Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York has shared with fans that her next book will be “sexed up” and feature scenes that make Fifty Shades of Grey seem like a walk in the park.
The former royal released her first adult fiction novel, Her Heart for a Compass, which she co-authored with veteran Mills and Boon author Marguerite Kaye, in August 2021 to mixed reviews.
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At the time of its release, Sarah Ditum from The Times called the novel a “thinly veiled wish-fulfillment fantasy” that is “more slog than seduction” while other reviewers drew attention to its lacklustre heroine, Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott, who bears no small resemblance to her creator, in both looks and life story.
The Duchess has also previously released a number of self-help books, memoirs, and children’s books.
According to the official summary of the Victorian romance, “Her Heart for a Compass is a bold and thoughtful story about a rebellious woman finding herself and her voice in an age of astounding technological change and great social unrest”.
In an author’s note published at the beginning of the novel, Ferguson wrote that the fiction was “15 years in the making.”
Regular Mills and Boon readers were left disappointed by the distinct lack of “sexy shenanigans” in Her Heart for a Compass, but Ferguson has teased that the sequel, A Most Intriguing Lady, will feature scenes of pleasure both above and below the waistline.
“I decided I would remove bodice ripping from book number one. But I’m now on book number two with Marguerite…and I have got a real bodice ripping coming for you,” the duchess told Town and Country magazine.
“This is going to make Fifty Shades of Grey just a walk in the park”.
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According to Ferguson, the lack of sexually explicit scenes in Her Heart for a Compass was “in deference to historical sexual mores,” which ironically is not usually a reason that stops Mills & Boon writers from writing about sex.
Originally slated for release in February 2022, her second “erotically charged” fiction novel has been delayed by a full year until February 2023.
And in what may come as a surprise to many, Ferguson has taken an active role in the writing of her new book series.
“Right from the start it was clear that she wasn’t going to be sitting in the back seat on this,” co-author Marguerite Kaye said.
“She [Sarah Ferguson] had a clear vision for what the story was that she wanted to tell, and she wanted to be involved in every stage of the process.”
It remains unclear at this time if the royal family approves of Fergusons’ ongoing working relationship with the Mills and Boon publishing house and the sexually explicit scenes that Ferguson is co-writing.
