The talented Maggie Carpenter is on our guest couch today to share a tantalizing tidbit from her new Victorian Erotic Romance "Master Zane: The Rogue Aristocrat." It is Book 3 in the Alpha Male Masters series.
Excerpt:
“Zane, you can’t,” she protested. “You just can’t.”
“I
can and I will,” he said sharply, and grabbing her
wrist he pulled her to the closest chair, yanked her over his lap, and placed
his leg over the backs of her knees.
“NO!
Let me go, please, I beg you, let me go.”
“You are a willful irresponsible young
woman and this is long overdue.”
Smoothing his hand over her upturned
bottom he discovered she’d not
bothered with her petticoats; the thin silk dress and knickers underneath would
offer little protection.
“Prepare
yourself. This will hurt,” he warned, and immediately launched
into the discipline, rapidly moving his flattened palm from cheek to cheek.
“OW!
NO! STOP! NO! OW!” she wailed squirming frantically.
“Do
I have your attention?”
“Yes,
yes, yes,” she said breathlessly. “You
do, please, no more.”
“There
will most definitely be more,” he said sternly, landing several hard
slaps to underscore his decree, “but for the moment you will listen to
me. Understood?”
“Yes,
yes.”
“Yes,
sir!”
“Yes,
sir, I will listen, I swear.”
“What
were you doing out in the street?”
“I
was going to my friend’s place.”
“Your
friend? Who is this friend and why were you going there? Were you planning to
come back, or were you going to leave me to worry as you’ve left your family to worry?”
“I
was going to let her know I was safe then come back here right away. I was
going to tell you about it in the morning. I was, I promise I was.”
“I
cannot believe my ears. You decided to go out late at night by yourself, then
come back again? You foolish girl,” he scolded, abruptly delivering
several more swats. “You see what happened? No sooner were
you outside than you got in trouble. Had I not been in the drawing room I would
not have heard you scream.”
“OW,
OW.”
“You
will never again do something so reckless, do you hear me?”
“OW!
OUCH! YES, SIR!”
“You
should have told me about this friend of yours when I asked earlier,” he admonished, resting his hand on her hot backside and
giving it a squeeze. “Why didn’t you?”
“I,
uh…ouch!”
“You
what?”
“I’d rather not tell you.”
“You
most certainly will tell me,” he declared immediately sending his
hand back to work. “You’re going to tell me and it’s going to be the truth.”
“OWW,
yes, all right, I will, but can I catch my breath for a minute?” she panted. “I need to, uh, gather my thoughts.”
“NO!
You’ll tell me now!”
“All
right, I will. Just don’t spank me anymore.”
“That’s up to you. Start talking.”
“My
friend, her name is Anne, she would have insisted I leave here and stay with
her until things are sorted out and I don’t
want to do that. I want to stay here with you.”
Zane shook his head. Would the girl
never stop surprising him? Confessing that she wanted to stay with him had
taken courage.
“That
must have been difficult,” he murmured. “Thank
you for being brave and honest. You’re done
for now, but you’ll find yourself back here if you don’t behave. Is that clear?”
“Yes,
sir.”
“We
still have some matters to discuss but it’s
very late,” he said helping her up. “I’m tired and I’m sure you are too.”
“I
am, and my bottom is stinging like mad.”
“If
you do foolish things around me that’s what
will happen. Knowing that, do you still want to stay here?”
“Uh…can
I answer that later?”
“No,
you must answer me now.”
“You’re so hard.”
“I’m not hard, you’re just spoiled. Do you still want to
stay knowing you’ll be subject to my discipline?”
“Yes,” she mumbled staring at the floor.
“I’m delighted to hear it. We’ll talk in the morning, but before I
take you back to your room there’s
something you need to know.”
“Is
it serious?”
“Yes,
very, there was a notice in the paper about you.”
“WHAT?” she gasped, her head darting up.
“The
headline said, Lady Flora Braithwaite Missing, and I’d just started reading the report
when I heard your scream.”
“Oh,
my, goodness!”
“Exactly.
Even though it’s late I’m going to send my first footman to
your house with a note saying that you’re
safe, that you lost your memory from a fall, and will be in touch tomorrow
morning. I won’t use my embossed paper and they won’t know you’re here. I doubt it would help your
cause if they knew you were staying with a gentleman, especially not me.”
“Why
especially not you?”
“In
Paris I have a less than stellar reputation. If your parents make certain
inquiries they may hear things about me. You must not mention my name. I don’t mind but you might.”
“Is
this a case when a lie might be better served than the truth?” she asked softly, looking up at him with a twinkle in her
eye.
“Are
you being cheeky?”
“Sort
of, but not really.”
“You’ll simply say you don’t wish to talk about it. Or perhaps
your friend…what’s her name?”
“Anne.”
“Perhaps
your friend Anne will have a suggestion, but you mustn’t tell them you were staying with me.
Clear?”
“I
understand, but I’d like to know about this reputation
you speak of.”
“Doubtless
you will soon enough. Come to my office and write down your address. I assume
it’s not far.”
“Just
around the corner and down a couple of blocks.”
“Over
breakfast you’ll tell me the whole story.”
It had been a statement not a
request, and lowering her eyes she nodded her head.
“You
know you deserved that spanking, don’t you?”
“Um…I
suppose.”
“You
suppose? Going out by yourself so late at night and in the snow? I should spank
you for not realizing how totally irresponsible that was.”
“NO!” she exclaimed, “I do realize, I
do. Sorry.”
“You
just didn’t want to admit it?”
“I
didn’t, but I do now.”
“Bien.
Come along, you’ll give me that address and I’ll rouse my footman.”
Blurb:
MAYFAIR, LONDON 1890
How does a French Casanova fall under Cupid’s spell?
Zane De'Ville, a French aristocrat
and infamous womanizer, finds himself
taking care of a beautiful young lady who doesn’t remember anything, but after a short time he starts to
doubt the legitimacy of her amnesia.
It is imperative he finds out who she
is and where she lives. Staying alone in a
gentleman’s home
is questionable at best, and given his scandalous reputation, if the news got
out it could ruin her.
Flora is going to marry the man of
her choice! That’s what she’s told her father, but he insists she marry a German prince
fifteen years her senior. Totally frustrated she sneaks away to hide
with a close friend until he sees sense.
She believes she’s safe, but he suddenly bursts into
the house. Determined not to be found she runs
off a second time, but straight into a storm. As she dashes through the driving
rain she collides with a man and tumbles to the ground. Totally dazed she lifts
her head, and finds herself gazing into the warmest brown eyes she’s ever seen…then everything goes black.
Master Zane: The French Aristocrat introduces a memorable Victorian gentleman and willful
young noblewoman in this sizzling love story. How does a French Casanova
fall under Cupid’s
spell? Click the link and pick up your copy
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Maggie Carpenter won the Spanking
Romance Reviews Award for Best Victorian Romance in 2015 (His Willful Bride)
and 2016 (The Wanton Widow).
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