Book Review - The English Professor by Rachel de Vine

 

 
 

Five Stars!

You know that feeling when you finish a book and then you're a bit sad because it means you can't read that book any more? There's probably a term for it - Reader Drop, or something. Anyway, that's exactly how I felt when I finished Rachel de Vine's The English Professor.

This is a wonderful book. The story spans twenty years and envelops the reader so completely that by the time you reach the last page, you don't want to leave.

Eleanor is in her final year of university when she meets English professor, Dan Jamieson. His admiration for her as a talented English student develops into something more and their feelings for one another develop over a mutual love of literature, classic erotica and, eventually, kinky sex.

This book has a lot to answer for.

Their brief love affair is beautifully described and scorchingly hot. Unfortunately, it is also inevitably doomed. Because he is her professor after all, and recreating scenes from The Story of O with one of the students in your class is generally frowned upon by University authorities.

The book begins with Eleanor expressing regret for the mistakes of the last twenty years and tells the reader that 'having met up with Dan again', she wanted the opportunity to tell both their stories. This serves as warning from the very first page that the paths of these two protagonists isn't going to be a straightforward journey to sexy, kinky true love.

And, my god, it really isn't. This book will tie your heart up in knots, then break it and then put it all back together again. In a good way.

Alongside Eleanor and Dan, there are a host of wonderfully realised supporting characters. The best of which is literary agent, Betty Conway, a no-nonsense lesbian with a fantastic line in dry humour and caustic comments who is nevertheless an understated champion of Eleanor and Dan's love.

The cover of this book - although very pretty - almost does it a disservice. This isn't a "Seduced by my Sexy Professor" XXXX bit of porny fluff (although to be fair, I do like a bit of porny fluff too sometimes).

This is a story of love, of life, of missed opportunities and a message to the reader that something that has been lost does not have to stay lost forever.

Rachel de Vine's The English Professor is available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

Saturday Spankings - What they both needed

Happy Saturday! Which means it's Spanking Time! (Although, to be fair, any day is a good day for a spanking.)

I am sharing a snippet from my brand new book, Challenging Chelsey, which was released on Wednesday.

By way of a blurb, I am going to quote in full the lovely five star review I got from Reading4Therapy which sums the book up rather well.

Chelsey is shattered, homeless and ill after the tragic deaths of her parents and brother when she was sixteen. Six years later she is all alone in the world and found living on the street by her deceased brother's best friend. 

After a few months of comfort and care she begins to become too comfortable existing with no apparent goals or progress, so Harry implements a plan which leads to domestic discipline. Unexpected romance with plenty of steam take the reader through the process of making her whole again ending in a HEA! Read in one sitting.

“What happens if I don’t do what I’m told? Do I get punished?”

The snippet below takes place just before Harry spanks Chelsey for the first time. That's a bit of spoiler because the snippet stops before we get to the spanking bit. But c'mon, you all totally know where it's going. (Also, he doesn't actually think she's an idiot. He's just really pissed. Happily, they sort it all out in the course of the book.)

“What the fuck happened yesterday?” snapped Harry.  

Chelsey’s smile faltered, her lips quivered and there was an unmistakable look of guilt in her face. Then she squared her shoulders and looked up at him, clearly determined to brazen it out. “I had a couple of friends round,” she said. “Then we went out to a party. Is that a problem?”  

“Yes. Yes, it is a problem. It’s a problem when you fuck about in my house, smoking Class C drugs and making the place into a fucking pig sty when you’d agreed to tidy the place up. It’s a problem that you bugger off for the whole night without telling me where you are where you were going. Christ, anything could have happened to you Chelsey!”  

“I can take care of myself!”  

“No you can’t! You’re an idiot.”  

Chelsey looked shocked at Harry’s words. The hurt showed clearly on her face and was immediately followed by anger. “Fuck you!” she shouted and struck him squarely across the chest.  

Up until that moment, Harry hadn’t known what he was going to do with Chelsey. Now it seemed crystal clear what she needed. What they both needed. Without a word he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the living room.

Buy it now at Amazon.

Amazon US
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New Release! Challenging Chelsey

It's an exciting day at Etta Stark Towers. My brand spanking new book Challenging Chelsey goes on sale today!

