Sinner Takes All: A Memoir of Love and Porn

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How does a girl go from being a shy, awkward bookworm to the biggest porn star in the world In Sinner Takes All, Tera Patrick reveals all - including her career as an international model, losing her virginity at 14 to a 30-something photographer, learning oral sex techniques backstage at a Guns 'n' Roses concert, having an orgy with a team of firemen, her brief career as a nurse, signing her first major deal with an adult movie studio, an abusive business relationship that almost shattered her career and how, with her husband's help, she launched her business empire.

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"Even porn stars have romantic illusions. Just take a stroll through the new Sinner Takes All by Tera Patrick. The fast-reading memoir whips from knowing to naive and back as it tracks its plucky protagonist from ugly-duckling school days to international adult superstardom."
-Dallas Morning News

"Sinner Takes All lets fans and interested parties alike get the down and dirty details on the personal and professional life of one of the biggest names in a multi-billion dollar industry."
-Seattlest

"I can think of no one more fascinating than Tera Patrick-porn star, model, and businesswoman-as readers of this book are certain to agree. It's all here-her passions, triumphs, and defeats-in more detail than we have any right to expect."
-Larry Flynt

"This book is an inspirational read with a clear message: There are no limits when one is determined, motivated, and driven."
-Dave Navarro

"Orgasms, like laughter, can be faked, but it's better when they're not. Tera doesn't fake anything in this revealing and inspiring book."
-Margaret Cho

"She's a girl who knows what she wants and gets it. That's what's cool about Tera Patrick."
-Carmen Electra

Author Bio

Tera Patrick is a retired adult film star and spokesmodel. She has been featured on the covers of Playboy, Maxim,and Penthouse magazines, and wrote the "Ask Tera" advice column in FHM magazine for five years. Patrick has made many television appearances, includingspots on Chelsea Lately, Carson Daly, Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, Howard Stern, MSNBC, and Fox News. She lives in Los Angeles.

Carrie Borzillo is an author, journalist, and model. Born in Connecticut, Borzillo graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a degree in journalism and has written about music for the likes of Billboard, Spin, Rolling Stone, and Alternative Press. Her work has also appeared in People, E! Online, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly, and more. She is the author of Cherry Bomb and coauthor of Sinner Takes All. She lives in Los Angeles.