Passion on the Ranch: Books 1-4 (4-Book Bundle) (Erotic Romance - Western Romance)

by Hart, Melissa F.

  “I love you too, baby. Now let me help you with your veil. With your hair up like that, you look just like your momma did on our wedding day.”

  “Thanks Daddy. I wish she could be here,” Suzanna said, choking back tears at the thought of her dearly departed mother.

  “She’s here, watching over us,” Jeremiah assured her as he squeezed her hand.

  Suzanna squeezed his hand in return and wiped the tears away from her cheeks. She put a big smile on her face and said, “Come on, let’s get to the church or they’ll start without us!”

  The ceremony was everything she’d hoped it would be. Colton looked more handsome than ever in his rented suit, and Deputy Larson stood beside him in his uniform, looking dapper as well. The ring Colton put on her finger wasn’t particularly fancy, but she knew it was what he could afford and that it a true gift from the heart.

  Everyone in the church cried as they recited their vows, and none cried more loudly than Jeremiah himself. Afterward, they had a lovely reception filled with dancing, music, and homemade wine. Suzanna, however, couldn’t wait to slip away with the groom.

  “I thought we’d never get away from there!” she giggled, when at last she had Colton alone in his cabin. Her father had offered to pay for an expensive honeymoon trip for the two of them, but they both realized the one place they wanted to be was right here on the ranch amongst the horses and the wilderness. It was the one place they both truly felt happy and free.

  “I thought you liked being with all your friends, dancing and socializing,” Colton said with a tone of surprise.

  “I do, but right now, I’d rather just be with you.” Suzanna wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately, then slid down to the floor and playfully unzipped his trousers. His organ sprang free, and she took him into her mouth, sucking gently. He became instantly aroused and groaned with pleasure as she made love to him with her lips, tongue, and mouth.

  “Oh, take it easy or you’re going to make me climax.” Colton moaned. His words only spurred Suzanna to work with greater passion, and Colton had to remove himself from her hot, wet mouth.

  “Are you willfully disobeying me, naughty girl?” he said with a playful arch of his left eyebrow.

  “I am. Does this mean you’re going to punish me?” Suzanna’s eyes danced with excitement at the invitation to play their favorite game. The kinky world of sexual bondage games they played together had freed her sexually in ways she never would have imagined. The fact that they both enjoyed the games was something special that they shared only with each other and made their love for each other even stronger. Their compatibility in that regard was part of how they both knew they would have a long and happy marriage.

  Colton kissed her lovingly and said, “Now that you’re my bride we don’t have to sneak around trying to avoid your father, we can play this game every night if you want to.”

  “Good!” Suzanna grinned. “I bought you a paddle for a wedding gift. I’ll go get it and you can punish me for being your naughty girl.”

  “Terrific! I’ll wait right here for you to return.” Colton smiled as he kicked back onto the bed they would now share together as husband and wife.

  Suzanna ran excitedly outside to the barn, where she’d carefully hidden the gift she’d purchased for him. She paused in the moonlight and stared at her surroundings, trying to make out the shapes of the shadows.

  From deep in the darkness, Jasper crouched even lower in his hiding position. Could she see him? Did she know that he’d been watching her since the day she’d escaped? When he’d first encountered her, she’d been a minor annoyance that had cost him the earnings from poaching. Now, he wanted a lot more from her than the money he would have received for stealing cattle. He wanted revenge against her for damaging his pride. He’d had a good thing going with an entire gang leaping at his every word and an alliance with the Sheriff, and was going to be rich when he sold her father’s herd. Now he was nothing but a wanted outlaw hiding in the darkness. She’d turned him into nothing and for that she was going to pay!

  His heart began to pound as Suzanna shook her head and continued to walk toward the barn. Obviously, she’d decided that she hadn’t seen anything in the darkness after all. Only Jasper knew that she was now walking right toward him.