“What happens if I don’t do what I’m told? Do I get punished?”

Six years ago, Chelsey Roberts’ life fell apart when her parents and older brother were killed in a terrorist attack in London.

When Harry Ratcliffe, her brother’s best friend finds her homeless and begging for change, he offers her a place to stay and the chance to turn her life around. It’s what anyone would do in the circumstances, right? For old times’ sake.

But Chelsey isn’t a teenager anymore. Their feelings for one another grow and Harry discovers that he would do anything for this woman. Including giving her the discipline that she needs.

Harry challenges this erratic young woman to obey him and accept his punishments and through his care, Chelsey finds a new freedom and happiness which helps her overcome the demons of her past.

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The Liberation of Miss X - On Sale Now!

My brand shiny new book The Liberation of Miss X is now on sale! From all good online book retailers, supermarkets, sex shops and gambling dens. (Disclaimer: I haven't actually checked that it will be on sale in all those places. I'd try Amazon first if I were you.)

Guaranteed Hot Corset Action!

London 1890. Flora Taylor has been estranged from her beloved brother, Edward, for five years after their father banished him from the house and refused to have anything to do with him. When she is reunited with him, she is delighted to have him back in her life but, sadly, her happiness is short-lived. 

Edward and his lover, George, are arrested and imprisoned. The laws of Victorian London mean that the two men are facing the prospect of prison with hard labour for the crime of being in love with one another. 

Flora must work with Edward’s friend and solicitor William Beech to secure their release. However, the more time she spends with Mr. Beech, the more she finds herself opening up to feelings and passions that she has never had the chance to explore before. 

As Flora and Mr. Beech fall in love, they explore a world of discipline and submission. A world that is new to Flora but already familiar to Mr. Beech, a member of a very special London club. Flora discovers a world that she never knew existed and that she is more than happy to embrace.

On sale now at:

US Amazon
UK Amazon
Blushing Books

Buy it today! Go on! You know you really, really want to.

New Release! The Perfect Housewife

Good news, everyone! Last year's Corbin's Bend Valentine-fest Love In The Rockies are being released this month as stand-alone books.

This means that my contribution, The Perfect Housewife is now available for sale!

Buy it now!
Unless you already purchased the full Love In The Rockies collection.
n which case, definitely don't. Because it's exactly the same.

The Perfect Housewife continues Logan and Kirsty's story after we left them in East End Girl. Our heroes are still together and still trying to make their Domestic Discipline lifestyle work. Something that doesn't always come naturally to feisty, independent Kirsty.

In the snippet below, Logan has admitted that he has screwed up and hurt Kirsty's feelings. Although he has apologised, Kirsty wonders if there should be further consequences.

“So what happens now?” she asked. 

“How do you mean?” 

“Well you admitted that you did wrong in leaping to the conclusion that you did, you’ve said sorry and that you won’t do it again.” 

“Is that not enough?” 

“Well, it isn’t when I have done something wrong. I get a punishment spanking as well.”Logan pulled back from the hug so that they were at arm’s length from one another and looked at her questioningly. “You want to spank me?” 

Kirsty frowned. The idea wasn’t appealing at all. “Maybe not,” she conceded. “But it is a bit unfair, isn’t it? There’s two people in this relationship and yet if I do something wrong, I get my backside warmed like an errant child and if you do something wrong, you just get to apologize and move on. I feel like I’m setting back Women’s Rights sixty years sometimes. Aren’t we supposed to be equal partners?” 

Logan ran his finger down the side of her face and kissed her softly on her cheek.  “I guess it’s something we will just need to keep working on and discussing. We’re still figuring all of this out. I don’t want you to think that I get to discipline you just because I’m a man and you are my woman. I tell you what though. You don’t get to spank me. Not ever. That’s not how this thing works. If you think the rules of spanking are unfair, then we will have to even it up the other way.”

“The other way?” 

“Yes. I stop giving you spankings.” Kirsty gave an involuntarily squeak of protest. 

Logan smiled. “I’m guessing that you don’t like that idea much?” 

“No, not at all. You know that. I mean I always knew that I liked being spanked but I really had no idea quite how much until I met you. Nothing ever feels as right as it does when you have me bent over for a spanking.” 

