Sliding Into Home

Sliding Into Home

KENDRA BARES ALL<br><br> <br><br>Fans of the E! smash hit series <I>The Girls Next Door </I>fell in love with sporty Playboy beauty Kendra Wilkinson€s care- free spirit, infectious laugh, and down-to-earth nature. Now that she€s moved out of the world€s most famous bachelor pad and into her own delightfully chaotic world on <I>Kendra </I>as wife to NFL star Hank Baskett and mother to their newborn son, we€ve watched her hilarious antics as she adjusts to domestic life. But how much do we really know about the fun-loving star? In this humorous and optimistic, sometimes heartbreaking, but always unfailingly honest memoir, Kendra reveals the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey.<br><br> <br><br>She wasn€t always the quintessential girl next door. Before she was a reality television superstar, Hugh Hefner€s girlfriend, or one of the most popular Playboy cover models ever, Kendra was an athletic tomboy whose father walked out on her family when she was a little girl. She grew into a rebellious teenager with a serious drug habit before she quit cold turkey and beat the odds to graduate from a high school that almost didn€t give her a second (or third, or fourth) chance.<br><br> <br><br>Following her rocky teenage years, an out-of-the- blue phone call from Hugh Hefner changed everything. Kendra dishes candidly about life in the Playboy Mansion: the sex, the parties, the show, and even her relationships with her <I>Girls Next Door </I>costars€"Hef, Holly, and Bridget. She tells the true story about how she and Hank met and built a relationship in secret while she was still Hef€s girl- friend and a public face of Playboy. Finally, she reflects on the slew of unexpected changes in the short space of a year that have brought her sliding into home from Playboy party girl to wife and mother with a blooming Hollywood career. If you think you€ve seen all of Kendra, think again. She€s only warming up. . . . <br><br>