  TO BE CONTINUED IN BOOK FOUR: Suzanna Bound by Love - Volume 4

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  Suzanna Bound by Love

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  Chapter One

  Suzanna Stevens had a happy bounce in her step as she followed the moonlit path that led from the foreman’s cabin to the barn. It was a journey she had made countless times before, but this time, something made her pause. She stopped in the darkness and peered into the night shadows, trying to figure out what was different.

  She’d grown up on this ranch, which belonged to her father, Jeremiah Wheeler. Ever since her mother died when she was a little girl, Daddy had been especially protective of her, and kept her by his side constantly. She learned to ride a horse practically before she could walk and she spent her days working with her father and learning how to care for the cattle he raised.

  The barn had been her favorite place to play. She used to swing up to the rafters on the tire her father had hung in the center of the barn. Afterward, she would climb to the top of the hayloft and slide down the haystacks as if they were hills of grass.

  When she grew older and her child-like figure developed the curves of a woman, Suzanna had delighted in rolling in the hay in a completely different way. When Daddy had caught her making out with one of the summer employees, he had exploded with rage. He suddenly adopted the philosophy that a woman’s place was in the home and Suzanna’s days of running carefree around the ranch came to an abrupt end.

  “Suzy, it ain’t proper for you to be out riding and roping! If you’re going to learn to be a good wife, you’re place is in the kitchen, learning how to cook and sew,” he had said, much to her irritation. “My little girl is going to have a white wedding and be a proper lady!”

  “We’ll see about that!” Suzanna Wheeler had yelled at her father, her blue eyes sparking with rage. It was the beginning of a quiet war between them. Suzanna did everything she could to sneak out of the house and defy her father. She didn’t just want to make-out with boys, although that was a lot of fun. Most of all, she just wanted to get away from the oppression of the house and ride her horse, Lucky Penny, across the fields. She wanted to feel of the wind blowing through her blond hair and the warm sunshine on her tanned face. There was beauty and majesty to the countryside that she longed for and couldn’t live without. She vowed that she would never be a wife.

  Jeremiah, however, thought he knew what was best for his daughter, so he ordered his best foreman to look after her. Colton Stevens was hard-working, honest, loyal and true. He was also smart as a whip and Jeremiah knew that if anyone was clever enough to keep Suzanna in line, it was Colton. What he didn’t count on was the two of them falling in love.

  Suzanna grinned to herself as she remembered the look on Daddy’s face when he’d first caught them kissing. He would have had a heart attack if he’d known that they’d done a lot more than just that, but thankfully, he never found out. Suzanna figured her father honestly believed that she was virgin when she married Colton today, and that this evening, on her wedding night, she was finally giving herself to a man for the first time.

  Suzanna paused along the path to the barn as it finally dawned on her what was different. She was no longer Suzanna Wheeler, rebellious daughter. For the first time, she was Suzanna Colton, wife. Would this change who she was inside? Would this ruin her relationship with the man she loved? The sex she’d always shared with Colton had been naughty and full of kinky taboos. Would that wild spark of passion fade between them now that their lovemaking was no longer forbidden?

  Thinking of the wedding present she’d purchased for him, her lips curved into a smile, and she realized there was no chance of that. They shared a love and a passio
n that was sure to last a lifetime and their mutual interest in kinky sex games only enhanced their relationship. It was something that marriage was sure to nurture and grow.

  Suzanna shook her head as she pulled herself away from her thoughts and ran onward to the barn. She dug under the hay where she’d hidden Colton’s gift until her hands felt the package, and pulled the beautifully-wrapped item free of the straw.

  “He’s sure to love this!” she said as her eyes sparkled with anticipation. Suddenly, she heard a rustling sound from the back of the barn. Snapping up her head, she peered into the shadows and shouted out, “Who’s there?”

  She grabbed a pitchfork from against the wall and held it in front of her like a spear. Slowly, she stalked forward, with her eyes searching and her heart pounding. Suddenly, a large owl flew down from the rafters, flapping its wings noisily and screeching, as it fled the barn.

