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Scarlet’s Scandalous Secret
Though they were once inseparable, nineteen-year-old Scarlet Fairfax has spurned Richard Portman’s friendship since the fateful day when he took her in hand—and over his knee—in an effort to protect her virtue from the unwholesome attentions of a rakish foreign prince. But now, as she faces the potential ruin of both her own reputation and that of her family, Scarlet realizes Richard may be the only man who can rescue her.
When he receives a letter from Scarlet begging for his help, Richard doesn’t let the wounds of the past prevent him from rushing to the aid of the girl he loves. He can forgive her for storming out all those months ago and vowing never to speak to him again, but saving her reputation will require drastic action. He must marry her, and with haste.
Scarlet is both shocked and thrilled by Richard’s proposal, and when he makes it clear he will demand obedience from his bride it merely sets her heart racing faster, but it isn’t long before her penchant for defiance earns her a thorough punishment applied to her bare bottom. Yet despite her sore backside, the painful chastisement leaves Scarlet deeply aroused and aching for Richard to claim her properly.
But when the dishonorable rogue who caused all the trouble in the first place returns to London threatening to create further havoc, Richard will have to act quickly to avoid disaster. Will his bold plan succeed, or will Scarlet’s scandalous secret prove her undoing after all?
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Reforming Jane
Smart, sexy, and sly, Jane Campbell lives by her wits. She’s a gifted hustler who can pick pockets and play long cons with equal skill, and she does not make mistakes.
But her next mark, Henry Gibson, quickly proves more than her match. After being caught in the act of stealing from him, she must make a choice: submit to a painful, embarrassing spanking or face the police. To her shame, the stern chastisement excites her more than anything she has ever experienced.
Though she tries to hide it, Jane’s helpless arousal during her punishment makes it abundantly clear to Henry that she would benefit greatly from his firm-handed dominance on a regular basis. He is more than ready to give her exactly what she needs, but taming a woman used to manipulating everyone around her will be no small feat, and it may require quite a bit more than just a spanking.
Will Henry prove up to the task of reforming Jane?
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Tucker’s Justice
When hardened gunslinger Tucker Prescott is tasked with bringing law and order back to a town overrun by a gang of criminals, he quickly realizes that his biggest challenge won’t be the villainous McGill brothers. The one who will truly put him to the test is Dolly Baker, the beautiful, feisty twenty-two-year-old daughter of the man who hired him.
From the moment she barges into his cabin uninvited, Tucker knows Dolly is going to be trouble, and it isn’t long before she tests his patience one time too many and earns herself a sound spanking. The embarrassing chastisement gets her attention, but it will take quite a bit more than a few smacks on the bottom to teach her obedience, and the more he sees of Dolly, the more Tucker is forced to admit that he would love to be the man to properly tame her.
Tucker didn’t come to Spring Junction to keep a woman in line, however, he came to deal with the McGill brothers and their gang. He has a plan to do just that, but it will depend on his quick wits as much as his quick draw, and despite his best efforts Tucker can’t get Dolly off his mind. Can he bring the outlaws to justice and make her his bride before she drives him to distraction?
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The Alien’s Rules
After several months of exceptionally vivid, wonderfully sexy dreams in which she is visited by a mysterious stranger who punishes and pleasures her as he sees fit, one night Ellie awakens to find herself in an unfamiliar place. She is lying naked on a table in an odd, purple-lit room, exposed and vulnerable, and the man who looms over her is devastatingly handsome yet definitely not human.
Introducing himself as Valodar, he gently explains that he is an alien from another world and he has been visiting Ellie in what he calls the dreamscape. Certain that she is the perfect woman for him and wanting her to experience life as his mate, he invites her to stay with him, but he makes it clear that she will have to submit to him completely.
Though his warning that she will be thoroughly spanked for any disobedience gives Ellie pause, Valodar’s mere presence leaves her yearning for his touch and she cannot resist accepting his offer. She quickly discovers that Valodar possesses unique physical traits, and he sends her tumbling into one shattering climax after another, claiming her more thoroughly than she would have ever thought possible.
But even as love begins to blossom between the dominant alien and the feisty human girl, their growing passion is interrupted when the Earth suddenly falls under threat from a cunning and ruthless alien race. Valodar insists that she must leave the matter in his hands, but can Ellie sit idly by while her world is in peril?
