Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors at the Playboy Mansion

Izabella St. James

Aug 2006 · Sold by Running Press Adult

About this ebook

When this beach bunny caught the eye of Hugh Hefner at an L.A. nightclub, Izabella St. James was looking for a fun break from studying for the bar. As the latest Girlfriend of the Playboy founder, her "break" lasted two years, but life behind the gates of the Playboy Mansion was anything but fun. Sure there were parties, presents, puppies, and plastic surgery; but there was also a curfew, a strict regimen of who sits where on movie night, limited contact with the outside world, and a sex life that was anything but wild and crazy.

While the E! reality show, The Girls Next Door, has been a ratings hit, each of the three Playboy Bunnies in the series has since left the Mansion in newsworthy ways: one is engaged to a football player, and Hugh's "main" Girlfriend has finally understood that there would be no fairy-tale marriage and family with the man she literally transformed her life for. Izabella was there to witness how each of these relationships formed, where each Girlfriend fell in the pecking -- and bed -- order, and when, exactly, the fabled life turned shabby and cheap.

From catfights to sneaking in boyfriends, from high-profile guests in the Grotto to the bizarre rituals of the octogenarian at the center of the sexual revolution, Bunny Tales is compulsively readable and endlessly entertaining!

Ratings and reviews

The whole book was basically blaming others for everything, ragging on Holly and Bridget, and talking herself up (example: "the other girls did this but *I* always did what I was supposed to do" or "I didn't want to do this but since everyone else was, I caved to peer pressure").

Wasn't really what I expected. For a woman who claims she is so well educated, (Thanks to her parents for working so hard to provide her with the best life possible) it didn't come through in this book at all. It was purely a book to release frustrations toward Holly and about feeling entitled to money.

My favorite part of this book when when this educated cultured woman let Pamela Anderson borrow her lip gloss. I also find the blind love of of Roman Polanksi disturbing, and the "boys will be boys " attitude to be vapid. Her constant name dropping just added easy flesh to the book. As a matter of fact, Easy Flesh could be the title of her next book. I don't even like Holly Madison and I thought the constant complaining about her was childish and tedious.

About the author

Izabella St. James is a writer and an actress and has never considered herself a "model." She and her pet menagerie live in Los Angeles. She holds a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law, and is still hoping to use it one day.