“I know. It feels pretty right to me too. That’s why I give the spankings and you get spanked. It’s nothing to do with my imposing my will over you because you’re female. We’re just wired this way. And much as I enjoy the sexy spankings, I think the Domestic Discipline side of things is an important part of it too. We take our kink and use it to make our relationship stronger.” 

Kirsty furrowed her brow. “Hmm. You make a convincing case there, mister. Still not convinced you should be allowed to screw up and get away with it scot free though. Tell you what, maybe next time I do something wrong, I should be granted amnesty on my punishment. Like a free pass.” 

Logan chuckled. “Not a chance, sweetie. You screw up and you’re going straight over my knee, having your backside swatted until it’s bright red and hot enough to fry eggs on.” 

Kirsty smiled. When he put it like that, it didn’t sound that bad at all.

The whole collection are available for sale now. So if you haven't spend Valentines in the the world's best spanking community. You should probably start now.

Valentine's Surprise: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 1) - Constance Masters

Roy & Teri's Accidental Staycation: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 2) - Kate Richards

Past Interference: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 3) - Kathryn Blake

The Perfect Housewife: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 4) - Etta Stark

Unexpected Surprises: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 5) - Ruth Staunton

Knowing What She Needs: A Corbin's Bend Valentine's Day Novella (Love in the Rockies Book 6) - Thianna D

Saturday Spankings - “Begin the spanking”

Time for a spanking!

Happy Saturday, fellow spankos!

As I may have mentioned once or twice, my new book East End Girl came out this week. It's the fifth book in Corbin's Bend Season 2 and so far, people seem to be saying very nice things about it. Which is a relief. There's a lot of pressure in joining a successful series like this. You don't want to be responsible for the book that makes people say "I really enjoyed all the books in the series UNTIL THAT ONE."

This week's snippet takes place during Kirsty's public disciplinary session. Because if I was going to write a Corbin's Bend book, I definitely wanted to include a public paddling. It's one of the things that makes Corbin's Bend Corbin's Bend.

Buy it now. Yes, right now. Drop everything.

Charles’s voice boomed out “Begin the spanking” and Kirsty steeled herself for the worst minutes of her life. 

After only ten swats Kirsty felt like she couldn’t take any more. Her backside ached and throbbed from the hard spanks that Logan had administered. She had no idea how she was going to get through the next twenty. 

Logan brought the paddle down with slightly less force on the eleventh swat. Kirsty, staring straight ahead, saw Charles shake his head ‘no’, disallowing the blow.Kirsty wanted to scream at him. Wasn’t this enough for him? Was the pain and the humiliation she was already suffering not sufficient? He needed to add more?

Check out the rest of the Saturday Spankers on the list below. Have lovely weekends, all of you.

East End Girl is on sale! Buy It Now!

My latest book East End Girl is on sale now and I am very, very excited about it.

It may seem that given I have been ALL OVER social media for the last day or so urging everyone in sight to BUY MY BOOK that a blog post specifically written just to urge you to BUY MY BOOK may be a little redundant.

 But, quite frankly people, you bring it on yourselves. My best ever day in terms of book sales so far was the day I published a blog post entitled "Go and Buy My New Book Now! Go on!"

That tells me all I need to know about my readership. It's like you people just want to be dominated.

So, go on, buy East End Girl now. Otherwise, The Doctor here will administer a damn good thrashing.

Because everyone finds Doctor Who + cane, the biggest turn-on ever, right?

Or alternatively, The Doctor won't give you a damn good thrashing. Whichever is the greatest threat, really.

All your Christmas present buying needs sorted, right here.

East End Girl is available from:

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Blushing Books

Barnes and Noble

About this book

Kirsty Beale wants a fresh start. She’s quit her life in London and moved five thousand miles to start a new one in Corbin’s Bend, Colorado – the world’s only spanking-based community. As a lifelong spanko, Kirsty thinks Corbin’s Bend is the perfect place for her but the reality doesn’t match her dreams and she struggles to fit into her new suburban environment. Reluctant to get involved in community life she dismisses her new neighbors as ‘boring’. With one exception.