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Rhett’s Revenge
Deputy Sheriff Rhett Cooper is heartbroken when Katherine Foster, the young lady he has been courting, falls prey to the scheming of a rich, dapper con man. Though he takes the impetuous girl over his knee and spanks her bare bottom soundly, his strict chastisement and stern warnings do not dissuade her, and she runs off to San Francisco in the scoundrel’s company.
When Katherine finally returns home six months later, arriving in town in a fancy carriage with the arrogant, smooth-talking rogue at her side, it quickly becomes apparent that she is quite ill. Rhett soon learns foul play was involved, and he sets out to rescue the woman he loves and bring to justice the man who hurt her.
In spite of Rhett’s demand that she leave the matter to him, as soon she regains her health Katherine puts herself in jeopardy yet again by attempting her own revenge. Determined to rein her in, Rhett punishes Katherine thoroughly and then claims her properly, and soon their passion for one another is burning hotter than ever before. But even if he manages to keep his woman under control, can a small-town lawman win a battle of wits with a clever, ruthless criminal?
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Protecting Paige
Though many women would jump at the chance to spend a few days at a tropical resort with Cole Barrington, publicist Paige Brooks already fell for the handsome movie producer’s charm once and she has no intention of letting herself get burned a second time.
Unfortunately, Cole is one of her company’s best clients, and when Paige is tasked with ensuring his trip to a celebrity charity event goes well, she vows to put the past behind her and act like a professional. But Cole is still just as sexy and dominant as he was the first time Paige shared his bed, and when he promises to take her over his knee to deal with her attitude, the warning leaves her heart racing, her cheeks blushing, and her panties soaked.
Before he has a chance to carry out his threat, however, the small seaplane Cole booked to take them to the resort is forced to make an emergency landing just offshore from a tiny, uninhabited island in the Caribbean. Stranded without a working radio, Cole and Paige must stick together, and the intense passion they once shared quickly resurfaces.
Soon enough, Paige is promising to be a good girl as Cole spanks her bare bottom soundly and then writhing in ecstasy as he claims her more thoroughly than he ever did before. But when they discover that the island may be the location of a long-buried treasure, the young couple find themselves facing off against criminals set on recovering the loot for themselves. Does Cole have what it takes to protect Paige from both hired thugs and her own impetuous behavior?
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Trained by the Alien
When aliens raid Earth’s first colony on Mars, scientist Abby Walker is taken captive. Upon waking up aboard an unfamiliar spacecraft, she is informed by an alarmingly handsome male named Zaroff that he will be training her to serve the alien ruler. She will be taught all the ways her body can be used to please her future master, and any disobedience will be sternly punished.
Though she earns a spanking on her bare bottom within moments of meeting Zaroff, Abby quickly discovers that there are far more embarrassing ways for a naughty human to be reminded of her place. Yet as her naked body is shamefully displayed and stimulated, Abby finds herself quivering with helpless need and begging him to claim her as hard and thoroughly as he pleases.
With her presentation to the ruler approaching, Abby realizes that she cannot imagine belonging to anyone but the trainer who has won her heart. But will the ruler allow Zaroff to keep her?
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Rough Alpha
Rough, dirty brutes aren’t Faith Miller’s type, especially when they ride a Harley and treat her with the manners of a caveman… or at least that’s what she thought before she met Hunter.
He told her what he would do to her if she came near him again. He warned her that next time he wouldn’t hold back and he wouldn’t be gentle. Faith didn’t believe him… or maybe she did.
Now, with her panties torn off and her face pressed into the sofa cushions as the first searing stroke of his belt lands on her already burning hot bottom, Faith knows she is in deep trouble. But with the evidence of her body’s shameful surrender dripping down her bare thighs, will she plead for mercy, or will she beg him to mount her, claim her, and rut her like a savage beast?
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Rough Cowboy
When Megan Newman took a job shoeing horses at the Hammer and Nails ranch, she knew she’d be working for a tough, old-fashioned cowboy. She didn’t expect to be threatened with a trip over his knee for disregarding basic safety precautions, and she definitely didn’t plan on finding out what it feels like to be ridden so roughly she’ll be sore for days with her bottom still bright red from the spanking that left her in such desperate need of a hard ride in the first place.
