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'When Nikki Stern left suburban Melbourne for Europe in the early 1980s, little did she know that her life was about to change dramatically.

'Adopted into a well-connected family and educated at an exclusive school, she fell instantly and hopelessly in love with a charming and charismatic cartoonist in Amsterdam. Paul and Nikki embarked on a passionate love affair, enjoying the hedonistic days of the 80s before eloping and returning to Australia.

'But soon Nikki found herself in a world she never imagined. Descending into the depths of the sex industry - as a dominatrix, stripper, prostitute and porn star - there was almost nothing she didn't do. Despite a stormy marriage, she and Paul starred in and marketed their highly successful Horny Housewife X-rated videos as she became the queen of Australian erotica.

'Leading a double life as a mother of three small children, Nikki struggled not merely with censorship but with child welfare authorities and the judgement of mainstream society.

'In this extraordinary memoir, Nikki vividly recounts her intriguing past with emotional honesty and great insight, making it an unflinching and absorbing account of the incredible life of the Horny Housewife.' (From the publisher's website.)

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Confessions Porn of a Housewife Jenna Clarke , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 April 2013; (p. 6)
— Review of Not Your Ordinary Housewife : How the Man I Loved Led Me into a World I Had Never Imagined Nikki Stern , 2012 single work autobiography

Lip Lit : Not Your Ordinary Housewife Leah Roberts , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Lip Magazine 2013;
— Review of Not Your Ordinary Housewife : How the Man I Loved Led Me into a World I Had Never Imagined Nikki Stern , 2012 single work autobiography

Untitled Paula Grunseit , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October/November vol. 92 no. 2 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Not Your Ordinary Housewife : How the Man I Loved Led Me into a World I Had Never Imagined Nikki Stern , 2012 single work autobiography