Brigit had pulled together a dinner party three weeks after the ‘Mutiny of Yarlshire’, as the event affectionately came to be called. She claimed she waited for that time to allow things to settle, but reluctantly admitted that the true reason was due to being a ‘wee bit tender’ in the lower parts following her discipline for not calling in Gerard prior to the uprising, and then his unrelenting lovemaking that ensued nightly for nearly two weeks after.
The party hosted boisterous laughter and gaiety as the wedding plans were discussed, along with multiple questions from the women regarding the budding romance between Jack and Eliza. Martha fussed over her family like a mother hen over chicks, clucking at her ‘little ones’ as though they were unable to care for themselves and frequently wiping away tears. Gerard laughed, informing Ryan that he had best produce a child in the near future, otherwise Martha would need another girl to reform. Ryan promised to pursue that goal as soon as circumstances permitted.
The wedding of Ryan and Aryanna took place on a hot, hazy morning in early September. Aryanna stood in an ivory lace gown, studded with hundreds of tiny embroidered flowers that had each been lovingly made by every girl old enough to pick up a needle. In her arms she held a bouquet of dried heather, rosemary, and lavender, tied with a satin purple ribbon. Her hair had been tended by Martha, who cried continuously during the process. Eliza had added a string of tiny pearls around her neck, a gift from her and Jack.
True to his word, Ryan made known that all were invited to rejoice with him. Neighbors accustomed to the opulent lifestyle of the age, frowned in dismay as the academy grounds were flooded with farmers, mill workers, merchants, squealing children, and the servants of the houses and the school. Hundreds, both friends and strangers, gathered together to celebrate the marriage of the heir of Yarlshire to the beautiful and loving Russian girl who had touched so many of their lives.
Brigit chuckled smugly as several well-to-do neighbors gasped at the faire being offered the guests. In honor of the dire circumstances surrounding the drought, the Remington family made certain to prepare a feast based on the foods lovingly prepared by the townspeople, and had brought in large blocks of ice for the children to chip and suck upon. Everyone pitched in to help so that the servants could partake of the occasions as well. The show of respect and restraint in the time of need brought about an even greater love and loyalty to those of the Remington household.
Lord Gerard Remington stood as Aryanna's father to offer her hand to his son, barely hiding a proud tear as she looked upon her husband-to-be with the same expression as Gerard had seen upon his own bride's face the day he married her. He looked over at his beloved wife, and his heart swelled, seeing that her expression of love had not changed even after all the years together. If anything, it was more filled with an abundance of love. He looked over at Eliza, who sat next to Jack. They were holding hands, and she also gazed upon the man with that same look. Yet another one who found love and happiness because she was given a second chance at life. Gerard stifled the choking in his throat. His father, the old earl, would have been so proud to see his vision of change come to fruition.
Gerard then gazed upon the people, his people, who had flocked to the ceremony to support them, and more pride and love filled his heart. He looked up to the sky, thanking God for all He had blessed them with. The reverend cited the vows and blessed the couple, wishing upon them many happy and fruitful days. A great cheer arose as the couple was announced and turned towards the onlookers, accompanied by a thundering rumble in the distance.
A cold drop fell upon Gerard’s face as he looked into the darkening sky. The drought was finally over. Even the land was given a second chance.
The End
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The Game Plan
From the age of eight, Cassandra Johnson fought against ever being loved for fear of being abandoned again following her father’s cruel and abrupt departure. When her mother married ex-Dolphins quarterback Big Bill Johnson, a new stepdad and three new stepbrothers entered Cassie’s life.
After the passing of her mother Cassie grows tired of living under the thumb of her three stepbrothers, and she decides to press for independence, asserting her obstinate and willful disposition and defying all rules laid out for her.
When Bill goes to Japan for three months on business, Cassie’s eldest stepbrother, Rob, is left in charge. He decides that a change to the "Game Plan" is in order and that it will start with a trip over his knee for a bare bottom spanking! Rob’s interest in Cassie goes far beyond just curbing her naughty behavior, however. He wants much, much more from her.