Fellow newcomer Logan Barrett is good looking, funny, and occasionally dominant in a way that Kirsty can’t decide if she finds sexy or annoying. Logan moved to Corbin’s Bend hoping to find a sweet, old-fashioned girl, willing to submit to domestic discipline. Kirsty who drinks heavily, smokes and swears like a sailor is pretty much the opposite of his idea of the perfect woman. Yet despite their differences, Logan and Kirsty can’t deny the attraction they have for one another.

Logan hopes to bring stability into Kirsty’s chaotic life but Kirsty’s increasingly out-of-control behavior might just jeopardize her whole future at Corbin’s Bend.

Saturday Spankings - "The spanking is really important"

Why hello there, very familiar looking spanker and spankee. We meet again.

It's almost here!

My Corbin's Bend book East End Girl is out next Wednesday! Any of you who bought the very exciting Corbins Bend Season 2 prebuy set will have the delight of seeing it magically turn up your Kindles (other e-book readers are avaiable) via the mystical powers of fairy dust. (I presume this is how e-publishing works.)

So just a measly little eight sentences or so to get you in the mood. But not long to wait now. Next week you'll be able to read many, many more East End Girl sentences. Thousands of 'em.

This snippet is from our heroes, Kirsty and Logan's very first conversation with one another. She is under the mistaken impression that he's gay, plus she's had a few beers and the conversation has (naturally) turned to spanking.

"I’ve tried to get other guys to get into it but it’s surprising how hard it can be to get guys to want to give you a spanking. It’s a couple of light taps and they’re all ‘oh, I didn’t want to hurt you.’ Thing is,” her voice was beginning to slur but she took another swig of her beer anyway. “The thing that I never thought anyone else would understand until I found out about this place, is that the spanking is really important. I couldn’t have any kind of serious relationship without it. If I had to choose between just sex or just spanking, I’d choose the spanking. I mean, I’d rather not choose. I’d rather have both. Sex and spanking just go together, you know? Like, like…” 

“Peanut butter and jelly?” supplied Logan. 

“Peanut butter and jelly!” she agreed enthusiastically and somewhat loudly. “Exactly! That’s totally fitting given that I’m an American now."

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Saturday Spanks - Lord Westbrook's Muse on sale now!

Happy Saturday Spankfans!

You knew it was coming. After weeks of me sharing spanky snippets from my "forthcoming" and "soon-to-be-released" book, Lord Westbrook's Muse is at last on general release!

This week's spanking snippet is below. But, you know, you don't need to make do with that tiny little amuse-bouche now. You could go and buy the entire book right now! You could be a Victorian-spanky-romance glutton and hedonistically demolish the thing in one sitting like someone single-handedly working their way through all three layers in a box of chocolates.

Or you could read it in a more relaxed and demure fashion of course. I'm not judging you either way.

Treat yourself. You're worth it.

Lord Westbrook's Muse is a love story. The love affair between Lord Robert Westbrook and free-spirited social reformer, Cass gets off to a splendid start. Cass has decided that she wishes to be seduced and believes that Lord Westbrook would be the very man to do it. And between the ravishment and some mutually enjoyable spankings, the couple begin to develop tenderer feelings for one another than they ever expected to.

But things are never that straightforward. And there are secrets and misunderstandings and the pressures of society making things difficult for the two of them. The scene below takes place after Cass has ended their affair and then behaved badly at a party hosted by Lord Westbrook. Furious at her behaviour, Lord Westbrook has whisked her away in order to bestow some harsh discipline with a riding crop.

“Miss Glen, either you bend over that table of your own accord or I will push you over it and hold you down by force. Believe me; it will go much worse for you if you choose the latter option.” 

Cass did not doubt that Lord Westbrook could overpower her with ease. Nor did she doubt his resolve in carrying out his threat. Shaking slightly, she bent over the table and gripped its far edge. Lord Westbrook lifted the skirts of her dress and pushed them above her waist. Her drawers he yanked down to her knees, leaving her bottom totally uncovered. 

Although Cass had been naked in front of Lord Westbrook on any number of occasions, she had never felt as exposed in his presence as she did right now.

Lord Westbrook's Muse is available from all the usual suspects. The links are below. (Or over on the right there. Or the My Books page. They're all over the place. It's like I'm obsessed,)

Buy a copy from each and quadruple your enjoyment!

