After almost a year of construction, the Castle looms on the cusp of its grand reopening. The only problem is, it isn’t ready. Something is up with the construction crew Marshall had hired to get them back to full working order. So when, two days before guests are due to arrive, the construction company bails, leaving Marshall with a Castle that is barely functional, he is forced to do the unthinkable. He calls in outside help in the form of any contract laborer who will answer his call. In addition to Wanting Winona, this full-length story by Maren Smith, eight of the hottest authors have teamed up to bring you seven brand new novellas. Undoing Una – Tabitha Black Educating Ella – Katie Douglas Restoring Rylee – Pepper North Addi’s Adventure – Delia Grace Izzy’s Indulgence – Lesley Clark Daring Daisy – Allysa Hart and Rayanna Jamison Leading Luciana – Adaline Raine

    Not only has she been given to the future clan chief as his bride, her new husband will have complete authority over her and will enforce that authority with a firm hand applied to her bare bottom as often as necessary.Though it doesn’t take long for Marisol to find herself over the stern, handsome Scotsman’s knee for a sound spanking, she cannot help longing for his touch, even after her already bright red backside is paddled until she is well past tears. Her desire for him and her love for him grow with each passing day, but can she make a place for herself among the rugged people of this land?Publisher’s Note: Given to the Highlander includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

    Unfortunately, she grew up into a pillar of propriety while her betrothed grew up into a renowned rake. Of course, no one would expect such an unsuitable match to go forward…which is why they find themselves at a loss when circumstances force them to the altar and into each other’s arms. Hunter, the beleaguered marquess, believes he’ll survive the uneven match by continuing to frequent his well-trained coterie of whores and courtesans, but Aurelia’s powerful father has other ideas. When he blocks Hunter’s access to the only women shameless enough to cater to his decadent needs, the marquess informs his new wife that something will have to be done. That “something” will be the immediate commencement of her erotic training…whether she wants it or not. This 70K word novel contains acts of punishment and discipline, anal play, and other sensual practices. The Properly Spanked Series: #1 Training Lady Townsend #2 To Tame A Countess #3 My Naughty Minette #4 Under A Duke’s Hand

    Forced into a marriage with Lord Alexander de Moray, she fears she will be used harshly by the foe who already took her castle from her. But though Alexander proves more than ready to punish his conquered bride's bare bottom thoroughly for any disobedience, when her handsome new husband takes Ailis in his arms and claims her properly she is left utterly spent and satisfied.Despite his stern demeanor and his willingness to chastise her as shamefully and as often as he feels it necessary, Ailis cannot deny her body's response to Alexander's firm-handed dominance, and her desire for him grows stronger with each passing day. But can she allow herself to fall in love with a man who will always be considered an enemy by many among her own people?Publisher's Note: His Conquered Bride includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    When the details of the gruesome accident finally surface on the morning of her 25th birthday, Diamond's pain leads her to a series of bad choices that result in the loss of her job. Now what? Paxton Donovan's very presence exudes dominance and captures the attention of everyone around him. He has spent years creating his brand as a business owner and professional dominant. There is no time for anything that interferes with the order in which he runs his business and life. Structure, order, rules, discipline. Business without pleasure. No distractions. But nothing could have prepared Pax for Diamond as their two worlds collide and both of their perfectly ordered and quiet lives combust. Will their undeniable attraction and intense passion be worth the risk of pain and heartache as they shatter their safe lives?

    But now her lawlessness has finally cost her father his career. In a desperate effort to avoid the threat of the judicial system, Olivia agrees to marry a well-respected military officer, but will a hasty wedding be enough to appease an angry public?

    One by one, they are summoned back to speak with him, and one by one they discover he is not in a forgiving mood.

    Sure, she's never before kept any of her past resolutions for even a week, but she is determined that this year it will be different. As soon as Master Marshall announced that a Charity Auction would be held to honor one of the Castle's founding Masters, Don, Rosa knew it was fate. As an employee of the Castle, that marvelous place where any and all dreams and fantasies can become reality, she knows that this is the time to pursue her dream. Time to remove her Nanny uniform and don the clothes she has been dreaming of wearing for as long as she can remember. This New Year's Eve, she will stand on the stage and pray that someone will bid for her and want to be her Daddy. The moment the gavel falls, Rosa becomes Rosie - the Little girl who will spend the next few days discovering what it's like to be taken care of, to be cuddled, and loved... not only by a handsome, wonderful Daddy, but, to her immense surprise, by a beautiful, loving Mommy as well... Will she discover that being Little isn't all fun and games? Will she admit when she's been naughty - remembering that breaking rules has painful consequences for her backside? Will she keep her resolutions long enough to find the answers she seeks? And even if she doesn't chicken out, will her heart be able to pay the price? Originally part of the “When the Gavel Falls” Box Set Collection released in January 2015 (Amazon ASIN B00SQAUTXE)…5 full-length “Masters of the Castle” novels for one low price - $9.99.

