(Los Angeles, CA / February 8, 2022) — Fans of Maitland Ward that have been eagerly awaiting the July arrival of her explosive new memoir, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood, will have to wait a bit longer, as publishing imprint Atria Books/Simon and Schuster announces that the book’s official release date has been moved from July 5 to September 6.

The wildly popular adult film performer and mainstream actress, who is currently prepping her new streaming series The Big Time for an autumn unveiling, explains that she is enthusiastic about the 256 page tell-all’s new launch date.

“I wanted to get the word out that my book’s release date has been moved back a couple of months to September, which is historically the most coveted time period to launch a new title, so I’m actually quite excited about this new turn of events,” says Ward of the nine-week delay.

Ward is also touting the book’s early success as the highly anticipated page turner – which the flame-haired star calls “one of the proudest moments of my career” – has already topped Amazon’s pre-sale lists since its official cover announcement back in December, and fans can still count on her dropping racy excerpts from the tome “in the coming weeks and months – stay tuned!”

To learn more, visit the Simon & Schuster product page at SimonandSchuster.com and pre-order on Amazon.com.

Find and follow Maitland Ward at:

Twitter.com/maitlandward

Southern California-born and bred Maitland Ward has quickly become one of the biggest stars in adult entertainment, after an-already successful career as an American model, actress and cosplay personality. The star, who joined the cast of Bold and the Beautiful as a teen and found fame as Rachel McGuire on the beloved ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, jumped headfirst into shooting adult films in 2019 without much persuasion.

The statuesque (5’10”) all-natural redhead is unique in that not only is she beautiful and built for the adult biz, Ward’s talent as an actress means she can also carry dramatic and comedic scenes with ease. Her playful energy, professionalism and open sexuality earned her an exclusive performance contract with worldwide brand Vixen Media Group; in 2020, Ward won three AVN Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Three-Way Sex Scene-G/G/B for her work in Deeper mega-hit feature Drive, as well as Favorite Camming Cosplayer.

Ward was the unanimous all-around best actress award winner in 2021, taking home multiple awards for Deeper’s Muse. Ward also took home the AVN Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene for Higher Power.  Ward has won multiple XBIZ awards, which include Best Actress for Drive, Best Sex Scene for Drive, Best Actress for Muse, Best Feature Sex Scene for Muse and was awarded the 2020 Crossover Star of The Year.

Follow Maitland at Twitter.com/maitlandward and Instagram.com/maitlandward.