Cassie’s fantasy of having a life free from control is soon shattered. Bryon, her second oldest stepbrother, adds some firm-handed discipline of his own, and Cassie soon discovers the secret shared by the two brothers. Both are involved in the D&S scene, and both want to make Cassie part of their lifestyle. The stubborn young woman soon finds herself facing more than just an old-fashioned, over the knee, bare-bottom spanking. She quickly learns that humiliation and submission can lead to the healing of a long-broken and hardened heart.
Time Out: The Game Plan, Book Two
Time Out is the second book of The Game Plan series. It explores the unusual relationships of the whole Johnson family.
You'll meet Krissy, Bryon's sweet little girl, as she is introduced to the concept of age play and discovers herself in the process. Suzanne and Glenn are back, and Suzanne explores her own femininity and puts pride aside to face her fears and needs as a Domme. Of course, we can't forget Rob and Cassie as they grow and indulge in their own D&S lifestyle. Worlds collide as Cassie and Krissy fight over Daddy Bryon, Bryon and Glenn fight over Suzanne, and Rob seems to be the only voice of reason that is heard.
There are more twists and turns, sizzling hot sex, and well-spanked bottoms than this quiet little suburb of Miami can handle!
The Maze
One man. Three beautiful women. In a world where the human population has exceeded its resources, only a select few are permitted to breed and continue the species. They earn this honor by competing in the Maze.
The prize is enormous: a winning male receives the woman he captures and conquers. For the Trained Ones, women bred for their beauty and intelligence, to win means freedom.
For the man to win, he must make a Trained One mutter three secret words to declare his win to the world, declare herself as his prize, and unlock the uncomfortable leather binding that prevents him from experiencing pleasure. To conquer his prize, he'll need to make use of his strength, his cunning, and his firm hand applied to her bare bottom.
No one knows what waits for them inside of the maze, but everyone is watching.
Lost and Found
Lance Callahan, MD, is known to his hospital staff as a man with a heart of gold. When a young woman is brought in with a gunshot wound and severe post-traumatic amnesia, Lance is just the man to care for her. No one knows who she is, where she's from, or why she was left to perish in the unforgiving desert. Even her name, Noelle, is known to Lance only from an inscription on a necklace found
in her pocket.
In his effort to help Noelle, Lance determines that due to the trauma she has suffered, the young woman requires retraining to become age-appropriate in all of her activities. Her little girl persona further shocks him when she suddenly claims him as her "Daddy."
With nowhere else for her to go, Lance turns to his close-knit family for help, and Noelle suddenly finds herself with a new aunt and two new uncles, along with more love than she can handle. She quickly learns that there are some very specific rules in the Callahan home, for both Daddy's little girl and Lance's big girl, and that the consequences for breaking the rules include a very red and sore bottom!
Questions remain about Noelle's past, and as the mystery of her origins slowly unravels, it becomes clear that Noelle has a very special secret of her own… a secret that could tear apart everything she's learned to love, including the joy of being lost and then found by a man who's given his heart to her.
Serendipity Ranch
Local architect Serendipity Nicole Mitchell has the gumption to go head to head with Wyoming rancher and millionaire, Preston Riley, who has hired her to construct his new home… based on a design provided by his ten year old niece. Serena has her opinions—about the design, the livestock, and her new employer.
Needless to say, she does not hesitate to make her opinions known. Preston's an old hand in dealing with unruly creatures, so it does not take long for him to follow one of his infamous 'hunches' and corral the stubborn little filly. Preston is determined to teach Serena that he means business—especially when both business and pleasure are concerned.
Cowboys Know Best
As the only daughter of a powerful mafia Don, Perlita Moretti is accustomed to a life of pampered luxury, but on the evening of her nineteenth birthday the family home is brutally attacked by another mob boss, her father is killed, and her entire life is forever changed.