    Upon her arrival, Lora is shocked to discover that the old-fashioned cowboy who runs the place will not hesitate to take down her panties for a sound spanking whenever he feels it necessary.Nate Marsden could tell that Lora would benefit from a stern scolding and a bright red bottom within moments of meeting her, but when she falls asleep still snuggled in his lap after a well-earned punishment he realizes what she truly needs is a firm but loving daddy to keep her in line.Though being chastised like a naughty little girl leaves Lora blushing crimson, she cannot help longing for Nate to take her in his arms, and when he claims her at last it is better than she ever imagined. But when the time comes to return home, will it mean leaving her new daddy behind?Publisher's Note: The Ranch Contract includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    Planning to start a new life, she finds a job at a local pub, and it is there that she first sets eyes on Tobias Wyatt.Tobias is unlike any man Emy has ever met. The former game warden is as rugged, harsh, and uncompromising as the Alaskan wilderness he calls home. He is the kind of man a woman obeys unless she wants to feel his belt across her bare backside. The thought of belonging to Tobias should terrify her, but instead it leaves Emy's heart racing and her panties soaked.When Emy lets her curiosity get the better of her and flirts with Tobias one time too many, she ends up spanked until she is sobbing. Despite her blushing cheeks and sore bottom, however, his rough, dominant lovemaking proves more satisfying than she would have thought possible, and an intense, passionate romance quickly ignites between them.Over the coming weeks, Tobias sets out to teach Emy the proper respect for the dangers of this wild, untamed land. But the men who killed her father haven't stopped looking for her. When Tobias learns that Emy has been lying to him about her identity, will it destroy the bond they've built together, or will he forgive her deception and take it upon himself to protect her?Publisher's Note: Rules of the Wild is a stand-alone novel which is the first book in the Alaskan Wild series. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    He’s determined to claim her and be her Daddy, but does Pearl, the sweet, inexperienced country girl, even know she is a Little?Pearl can’t believe a man as gorgeous as Marcus Holding could possibly be interested in a completely inexperienced, unsophisticated, penniless country girl like her, but from the moment she looks into his blue eyes she is smitten. She just wants to curl up on his lap and call him Daddy, but how will he feel about that? And even if Daddy can claim his Little, are their backgrounds too different for them to ever be together especially when ruthless forces are determined to tear them apart?This is the first book in the Claimed by Daddy series and can be enjoyed independently with a guaranteed Happily Ever After.Publisher’s Note: This sweet, contemporary, star-crossed lovers, D/lg romance includes elements of power exchange, sensual scenes, mild age-play. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.

    and then he took off his belt.What should a big, bad man like me do with such a naughty little girl?I only meant to teach her a lesson.I didn't plan to bring her into my world.But now she's mine... and I protect what's mine.Publisher's Note: Bronson includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

