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?

A wife, a mother of three, she has everything a woman should want—and yet she has gone numb inside. Locked in a never-ending cycle of chores, errands, and mealtimes, she cannot find a way to live her life with the honesty and passion that once drove her. Even her husband, whom she loves, has never truly touched the core of her being. Only one person has ever come close. In desperation, she returns to the memory of an old love affair—a transformative relationship with consequences she has never fully resolved. Revisiting her past, she will begin an exhilarating journey into her sexuality while finally confronting the hidden truths of her heart. Exquisitely lyrical, bold, and seductive, With My Body is a thought-provoking exploration of family, sex, marriage, and love—the love we give, withhold, and surrender to.

The next alluring novel from internationally bestselling author Nikki Gemmell-a companion to The Bride Stripped Bare and With My Body-the final installment in the captivating "Bride" trilogy "One of the few truly original voices to emerge in a long time." -Time Out New York Internationally bestselling author Nikki Gemmell has spent the last decade exploring the hidden lives of women. First, in The Bride Stripped Bare, she offered readers a glimpse into the life of a new bride, a young woman whose dark and sensual double life shocked readers. Next, in With My Body, Gemmell showed the world a wife and mother, a woman marked by memories of lost love and deep secrets. Now, in the final installment in the "Bride" trilogy, Gemmell plunges into the mind frame that With My Body concluded with-the story of a woman safe within her marriage, yet bursting with desire and the will to act upon it. Under her Chanel suit and designer lingerie, Connie Carven is no longer the typical banker's wife. When Cliff's horrible skiing accident shifts the balance of their relationship, Connie becomes a willing submissive to her husband's every desire. Cliff is eager to explore new, and troubling, avenues of passion. Connie, ever the dutiful wife, follows wherever he leads. While at first she enjoys a perverse sense of freedom within the ever-tightening bonds of her marriage, Cliff's dark and seductive desires soon consume her entirely. She finds herself surrendering to an act that will forever remind her that she belongs to her husband alone-to be unlocked only by him, whenever he pleases. But, it is also this act that awakens Connie from the numbness that has taken over her life. In the communal garden of her posh Notting Hill home she meets Mel and discovers the thrill of true intimacy…and the price of risking everything for it.

This book has been serialized into 3 parts – this is PART 1 OF 3. From the author of the bestsellers ‘The Bride Stripped Bare’ and ‘With My Body’, a new twist on a classic tale of passion. In the first part of this serialization, Connie Carven enjoys the strangely sensuous pleasure of surrendering to her invalided husband’s every desire. As she gives herself up to their erotic secret life, she experiences ecstasy unlike anything before. But when her husband’s desire for complete control takes a shocking turn, Connie must ask herself if she can bear to be kept under lock and key, only ever to be released by her husband. Download this first instalment at a special introductory price and be amongst the first to enjoy ‘I Take You’, before it is finally published on 23 May 2013.

This book has been serialized into 3 parts – this is PART 2 OF 3. From the author of the bestsellers ‘The Bride Stripped Bare’ and ‘With My Body’, a new twist on a classic tale of passion. In the second part of this serialization, Connie Carven’s curiosity is aroused by new groundskeeper, Mel – although she knows in his eyes she seems only another Notting Hill wife, privileged and remote. Despite their outward differences, in the freedom of the garden, Connie and Mel are drawn to each other. Connie has her liberty now, but at what price? Download this second instalment of the stunning ‘I Take You’ to be amongst the first to enjoy it before publication on 23 May 2013.

This book has been serialised into 3 parts - this is PART 3 OF 3. From the author of the bestsellers 'The Bride Stripped Bare' and 'With My Body', a new twist on a classic tale of passion. this book has been serialised into 3 parts - this is PARt 3 OF 3. From the author of the bestsellers 'the Bride Stripped Bare' and 'With My Body', a new twist on a classic tale of passion.In the conclusion of this serialisation, while Connie's new passion with Mel ripens over the summer, she knows her life is changed forever. Her husband is driven to desperation - either he must win back his beautiful trophy or punish her rebellion. Connie is being pulled out of the coldly glittering present, into a future that beckons - intimate, loving and full of life. How much longer can she remain 'the good wife'?