastes for the first time the intoxicating power of knowing what she wants and how to get it. The question is: How long can she sustain a perilous double life?

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiseroticaeroticaMore like thisLess of thiserotic romanceerotic romanceMore like thisLess of thiscontemporary romancecontemporary romanceMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sexualitysexualityMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of thisfeminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisMoroccoMoroccoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 371 pages

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