“I feel like the luckiest girl in the world.”

This was the statement released by former Hugh Hefner girlfriend and Girl Next Door star Kendra Wilkinson as she finds out that Simon Spotlight Entertainment will publish her planned book about her life as a Playboy model.

“I have a husband I adore, a baby on the way, and my memoir is going to be published!” she added with a hint of excitement about her new venture as an author.

The book - scheduled to hit stores next summer - will explore Wilkinson’s childhood, her Playboy years (including her romance with Hugh Hefner), her time with The Girls Next Door and Kendra, and newlywed life with NFL star Hank Baskett.

“The memoir will be a humorous, relatable, fish-out-of-water tale capturing the spirit of one of the most beloved Playboy models in history,” says the release. “It will be a reflection of the woman so many people have fallen in love with.”

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