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Blushing Books

Barnes & Noble

Don't forget to check out all the other great Saturday Spanks posts by clicking on the link below. (I mean, I don't know that they're going to be great because I haven't read them yet. I bet they will be, though. They usually are.)

New Release! Lord Westbrook's Muse

Hold onto your hats, ladies and gentlemen! My much anticipated (by me at least) new book, Lord Westbrook's Muse has hit the e-bookshelves and is available to purchase from all your favourite retailers. (Providing that your favourite retailers are on the list below. If your favourite retailer is Pet Depot, I can't really help you.)

Blushing Books

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Barnes & Noble

Available to purchase RIGHT NOW

The book's hero, Lord Westbrook was first introduced in my book Lady Westbrook's Discovery as the elder of Lady Westbrook's two grown-up sons. There, he mostly just turns up to disapprove of his mother's marriage to a much younger man.

He needed his own story, I decided. This grumpy, good-looking Lord of the Manor needed the love of a good woman.

Enter Cass, a free-spirited social reformer who is perfect for him in every way - not least because she appreciates being on the receiving end of a spanking as much as Robert enjoys administering one. But things are never that straightforward. She hiding secrets which are about to catch up with them both.

In the snippet below, Robert and Cass share a playful moment before everything gets complicated.

The following night, they lay together in the bed in the gardener’s cottage – post coital and both entirely satisfied.

Robert lay beside Cass who was propped up on her side. He ran his hand over her breasts relishing the feeling of her smooth skin beneath his touch.

“I never know what to call you,” Cass said.
“You should call me your Lord and Master,” Robert replied tweaking her nipple.

“Ouch! I want to call you Robert.”

“No.”

Cass’s expression was first hurt and then turned mischievous. “What about Bob?”
He drew his hand back behind her and landed a sharp smack on her backside.

“Bobby? Rob? Rab?”

Three more smacks. “No.”

“Do you have a middle name?” she asked.

“My middle names are Ernest Stephen Louis. You are not permitted to call me any of those.”

“What about just plain Westbrook? Can I at least drop the honorifics?” Cass asked, moving her hand to shield her bottom.

Robert removed her hands but did not deliver any more spanks. “Hmm. That might be acceptable,” he said.

“Or Brook?”“What?”

“Short for Westbrook.”

Another smack. “No.”

“So I suppose West wouldn’t be acceptable either?” she said.

“Actually, I rather like that. You can call me West. Unless you’re in trouble, in which case you will refer to me as ‘My Lord’.”

“Am I in trouble now?” she asked.

Robert rolled Cass onto her front and sat astride her. He delivered half a dozen more smacks. “No, you’re not in trouble now.”

She turned her head to look at him. She was pouting. It was adorable. “And yet I still get spanked?” she said.

“Call this a spanking?” Robert said. “This is barely anything. Believe me, if you deserve it, you will get far worse than this. Bad girls get much harsher spankings.”

“So, I’m a good girl am I, West?”

“Oh, yes,” he breathed.

“And what do good girls get?”

He pushed her up onto her knees, leveraging her legs apart with his knees. The top of her body pressed against the bed, her slightly reddened bottom was raised in the air and her moist sex was gloriously on display. He pushed his fingers into her glistening folds and gently rubbed her clitoris. “Good girls get whatever they want,” he said softly before entering her for the second time that night.

So go buy your copy now! Or, later. You know, whenever it's convenient really. But soon. You'll like it.

Get ready for Katherine Deane's launch party!

Dig out your best best frock - or quite possibly your favourite sweatpants and sports top - because tomorrow is Katherine Deane's Coach's Discipline Launch Party.

And you know what they say: "There ain't no party like a sports-themed spanking romance party!" Seriously, that's literally all anybody says round here. It's a massive relief to finally get to go to one.

The party kicks off at 10am Mountain Time (Mountain time! That's such a cool name for a time zone. It sounds like a kid's TV show).

Hey everybody! Get ready for Mountain Time!

Excitingly that means that I'll be able to participate from over here in this time zone without having to stay up until 3 in the morning like I would have done for the Sons of Johnny Hastings launch party. I get to hang out with the cool kids!