  Suzanna laughed at herself for being so afraid of a simple barn owl. She propped her pitchfork against the wall, picked the gift back up, and left the barn. She walked merrily up the path back to Colton’s cabin; their cabin now that they now lived in as husband and wife. Tonight was their wedding night and with this gift, she was sure it would be one to remember.

  Deep in the barn, the man hid and watched as Suzanna entered the cabin and the lights inside went dark. He had been certain she was going to find him, hidden behind the hay, until, thankfully, the barn owl had distracted her.

  “That was too close!” he whispered to his brother, Jasper.

  “Not near close enough!” Jasper said angrily. “I’m telling you, Clyde, that bitch has to be taught a lesson!”

  Clyde looked at his brother with worried eyes. He said, “Don’t you think you should just drop this idea of trying to get revenge against that girl? So she ruined your scheme to poach mountain lions and so she ruined your plans to get rich stealing cattle. The Sheriff got arrested for the cattle rustling scheme and you escaped. Just leave town and move with your life.”

  “No!” Jasper said vehemently. “I won’t leave until I’ve taken everything from her, just like she did to me! I was going to be rich until she took it all away from me! I had the respect of my gang, the power of an alliance with the Sheriff, and I was going to be wealthy for the rest of my life! She stole everything that matters from me and I’m going to make sure she loses everything that matters to her!”

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  Chapter Two

  Colton Stevens waited in the cabin for his bride to return. He couldn’t believe how lucky he was that she had chosen to marry him. She drove him crazy sometimes with her willful independence and contrary attitude, but her fiery spirit was also what he loved most about her.

  He had been content to be bachelor. He had rugged good looks and a muscular build, enhanced by his wavy brown hair and deep green eyes. Although he didn’t have any trouble meeting women, he preferred to spend time with horses and was dedicated to working the ranch. Everything changed, however, the day he fell in love with his boss’s daughter. Suzanna was twenty-one at the time, beautiful, smart and witty. From the moment they kissed, they couldn’t get enough of each other.

  Still, marriage had been the furthest thing from his mind, until the day he thought she would be killed by Jasper and his gang of rustlers. His fear of losing her made him realize that he never wanted to spend a minute of his life without her. Now, they were husband and wife and they would spend the rest of their lives together, right here on the ranch they both loved.

  As he sat in the cabin, thinking of Suzanna, he realized that she’d been gone a long time. It didn’t usually take her this long to get something from the barn. He was just about to go looking for her to make sure she was okay, when suddenly, she burst through the door, and he let out a sigh of relief.

  “There you are!” he said, with a rueful grin. “I was beginning to think you had second thoughts about marrying me and had taken off.”

  “I wouldn’t leave you in a million years! I want to get you see you enjoy this!” she thrust her package into his hands. He unwrapped the beautiful paper slowly, teasing her by ignoring her urgings to rip it open quickly. Finally, she couldn’t take it any longer and she snatched the gift from his hands and tore off the wrapping paper with one rapid swipe, revealing the leather paddle within.

  “There! That’s how you open a gift!” she teased and handed the paddle to him with a grin.

  He arched his eyebrows at her playfully and said, “I planned to save that wrapping paper as a memento of this special day. You are a naughty girl to take it from me and just rip it open like that. I think I’m going to have to teach you a lesson on how to behave. “

  Suzanna’s eyes lit up with excitement at the invitation to play her favorite sex game. She leaned forward, jutting out her buttocks and said, “Punish me. I want you to.”

  Colton shook his head and clicked his tongue in an admonishing tone. “No, no, no. I want to do this with more elegance. After all, tonight is our honeymoon. We should do things right.”

  He told Suzanna to take off her clothes and she complied willingly, performing a sensual striptease for him. She delighted in seeing his erection grow inside his jeans as he watched her. When she had nothing left but her panties, he commanded her to stop and guided her into the kitchen, where a simple wooden table stood.