Megan could try to tell herself she’s only sticking around because she’s fallen in love with a horse, but she knows that isn’t the truth. There is a beautiful animal with an uncaring owner and she has a plan to rescue it, but that isn’t what’s keeping her at Hammer and Nails. She’s still there because she needs breaking in, and there’s only one cowboy she trusts to take the reins…
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Rough Gentleman
Malcolm Mead isn’t the kind of man who would leave a woman out in the cold, and when a young lady dressed in little more than rags is accused of theft by one of his neighbors he decides to offer the beautiful, bedraggled girl a place to stay. But when his guest attempts to steal from him, Malcolm does not hesitate to bare her bottom and chastise her sternly and shamefully.
As he seeks to tame the wayward girl he has taken in, Malcolm cannot help noticing her body’s helpless response to his strict correction, and soon she is quivering with need as he shows her how intensely pleasurable it can be to surrender herself completely to his bold, skillful dominance. But his reluctant ward has a secret, one that could put both their lives at great risk…
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Rough Road
Portia Perry should never have let herself fall for a man like Dakota King. He’s not just a tough, dirty, rough-riding bad boy, he’s a brute who never hesitates to spank her hard and ravage her even harder. He’s also the head of a local biker club, and that means he has his share of enemies.
Staying away from Dakota is easier said than done, and when he asks for her help figuring out who is stealing from him it is only a matter of time before Portia ends up well-used, sore, and screaming his name as she begs for more. But can her big, bad biker find a way to tame Portia’s most reckless impulses before her determination to uncover the truth gets her in over her head?
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Rough Rockstar
Skye Lockhart wasn’t just another member of Lander Love’s band. She was the love of his life, and losing her broke his heart. Now she’s back, and this time things will be different.
This time he’s not going to hide his rough side. This time she’ll scream his name as she takes everything he gives her, and when she acts out her beautiful bottom will be bared and spanked.
But when Skye learns the dark secret he has kept from her will Lander lose her a second time?
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Rough Warrior
When Ailith’s village is raided by Vikings, it is the huge, fearsome warrior Ulrick who takes her as his prize. She does her best to fight him off, but a humiliating public display of her forced submission leaves her blushing crimson, and when her new master claims and ravages her for the first time Ailith begins to understand what it means to belong to a rough brute like him.
She is his property, his to use as savagely and shamefully as he pleases, and he is not going to be gentle with her. But even with her well-spanked bottom sore from a painful, embarrassing reminder of her place, Ailith cannot deny her body’s response to Ulrick’s stern dominance, and her need for him grows stronger each day.
Suddenly thrown into a battle for control of his clan, the appearance of a wealthy stranger from a far off land, and the hunt for lost gold coins, Ailith and her Viking conqueror must help each other if they are to survive.
But when she is offered her freedom, will she take it?
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A Very Bad Girl
Steph Grady has to be taught a lesson.
She needs to learn the hard way that bad girls who spy on men like me don’t just get spanked. They get taken roughly and shamefully, with every climax more overwhelming than the one before.
When I’m finished with her, she won’t just be begging for mercy and for more at the same time.
She’ll be mine.
She needs to be. No one else can keep her safe.
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Her Very Strict Captain
Scott Specter isn’t just an expert sailor and former Navy SEAL. He’s a man who will take a disobedient woman over his knee, bare her bottom, and give her the spanking of her life.
He’s also the man Elizabeth McKay needs. Working undercover for the DEA, she is tasked with the arrest of a powerful drug lord, but an obsessed, possibly corrupt detective is hot on her trail, and Scott is the only one she can trust. But while she’s aboard his boat, she’ll do as she’s told or be punished.
Despite his strict rules and her frequently sore bottom, Scott’s firm-handed dominance leaves Elizabeth breathless, blushing, and desperate to be taken long and hard. While he gives her what she wants… and more… the danger is growing. Can he outwit their ruthless enemy, keep her safe, and ultimately bring the drug lord to justice?
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His Very Sneaky Mafia Princess
Angelina’s father spent years preparing her to one day lead the powerful Romano mafia family, but after his death the head of a rival clan makes a move on her organization… and on her.
With smoldering dark eyes and a muscled physique no suit can hide, Carmine Caruso doesn’t plan to eliminate Angelina. He wants the gorgeous, red-headed princess for himself, and he’ll have to bare her bottom and spank her soundly to show her who’s boss.
Despite her best efforts to deny her feelings for the handsome don, Angelina soon finds herself begging him to claim her hard and thoroughly. Yet even after he has ravaged and disciplined her, she remains determined to keep her independence and her family.
But an unknown enemy emerges in a series of villainous acts against them both. Can Carmine persuade the defiant beauty to finally join forces?
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Maggie Carpenter, Held Firm: A Dark Mafia Romance