Katherine and Spanking Romance Reviews - who are hosting the party - will be giving away lots of cool prizes, one of which is the extremely cool Lady Westbrook's Discovery. You definitely want to try and win that. It's pretty damn awesome. There are also book prizes from Cara Bristol, Casey McKay, Renee Rose, Tara Finnegan, Natasha Knight and Patricia Green.

I'm really looking forward to reading Coach's Discipline. Even though sports are sooo not my thing, I like the idea of a sports coach as a hero in spanking romance. The line between personal trainer and dominant is already wafer thin. Those guys are all about pushing people to their limits. And inflicting pain obviously - although personally, I would happily take a spanking over a workout any day of the week.

Synopsis:

Claire Jacobs always dreamed of making it to the Olympic Trials in the marathon. Unfortunately, she has a habit of getting in her own way. Enter Nick Fox, a no-nonsense coach, willing to use unconventional methods to bring her in line. Traumatized by her last coach and still recovering from self-destructive habits, Claire finds it hard to trust Nick’s authority about what she can and can’t handle on the trails. Still, her attraction for him deepens, even when she discovers he believes in good old-fashioned spanking as a method of correction.

As Nick spends more time with Claire, she enchants him with her drive and deep commitment to help her fellow runners. But when she gets into an argument with a teammate, he realizes he only has one option—to give the talented woman he cares about the first spanking of her life, a spanking that is not going to be fun for either of them.
Claire and Nick grow closer and she comes to crave Nick’s dominance and direction. Discovering the emotional healing and strength to succeed during training, she moves past her shyness and self-doubt to step into a leading role with the young women on the team. But when team politics, jealousy and misunderstandings create drama, will she revert back to her old pattern of running away? Or can she learn to trust in love and race toward her goals with an open heart?

See you there this Saturday!

L is for Lady Westbrook's Discovery

This post is part of the Spanking A-Z Blog Challenge. What's that I hear you ask? Check out my page here for more information.

As I may have mentioned once or twice before, I have a new book out. Lady Westbrook's Discovery is my second book (and my favourite but don't tell His Lordship's Apprentice that. I don't want them fighting.)

Set in England in 1870, it is about a 41 year-old widow, Lady Margaret Westbrook who meets a charming young scientist, Felix Oliver, when he comes to her house to give a lecture on electricity to the members of the Waverley Ladies Society.

She has put all notions of romance far behind her so when Felix - a man 15 years her junior - proposes to court her, she refuses to entertain the idea. They agree to become friends instead and at the time of the excerpt below, Felix has just spent an agreeable few days as Margaret's friend and house guest. But he loves her. And settling for friendship was never going to work as a long term solution...

"I should be delighted to visit you whenever you will have me, Lady Westbrook. I am glad to have you as a friend.”

“And I you. Since you have put your ridiculous and unthinkable notion of courtship behind you and we can move on from that silliness...”

“Silliness?” said Felix before he could stop himself. Don’t say a word, he chided himself. You intended to come here as a friend not a suitor. He took a sip of his drink and counted to ten. “Oh dash it all,” he said as he realised that he was just going to plough ahead anyway.

“Lady Westbrook,” he said, “you put me in a difficult position. I had resolved not to do this as I had no wish to offend you further. But then you used words like ‘unthinkable’ and ‘silliness’, and I feel that I must speak up. I assure you that I was quite, quite serious. My feelings have not changed in that regard. In fact, our time together over the last few days has just served to convince me further that you are the person with whom I would wish to spend the rest of my life.”

Felix set down his drink and dropped to one knee in front of Lady Westbrook. She raised her hands to her mouth, her eyes widening in alarm.

“Lady Westbrook, would you do me the great honour of consenting to be my wife?”

Lady Westbrook stood speechless in front of him.

Well done, old man, he said to himself. You’ve really done it now. So much for deciding that you’d be happy to accept her friendship. She’ll probably never want to see you again after this.

“Are you serious?” Lady Westbrook asked.

“I assure you I have never been more so.”

“Marriage?”

“Yes.”

“To me?”

“Of course.”

“But why?”

“Because I love you, of course.”

“But marriage .... it’s unthinkable.”

“Mm. You used that word before. I don’t find it unthinkable, at all. In fact I find it remarkably easy to think about. The thought of you becoming my wife is, I confess, something I think about rather a lot.”
“But it’s so ridiculous! You’re half my age.”

Felix laughed. “No I’m not. Call yourself an adherer of scientific methods? You should be a bit more exact in your mathematics, then. If you were twice my age, you would be 52 and you are a long way off that, still.”
Lady Westbrook started pacing around the conservatory in an agitated state. Felix stood from his kneeling position and watched as she took her handkerchief and twisted it anxiously between her fingers.

“Forty-one or fifty-two, what difference does it make? I’m far too old for you. You should marry a young woman with whom you can start a family.”

“I have no wish to start a family. I am wholly indifferent to the idea of having children. Luckily, coming from a large family myself, there is no expectation on me to produce an heir to the Earldom. I was already eighth in line for the position when I was born. My brothers’ ever increasing families have pushed me down to something like twenty-fifth in the pecking order. Even if by some extraordinary twist of fate my armies of brothers, nephews and nieces prove insufficient, my two sisters and their numerous children are right behind me. Believe me when I say that not having children will not be a problem.”

“Speaking of heirs, this is Robert’s home, you know. It’s the family seat and belongs to the current Lord Westbrook. To be honest, the idea of my moving out has never been discussed, but I could hardly carry on living here with a new husband.”

“We’d find somewhere new to live. I am doing all right for myself, what with lectures and the books I’ve published. I live well below my means at present. It might not be quite the splendour to which you’ve been accustomed, but I think I could keep you very comfortably.”

“You would keep me? Of course, I must always rely on a man to keep me. First my father, then my husband, now my son. And next, you.”

Felix felt his heart lift a little at these words. She really did sound like she was considering the idea even if she was being belligerent about it.

“Do you not like my talking of keeping you? I could send you out to work to earn your keep if it would make you happier. And would vacating Westbrook Manor be so bad? Surely, Lord Westbrook will be taking a wife himself soon enough and will expect to move back here.”

“Well yes, I hadn’t planned to stay here once Robert returned from the army. I don’t want to move away entirely though. Waverley is my home.”

“I would be more than happy to live in Waverley,” said Felix. “In fact, Colonel Huffington told me yesterday that he will be putting his house on the market as he intends to return to live in India. Would that house suit you?”

“Oh it’s not just the house. The boys would be horrified by the idea of my marrying a man not much older than them. And what would other people in the neighbourhood say? There would be a scandal.”

She had paced to the end of the conservatory, reached the back wall and turned round. Felix followed her there and they now stood face-to-face. He put a steadying hand on each of her shoulders.

“I don’t believe for a moment that you are worried about what the busybodies of Waverley will think. Let them be scandalised.”

Lady Westbrook stood still; she had stopped frantically twisting her handkerchief. She stared back at him.
“I don’t need to get married,” she said quietly.

“No more do I. Let’s consider what we want instead.”

Their eyes remained locked for several minutes. It seemed to Felix that time had stopped entirely.

“Would you beat me if we were married?” she said.

“What?” Whatever he had been expecting her to say next, it wasn’t that.

“The first time we met, you told me that you thought it a good idea for men to spank their wives. You said that if I were your wife, you would spank me.”

“I haven’t forgotten.”

“Of course I thought you were speaking entirely rhetorically at the time. It’s funny how things turn out. So, tell me, would you expect physical discipline to be part of our marriage?”

Felix spoke quietly but without hesitation. “Yes I would.”

“Very well. Then before I can decide whether or not to accept your proposal, I need to understand precisely what I am letting myself in for.”

“You want to be spanked?”

“I need to know what to expect if you decide to punish me. I think the only way for me to ascertain that would be for you to carry out such a punishment this evening.”

Felix’s heart hammered in his ribcage. She had laid down a challenge and he was damned well going to be man enough to accept it.

“Very well,” he said. “But not here in the conservatory. Do you have a study?”

“I have my writing room.”

“That sounds ideal. Take me there.”

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And slightly dodgy ones like
"Honest Mick Slipper's Legitimate Spanking Romance Emporium"

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G is for Go and buy my new book now, Go on!

And also Gsaturday Gspankings (the 'g' is silent)

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Spanking fiction writing, as someone important possibly once said, is 1% creation, 99% shameless self promotion.