    This decadently naughty box set includes twenty-three stand-alone novellas, full of hot alien alpha males, breathless passion, and reluctant surrender. Take an exhilarating trip beyond the stars, that’s sure to leave you turning the pages late into the night. Featured authors: Sue Lyndon - Promised To The Alien Tarrz is the biggest, sexiest, and sternest Tar-quan male Lana has ever met - and he happens to be the very stranger to whom she’s been betrothed! He leaned down, until his face was level with hers. “I suggest you keep your opinion on the Earth-Tar-qua trade agreement to yourself, little human, unless you want to endure the strap on your wedding night. If I heard my mate speaking as you just did, I would punish her severely for disrespect. If not for the Tar-quans’ assistance, your dome cities on Earth would have perished long ago.”Taken aback by his great size, she studied him for a moment. God, he was huge and muscular - intimidatingly so. Having glimpsed plenty of Tar-quans before, when they came to visit her dome city, she had not expected to see an alien this large here in the city, and she felt a stab of pity for whichever human woman found herself mated to this male. He was easily more than too heads taller than her, and aside from his size, this particular Tar-quan seemed overly stern.An involuntary tingle raced across her bottom at the thought of enduring a punishment from the no-nonsense male who was glaring down at her. Despite her fear, her face heated and a sudden ache throbbed between her thighs. She quickly lowered her head, hoping he did not notice her blushing. Sara Fields - Sold To The Enemy Captured by enemy forces, Commander Aubrie Kent is imprisoned, sold at auction, and purchased as a slave by the leader of the very planet she was sent to attack. He vows to break her and claim her as his own, but can he command her heart? Will she let him? Renee Rose - Their Zandian Mate (Zandian Masters #9)/(Zandian Brides #1) Three Zandian warriors..One female assigned for reconditioning...They'll punish...Demand...Claim...Teach... Cari Silverwood - Fated Possession (The Machinery Of Desire #3.5) While on a chaste pilgrimage to the Chasm, Sassik buys Blue to save her from violation! Yes, he will train the stubborn human and punish her when needed, but when Blue willingly opens her legs for him, he understands the depths of his twisted desires. Selling her can be his only option... The gritty, violent world of Aerthe will crush the life and spirit of anyone not able to fight for their existence with weapons, teeth, and claws. But Blue is from Earth! Having recently escaped from being kept as a blood-slave, being owned is way down at the bottom of Blue’s bucket list. If she can’t escape, maybe she’ll do the next-best thing and take down Sassik while trying. This is a dark romance with rough sexual scenes and kink. This book can also be found as a bonus story in Branded Possession, Book 3 in The Machinery of Desire series, and is a spin-off story based in the same world of Aerthe. Grace Goodwin - Claiming His Virgin (Interstellar Brides: The Virgins #0.5) Elite Hunter Zee is scarred from his time in the Hive war leaving him too much of a monster to seduce a beautiful, innocent virgin. Even if his Mark calls to hers, connecting them body and soul, he knows that after just one look at him and she will never surrender the three sacred virginities. Never accept him as a mate...Blindfolded and seduced, Helen has never seen the Hunter whose voice makes her tremble. She knows something isn't right, but she can't say no to the mysterious and demanding Hunter whose kiss makes her burn - and whose touch makes her beg in the darkness of night...Zee has everything he thinks he needs, until another takes advantage of his new mate's innocence... and tries to claim Zee's Interstellar Bride for his own! Cynthia Sax - Dark Warlord (Refuge #2.5) Battling the Barbarian... All Chamele Warlords have a destined mate, a gerel they are fated to spend their lifespans with. Batu, being genetically enhanced, believes he's the sole exception. He devotes himself to battle, is resigned to living a solitary life, dying with swords in both of his hands... Then he sees her! Genine is a warrior female intent on protecting her loved ones. To keep them safe, she must face Fighter Batu in the ring. If she loses to the barbarian, she becomes his to do with as he wishes. And he wishes her to submit to his deep voice, rough touch, passionate kisses. If she defeats Batu, she will have to kill the one male she was destined to love! Dark Warlord is a short companion story in the Refuge series and is meant to be read after Dark Flight. It is a SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world. This story was previously part of a box set. Lee Savino & Lili Zander - Draekon Rescue (Dragons In Exile #5.6) Dorothy Pitts is having the Worst. Day. Ever. Her boss is creepy, her customers are jerks and she was passed over for a badly needed scholarship. But nothing beats getting sucked up into an alien spaceship, transported across the galaxy and waking up as a lab rat in an illegal breeding program. It's up to 2 hunkie dragon shifters to save the day... Addison Cain - Strangeways Their invasion of our world was nonviolent, seamless. But they have come to conquer and take who they will. We don’t have a choice. They can make us like it. They can make us desire them. They can make us do anything they want! Kallista Dane - Her Savage Mate Crash landed on an alien world... Lost in a jungle... Captured by a savage! Now I have a choice! Mate with their prince - or die!It’s been a rough day! Except I don’t have a choice. Not really. The High Priest threatens to put my entire crew to death unless I agree. So I make him a deal. I’ll mate with the future king and give him an heir - in exchange for their freedom...Turns out my new mate is a mouth-watering, seven foot tall bronze hunk. He’s so hot he could be the star of one of the tacky romance novels I’m secretly addicted to!Unfortunately this planet requires females to obey their mates or be disciplined. I’m not the submissive type, so I get punished by my new mate. A lot! But I’m determined this alien alpha will never break me. Night after night, I defy him!As time goes on, his stern discipline and passionate lovemaking are awakening dark desires in me. Wicked desires I’ve never felt before... I don’t know how much longer I can hold