  “Bend over the table and grip the far end of it,” Colton ordered simply but firmly. Suzanna eagerly did as she had been told, laying her torso against the surface of the table. She stretched her arms as far ahead as she could and was able to grip the far end of the table. Her stomach could feel the smooth surface and her breasts were smashed flat against it.

  “Are you comfortable enough?” Colton asked with sincere concern. Suzanna assured him that she was and they reviewed the safe words that they always used when they played sex games. Once they were done, he resumed play by saying, “Perfect. Now stay exactly as you are and don’t move.”

  Colton left the room for a moment, leaving Suzanna to eagerly anticipate what might happen next. She could feel the moisture between her thighs as the juices of her arousal slowly soaked her panties.

  When Colton returned to the kitchen, he was carrying several lengths of rope. He used them to secure her ankles to the legs of the table, binding her there. Then he did the same thing to her wrists, binding her arms to the far end of the table. Now she was truly at his mercy, but she was not afraid. She trusted him completely and the game made them both feel deeply aroused.

  “Now, I’m going to punish you, naughty girl, for taking a package that wasn’t yours and ripping it open.”

  He picked up the leather paddle she had given him and held it where she could see it. Suzanna felt her entire body tingling with sexual excitement and anticipation. Then, suddenly, her body was tingling with pain as the paddle came down hard against her buttocks. Again and again, he struck her tender flesh with the hard paddle, making her cry out in pain and lust. It was the most erotic sensation she’d ever experienced and she loved it.

  When Colton knew he had spanked her enough, he stopped and rubbed his hand tenderly over her red flesh to sooth away the pain.

  “Have you learned your lesson, naughty girl?” he asked her. His voice was thick with arousal and his erection was straining powerfully against his jeans.

  “Yes, I’ve learned my lesson,” Suzanna said her own voice dusky with passion and her panties now fully soaked with the juices of her desire. She wanted him more now than she ever had before.

  “Good. Now I get to open a present exactly the way I want to and I don’t want you to rush to the finish until I’m ready” Colton said, and Suzanna grinned back at him. With great delight, Colton ‘unwrapped’ Suzanna by untying her ropes and peeling off her panties. Then he lifted her up onto the table and had he lay on her back while he ‘enjoyed’ his gift.

  To the pure delight of them both, Colton used his lips, hands, fingers, and tongue to pleasure Suzanna from head to toe. Soon, she was gasping for air and clutch
ing the table as she neared orgasm.

  “Don’t climax yet.” Colton said forcefully. “It’s not time yet!”

  “Yes, Sir,” Suzanna said, struggling not to orgasm. Colton grabbed two ice cubes and held them to her nipples, rubbing them over her areolas. The freezing pain shocked and thrilled her. She could feel an orgasm about to overtake her and she clutched at him, desperately. “Let me orgasm.”

  “Not yet,” Colton insisted. He grabbed her by the thighs and pulled her to the edge of the table, and entered her wet folds with his throbbing member. Slowly and powerfully, he thrust within her, until she was begging for the release of orgasm.

  Colton could feel her muscles rippling and knew that she could wait no longer. “Okay, now! Climax now!” he commanded, and began to thrust within her with all the passion he possessed.

  Suzanna let herself go, succumbing to the pleasures of their love making, and cried out as a powerful orgasm shook through her. As her climax was ebbing away, Colton stimulated her most sensitive folds with his fingers, bringing on a second orgasm and then a third, as he spilled his seed deep within her.

  When at last they were finished, Suzanna was breathless and weak from the physical toll of such intense orgasms in unending succession.

  Colton carried her lovingly to their bed, curled up beside her, and held her in his arms.

  “Happy honeymoon,” he murmured, then smiled and kissed her gently.

  “Happy honeymoon,” she echoed, grinning from ear to ear. She had never been so content in her entire life. She fell asleep blissfully in her husband’s arms, but her dreams were not peaceful. Her mind was troubled with nightmares. Something wasn’t right on the ranch. Danger was nearby, and she knew it.