It’s not enough just to write the thing. Apparently you have to also let people know it exists. The book buying venn diagram being something like this.

 So unless I want to exclusively concentrate on the accidental cat-walking-on-keyboard market, I really need to advertise my new book in every which way I possibly can including Facebook, twitter, skywriting, wearing a sandwich board around town during my lunch hour and – of course – shamelessly hijacking Saturday Spankings.

Me in a suspiciously American-looking bit of London, yesterday

So go on, buy my new book. Do it right now, in fact. Don’t even bother reading the excerpt below. That’s only eight measly sentences, there. Get the whole book and there’s hundreds of the things. Thousands, even. You like sentences? I totally got your back, bro. Book's full of 'em.

You know when advertisers challenge you to buy their product? Take our challenge and buy Activia Yogurt every day for fourteen days and see how you feel! I always think, that’s not a challenge! That’s just me buying your stuff! I’m not falling for that one. Don’t act like this is a game of truth or dare, Activia.

I probably shouldn’t have brought it up given that I am planning to try that very same tactic here. Why not try the Buying Lady Westbrook’s Discovery Right Now From Amazon Challenge. Go on! I dare you! I double-dare you. Bet you won’t, you chicken.

Or, you know, don’t. It's totally up to you. I don't want to force you into doing anything you don't really want to. I'm not that kind of girl. I don’t think I’m going to be much cop at this aggressive selling thing, to be honest. I mean you could buy Lady Westbrook’s Discovery on Amazon.com for a very reasonable price but maybe there’s other stuff in that you need in your life right now. For the exact same money as Lady Westbrook's Discovery, you could also purchase one of the following:

A tiny, tiny cheese cow (its tininess emphasised by the tiny, tiny picture)

Non-asbestos furnace cement. Wait, do we even need to specify non-asbestos in 2014? 
Isn’t it the same as selling non-cocaine cola and non-heroin tooth drops?

Single Yu-Gi-Oh trading card
(Top Money-saving tip: Instead of paying money for this, why not try printing it out and gluing it to some cardboard from cereal box instead? Just as much fun for a fraction of the price.)

So whatever you do this Saturday, be it buying my book, or cementing your furnace with non carcinogenic materials, or completing your yu-gi-oh trading card collection, or eating teeny tiny novelty cheese animals or whatever the hell else takes your fancy, enjoy yourselves. Have a great weekend.

The spanking excerpt this week comes from my new book Lady Westbrook’s Discovery (have I mentioned I have a new book out?). Felix Oliver is about to give Lady Westbrook her first spanking:

You know you want it

“Right,” said Mr Oliver. “You asked that I spank you as I would if we were married and you were being punished so I do not intend to be lenient.” 

Margaret drew in her breath sharply. 

“However,” he continued. “We are not man and wife so I will not punish you in the same manner that I would employ if we were. If we were married then you would be feeling these strokes on your bare bottom. As it is, you will have your skirts to give you some protection.” 

Thank heavens for that, thought Margaret. She had not even considered the possibility of baring her bottom when she had suggested the spanking.

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D is for (Lady Westbrook's) Discovery

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My new book Lady Westbrook's Discovery is now available!

I know, I'm as shocked as you are, Madam.

It's available from all these lovely booksellers:

Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk

Please add it to your 'Things to Read' list. It's got everything: discipline and drawing rooms, flirting and fetes, anal sex and incandescent light bulbs. Plus plenty of sex and spankings wrapped up in a sweet romance.

Synopsis of Lady Westbrook's Discovery:

Lady Margaret Westbrook is a forty-one year old widow who has not given romance a second thought in the ten years since her husband passed away. When she meets Felix Oliver, a brilliant scientist fifteen years her junior, she is surprised by his determination to win her heart. Lady Westbrook discovers a passion within herself that she never knew existed.  

However, accepting Felix Oliver's proposal will mean relinquishing her title, lowering her social standing and risking both the gossip of polite society and the disapproval of her grown-up sons. Not only that but he has made it clear that he is a firm believer in corporal punishment for women and that consenting to be his wife will mean frequent trips across his lap for a sound spanking. How far is Lady Westbrook willing to go on this journey of discovery?