Saved from the carnage by her beloved uncle, she flees for her life. She quickly discovers that the world outside her Long Island mansion is quite different and much larger than she had expected. She soon finds herself lost, and very much alone, somewhere in western Pennsylvania.
At a small diner, a desperate, terrified Perl runs into Henry ‘Hank’ Billings, a cowboy from a small Texas town who is finishing up some personal business in the region. After a rocky introduction, Hank comes to her rescue when mob goons show up.
Hank reluctantly allows Perl to accompany him back to his ranch to hide her until the mob gives up their hunt. It does not take long for the serious-minded Texan to place the willful, spoiled young lady across his knee for a bare-bottom spanking and some basic lessons in good manners. As time passes, Perl allows herself to submit to the old-fashioned hard work and discipline of Texas ranch life.
Having been hurt by a woman before, Hank resists his growing desire for Perl, convincing himself that the almost twenty year age difference between them would make any advances on his part ungentlemanly. Perl, however, has fallen for him with all her heart, and she does not intend to let him keep her at arm's length. With the mob still hunting her, can she convince Hank that she needs him as much more than just her firm, caring protector?
Guardian Domination
After yet another run-in with the law, Celeste Bronston is given one last chance to avoid incarceration. Her godfather, Jace Jordon, has offered to take her under his roof and serve as her legal guardian, despite the fact that she will be eighteen before she even moves into his home. With no other choice if she wants to stay out of jail, Celeste accepts the judge’s offer, even though it means that until the age of twenty-one she will be under the authority of a man she has never even met.
Expecting her godfather to be a stuffy old man, Celeste is pleasantly surprised to find that he is barely over thirty, and moreover, he is quite well-to-do. The strict rules she is expected to obey come as a much less pleasant surprise, however. When she discovers how Jace deals with disobedient young ladies, she is truly shocked. Eighteen or not, she soon learns that bad behavior will earn her a long, hard, bare bottom spanking.
As time passes, though, Celeste begins to see Jace as much more than just a strict guardian. Although he initially resists his feelings, Jace too begins to see Celeste in a different light. When he begins to reveal his interest in dominance and submission to the feisty young woman who shares his home, their relationship begins to grow dramatically, but where will things lead?
Two by Day, Three by Night
Courtney Wells expected to encounter a commanding personality when she agreed to provide specialized in-home nursing for a foreign aristocrat, but nothing could have prepared her for Baron Marcas Kalnovky. Something deep within her can’t help but need to obey this incredibly handsome mountain of a man, and if his voice alone isn’t enough to make her submit to his every command, then his firm hand applied to her bare bottom will do the job.
Courtney soon learns that she has not been hired to care for the baron himself, but for his best friend and servant of many years, an old monk by the name of Brother Sebastian. While it is the aging monk who is sick, the baron himself has a far more unusual condition. His voracious appetite for uncovering the archaeological treasures of his native Romania once led the baron to delve too deeply into the wrong tomb, and since that day he has been the victim of a most unusual curse.
By day he is the same man he always was, but by night he is physically split into two separate persons—one which contains his rational side and another which harbors his animalistic desires. When the pretty young nurse arrives to care for Sebastian, the baron finds that both sides of himself not only want her, they need her… all of her, in every way she can be taken.
As they grow closer to one another, Courtney becomes torn between the worldview she has developed over the years on the one hand and her deep need to submit to Marcas on the other. When she discovers the effects of the curse it only adds to her confusion… and her intense lust for both sides of him. When she is bound naked and helpless at the mercy of all of Marcas’ desires, she is shocked to find that she is soon begging for both of him inside her at the same time.
Will she come to terms with herself and with Marcas, and if she does, will her love be able to break the curse and heal his wounded soul?
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
More Books by Breanna Hayse
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
More Books by Breanna Hayse
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