out! Maren Smith - Her Consort She was a salvage operator, patrolling the depths of deep space. He was a professional consort to royalty, built like a Neanderthal. Twice her width and twice her weight. His six-pack abs had six-pack abs. She knew, because she’d seen them. The only two people on a ship the size of a city… it really was kind of too bad they didn’t get along.... Ava Sinclair - Vanquished Mate As an investigative journalist, I intended to expose the Ythilian mating ritual. I never intended to end up captured by a dominant warrior determined to make me his!My plan was to disguise myself as a Ythilian female, sneak into the field, and document the rush of warriors taking to the mating grounds to capture and claim their mates. I play the role well. Too well, in fact. When the warrior chieftain, Khon, mistakes me for a native Ythilian, he captures me!Now, Khon has declared me his mate for life, and nothing I say can dissuade him. On this planet, the warriors rule over and thoroughly spank disobedient female mates. This culture represents everything I oppose! And yet, I find myself shamefully responding both to the humiliating correction and unexpected pleasure of being taken again and again by this strong, primal male...My own government, fearing a political incident, refuses to save me. They say I must live with my mistake. But how can I? When it means completely submitting to a fearsome warrior whose threatens to vanquish me, body and soul! Emily Tilton - The Warrior’s Pleasure-Girl The He’Ban long ago gave up bodily reproduction between their very-differently-evolved sexes. But, He’Ban warriors have a weakness for the human girls who seem designed by DNA to excite their lust! Can human Tera find love with the captain of the deadliest ship in the He’Ban fleet before another, crueler He’Ban warrior claims her as his prize? Ashe Barker - The Enforcer He is hers! Her prisoner, her responsibility! Convicted felon Xyker Ramone is not absconding, not on her watch! Erin Stein pursues her quarry with single-minded intent, but Xyker has no intention of returning to the penal colony. Erin is stunned to find herself his captive and law enforcement takes on a whole new dimension! Korey Mae Johnson - Conquering Kayla As the twelfth child of a royal household, Kayla is used to being overlooked, but that changes when her planet is conquered by aliens. Claimed by two stern, handsome brothers, she is soon getting plenty of attention, as she is shared, enjoyed, and thoroughly mastered by her new mates! Ivy Barrett - Becoming A Private Pet Kidnapped from Earth, Kate Deacon is now the property of Exotic Pets, Inc. Jexton Farr’s job is to train the beautiful little human, rewarding her when she is obedient and punishing her sternly when she is not! But when the time comes for her to be sold, will he be able to give her up? Jane Henry - Finding Sitra When Sargothian native Cy Brak returns to his home planet seeking solace in a brothel, he is furious to find himself paired with his best friend’s sister! She begs to be tied up and dominated, but her fantasies may not align with the punishment he has in mind. A surprise alien attack - leaving them alone and stranded - ups the stakes! Jaye Peaches - Under Contract Brax’s contract is simple! Find, extract, and rehabilitate an absconded human female!Kleo’s attempt at escaping an arranged mating has failed and she is now under the firm control of Brax, an enhanced alien from Helle, who must return her home to await her fate. But will Brax stick to the contract? Katie Douglas - Her Biker From Mars Hot Martian biker, Sy, just wants a snow cone. Instead, he has twenty-four hours to save a slave girl in a life-or-death situation, and the trade-off, is that Sy has to assassinate the president of Earth. Can he do it? Loki Renard - Doubly Dominant Trissa Teovy is a college dropout hitching her way across the galaxy when she’s caught by a seven-foot-tall Kilvoy lawman named Kero. He sets out to teach her a lesson that’s long overdue, but taming Trissa won’t be easy. The feisty little human is too much for any one man to handle, but fortunately for Kero, there’s two of him! Maria Monroe - His Human Bride In a war-torn galaxy, arrogant Prince Zor Maxis’ marriage to a princess from Ostara will create an essential alliance between the two planets. But what happens when he chooses the only human around? Megan Michaels - Dravven’s Submissive She committed a crime. She has a six-month sentence - marry the Prince and become a submissive on the Dominant, alpha male ruled planet. Seems simple. But is it? Myra Danvers - Swallowed Darkness Imprisoned... Starved... Weak... He’s a warrior caged in the armpit of the universe, a man of worth who owns nothing but his pride and a thirst for vengeance. So why had they sent her? A human. A pathetic, fragile creature full of madness and lies, burdened with an impossible ultimatum - contend with a monster, or die! Sophie Kisker - The Ghost In The Stars Siridin is on the run, after killing his brother’s murderer! Keelie was kidnapped to satisfy an addiction Anterins have for human women! Each sees the other as the source of their troubles! And the dominant ship captain refuses to believe the nectar slave’s stories of whispers in the night...Publisher’s Note: The stories featured in this collection involve MF and MFM pairings. They include spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this box set.

    

    My husband died on our wedding day before our wedding night. My year of mourning is over and I’m ready to live my life again. I’m nervous about re-entering society – there is still talk that I may have had something to do with my husband’s death. At my first party, I meet Lord Essex. He’s handsome and makes me nervous as well, but why does he want to spend time with me? George: I’m Lord Essex and I’ve got my eye set on one woman. A woman who needs my protection and help to clear her name. A woman who has just finished her year of mourning. She doesn’t know I’m determined to make her mine. She doesn’t know The Club I belong to, but she will. Her life is about to change, and so will mine. This is book one in The Rakes of Mayfair series. Come join the adventure as we meet the men of The Club. Publisher’s Note: This is a romance intended for adults only. It contains elements of mystery, danger, sensual scenes and the discipline of adult women. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase.