Running With Wolves: A Woman’s Memoir of Sex, Scandal and Seduction

by Gail Thackray

How did a young girl from England end up owning the largest erotic library in the world? From creating a multi-million-dollar phone sex biz for the mob to shaking up Larry Flynt’s enterprise, Gail shares the raw truth running one of the largest adult companies through the advent of the web. A juicy, wild and often hilarious ride, as she maneuvers around the perversions and power struggles of a man’s world, dodging mob hits and the FBI and occasionally falling in love. From sexy pinup to Hollywood scream queen, Gail turned business mogul shooting celebrity sex tapes to forging deals with Yahoo. This true-life exposé will give you a mind-blowing, behind-the-scenes perspective on the “biz” – everything from the Adult Internet to mainstream Hollywood. A game of greed and intoxicating power. But everything that goes up must eventually come crashing down. Finally, at the bottom of this insatiable, power hungry, money madness world, Gail wakes up, does a 180 and packs away her multi-million-dollar empire and asks herself, “What is this rat race really all about?” It’s raw, it’s juicy, it’s hilariously funny. Gail doesn’t pull any punches, from Tom Sizemore OD’ing in the bathtub to Mr. Billionaire’s wife in naughty phone sex ads. It’s one OMG moment after another. Sometimes real life is so absurd, it’s hilariously funny, and you just can’t make this stuff up. Gail shocks the world with her sexy tell-all book - from Playboy model to Hollywood Casting Couch to business mogul, to amassing an erotic library valued at $50 Million Dollars. In the era of #metoo Gail emerges as a strong woman who manages to play the game in a man’s world and use it to her advantage. This is not about a woman as a victim. Nor is it dishing out the dirt on powerful men in Hollywood and the Sex Industry, it’s actually a light-hearted, often hilarious look at the real inner workings of a male-dominated industry and how a young girl was able to pull the strings. The scope of the book covers years of some of the juiciest topics; behind the scenes on the most notorious players in the sex biz to the creation of Internet porn, loaded with money laundering, naked celebs; explosive stories never before revealed. The journey finds Gail in lots of sticky situations and showing her vulnerable side when it comes to her less than stellar choices in love. Think “Wolf of Wall Street” in the sex biz! Gail created a sexy photo library, shooting for magazines such as Penthouse, Club and High Society in the 80’s and 90’s and changed the industry with her magazine Barely Legal. Her book gives us an intimate look into the real lives of Guccione, Flynt, Hugh Hefner and wild parties at the Playboy Mansion. At the launch of the Internet, Gail owned over a million nude images and was the major supplier of naked pics on the web. Forester Research did an evaluation of Gail’s company at $50 Million! Gail reveals her time as a scream queen starlet (aka Gail Harris) and the inner workings of the Hollywood Casting Couch until she finally landed at the respected CAA with Michael Ovitz. She starred in a slew of B movies; Quentin Tarantino’s Personal Fav “Cell Block Sisters.” Yahoo begged Gail to take their “dirty sex searches” they didn’t want! Gail turned it into a massive traffic hub that shut down the servers! Forging deals with Playboy, Yahoo, and technologies that paved the way for mainstream. Everything was developed in the sex biz; here’s all the juicy details. Throw in some details and Gail’s personal love life, and a few steamy threesomes. Finally, Gail does a one-eighty, packs in her multi-million-dollar sex biz and becomes a spiritual guru (not kidding). For the first time, Gail is exposing her past and merging the two worlds.

337 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 5, 2018

About the author

Gail Thackray was raised in Yorkshire, England and prides herself on having kept her English down-to-earth sensibility. Her life changed at age forty when she discovered she was a medium and able to talk to spirits on the other side. Helping others connect to Source and to develop their own natural psychic abilities is her passion. Gail lectures at events worldwide, doing live appearances as a healer, medium, and educator. When at home in Los Angeles, she writes and teaches about mediumship, healing, animal communication, manifesting, and other aspects of spirituality.

Gail's books include "30 Days to Prosperity: A Workbook to Manifest Abundance" and "Gail Thackray's Spiritual Journeys: Visiting John of God." Upcoming books to include "A Medium's Path," Animal Communication, and Reiki.

Reviews

[Susann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Very Enlightening Read!

My, my, what some people get up to in their personal and business lives, especially in the adult entertainment field. The author has had quite a roller coaster of a ride in this lifetime, successful in almost all her endeavors except for perhaps love life and marriage. You can read the subject matter in other reviews and product description. I won't give anything away. Some unbelievable situations and often funny. Never dull. I agree with some reviewers about the editing problems from misspellings to grammar and syntax mistakes. But don't let that put you off from reading a ripping good memoir.

[Deanna Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Complete empowerment from a very unexpected experience

I was so enthralled and amazed by this woman and her experiences. While I have lived a much more close minded life, it was refreshing to read her story. I hope others will read it the way I did. With an open heart and no judgement. What a wonderful life she has had so far. I can't even imagine what will come next for her but she will end up on top.

[Marilynn Rockelman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many characters for me

I would have liked to get to know the narrator as a woman a bit first before getting thrown into the orgy. My fault. I should have expected the content by the title.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible story of Sex,Scandal and Transformation

Riveting account of Gail’s life from the real Hollywood, romance, business deals to interactions with the Mob, to inspiring accounts of getting business done to transformation to spiritual warrior that always been inside of her!

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! I originally wanted to read it because I remembered Gail from some B movies in the 80s and 90s. But her story is much more than that. She is an actress, entrepreneur, and now motivational speaker. Thumbs up!

[Kathleen Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

Loved it from beginning to end. Gail is pretty amazing. So powerful and surprising for her age and era. Great details.

[Bev · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not certain why I finished reading it

I read the book not certain what to expect. It was pretty detailed and read almost like a diary. I admired that she was an ingenious self motivated businesswoman with the ability to create and manage successful businesses. Was not certain if it was meant as a tell all book or motivational. Though now I have a better understanding of the evolution of the internet, I don't know why I read the entire book. I do not know under what circumstances I would recommend this book.

[Bobbi · Rating 1 out of 5]

The worst book. I am shocked that goodreads or kindle allowed distribution of this trashy novel, if it even is a novel. Pitiful that the writer attempts to verbosely describe anything and everything! Beware!