Jill Ann: Upstairs [Hardcover]

Jill Ann Spaulding (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Pagefree Publishing (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589611705
• ISBN-13: 978-1589611702
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,303,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Inside scoop on Hef and his Playmates!, July 23, 2005

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Lee Mellott "Skin Care For Wrinkles" (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jill Ann: Upstairs (Paperback)

Jill Ann has written a shocking, behind the scenes expose of what goes on upstairs at Hugh Hefner's "Mansion". Ms Spaulding had a dream of gracing the pages of Playboy as a playmate. So she did everything she could to prepare herself physically including breast implants, makeup lessons, liposuction etc. But she never made it on the pages because she was unwilling to have a sexual relationship with Hef.

She did just about everything else though. She paid for pricey party tickets, sucked up to the staff, begged for access to Hef, jumped in bed with other playmates, got naked and feigned girl girl sex etc.

Prior to her visit to the mansion, Spaulding thought that the girls on Hef's arms were for the most part pretty publicity. Once inside she realized that Hef expects sex from everyone of them. And if they want to grace his pages they best to what he says.

The perks for the chosen girls who live in the mansion include free plush living quarters, 24 hour dining, a wardrobe allowance, a weekly allowance (yes Hef pays his gals for his pleasures), beauty services, cosmetic surgery etc. In exchange the gals must put up with one anothers cattiness as they jostle for favor with Hef. They must also engage in unprotected sex with Hef. Shocking that the man who is looked at as a forerunner in demonstrating that sexuality is beautiful is dumb enough to demand that no protection is used in his bedroom orgies. And no testing is done.

The book is a very interesting read. I always thought if one wanted to be a Playmate they would send in a picture and Hef would select the best using his magnifying glass that he is often shown with. Who knew that bedroom romps figure into the equation also. I thought Hef was a bigger man than that and limited himself to several close girlfriends.

Ms. Spaulding appears to be a very intelligent woman but she is not a writer. So though she conveys her thoughts the book can be choppy at times. In addition one does feel like shaking her when she continues to pine over not making it into the pages of the magazine. She even goes out and spends $750 on a diamond encrusted rabbit logo necklace like the official girlfriends wear long after she has been univited to return to any parties because she offered to pay $2,000 for a party invite which she says was for her boyfriends benefit..but we all know she just wants to put her face in front of Hef's again.

Comeon Jill Ann, be glad you didn't sell out and have unprotected sex with Hef. Sell the necklace and get over the Playboy dream. You are better off without it.

Meantime HEF..wakeup call...Use protection if you want to continue having fun with the Bunnies..though it sounds pretty darn shallow to me.

The book also includes a resource section that includes where to send your picture and where to write to Hef, if you still want to be a playmate after reading.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Brain Candy Book, November 6, 2006

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M. Gambrelli ("Cold country" CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jill Ann: Upstairs (Paperback)

I also downloaded the book. Maybe my copy wasn't edited professionally because while the writing was in a short easy-to-read style, some of the grammar was terrible. She keeps using "then" for "than". Things like that. Annoying. Anyway, I liked her story. It had an honesty about it that seemed to ring true. If you watch "Girls Next Door" you can kind of see it even though Hef now has only three girls (that we know of!)

However, I fail to understand her motivations for still persuing the Playboy dream after her disasterous stay at the mansion. Tag the toe and close the drawer Honey, cause if you're not having Sex with The Man, it's over. It seemed a little pathetic but props to her for laying it all out there even when it wasn't so flattering to her. I can understand a naive 18-year old but a 30-year old? She has this VERY understanding boyfriend (more than I would be under the same circumstances, that's for sure) who's nuts about her but she still has this crazy dream to be in Playboy despite all the blessings she has in her life (supportive family, successful career, great boyfriend). Didn't quite get that part. How low does your self esteem and need for approval have to be to put yourself through something like that?

Seems to me that Hef got pretty good at winnowing out girls that were there only for the magazine, not him--Or good at picking talented "actresses", not sure. It's a good read though. Something for a short vacation, car ride or an airline flight.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Upstairs, Indeed, October 12, 2004

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Lone Wolf - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jill Ann: Upstairs (Paperback)

As a Playboy fan (I've collected every issue and bought several other books about the magazine and Hefner), I enjoyed this book. Jill's story is plausible, and despite Hef's initial dismaissal of the book when it was published, I'm inclined to believe it. While she is the first to actually take us into his bedroom (located "upstairs" in the Playboy Mansion), she relates nothing that is inconsistent or doesn't otherwise ring true with the other Playboy/Hefner stories that are out there. In other words, you read it and think, "Yeah, that sounds about right".

My only quibble with the book is Jill's writing style. A la Hemingway, she writes in short sentences, but she hardly has Hemingway's talent for descriptive, forceful prose and it makes for a very choppy read. I found it to be so irritating that I literally had to put the book down and take a break from time to time. If you can get past that, the book has the potential to appeal on a number of levels -- from voyeuristic (in more ways than one) to the story of a woman who single-mindedly pursues a goal, her true motivation being for the reader to decide.