From Innocence to Experience: Guest Post by Abigail Armani

Check out a hot little excerpt from Abigail Armani's book, From Innocence to Experience. 

Hi Natasha, many thanks for having me here on your blog to talk about my new release, From Innocence to Experience – A BDSM Romance.

The title says it all, in that the storyline features Bella, a woman who embarks on an exciting new journey of discovery. Her marriage has failed and she finds herself with no job, no husband, and no money. Salvation arrives in the guise of the enigmatic James King. He happens to be rich … very rich … and when he offers her a job as housekeeper at High Moor, she jumps at the chance of a new start in life.

Bur there's a catch – oh yes! And as the story unravels we learn that James King has certain proclivities. He wants to train Bella as his new submissive and stipulates a mandatory session every Wednesday afternoon in which she will be fully obedient to his commands and receive his discipline. Having previously only fantasised about bondage and spanking, Bella is unsure and hesitant to begin with, but quickly craves more. And their relationship develops, she receives more – much more.

She learns that the basement is a fully equipped dungeon. I used to organise fetish parties – they were great fun! Some of the inspiration for the dungeon scenes owes a lot to the fantastic BDSM dungeon venue I hired. Sadly the venue is no more, but the memories live on!

Here is an extract at the point where Bella receives her first spanking:

"Ow! I don't like it!" Her hind throbbed and burned.

"Is that so?" He lifted her skirt and swatted her over her pink panties. "Pretty little things - but they're coming down." He yanked them down to her knees and continued with the task in hand. 

Bella stiffened in a moment of pure embarrassment. She had never been spanked before. Never. And on the bare bottom too - it was mortifying. Her face suffused with colour and she squealed as the spanks rained down. The unique sound of a hand striking bare flesh filled the room, punctuated by her yips and yelps. His large hands felt like iron as they pounded her buttocks, first one side, then the other, and then he would adapt his technique to swat both buttocks simultaneously with an upwards swing. Oh but she liked that. She actually liked it. Her bottom throbbed, his heavy hands were hurting her. But .. but ... she felt confused and elated. She closed her eyes and gave herself up to experiencing the sensations, grunting and whimpering and mewling as his palm cracked down on her reddening cheeks. 

"I think perhaps you're enjoying this rather too much. Stand up." He helped her to her feet. 

Slightly dazed, she stooped to pull up her panties which were lying in a pool round her ankles. "Did I give you permission to do that?" 

She looked at him, and shook her head. “No.”

“No what?”

“No Sir. Sorry Sir.”

"Take them off. Fold them and place them on the chair, along with your skirt.”

Her eyes widened. “My skirt too? But … but … I'll be naked from the waist down.”

“No you won't, because after you have removed your skirt you are going to remove your top clothes and your bra. I want you naked. And I demand your complete obedience.”

Red faced, she complied. Disobeying him never even crossed her mind. Off came the panties, and down came the skirt. Oh the humiliation of having him see her naked and vulnerable.

“You can leave the hold-up stockings on, and the shoes.” He sat back on the sofa, enjoying the view.

She gulped. In a way, that was worse than being totally bare. The deed done, and a neat pile of clothes folded on the chair, she stood with her back to him.

“Turn around to face me.”

Another gulp. Crimson-cheeked - top and bottom - she turned, her hands covering her pubic area.

* * * *

As time passes, James King introduces Bella to many deliciously decadent new experiences, and she embraces them wholeheartedly. As her feelings towards James deepen he becomes the centre of her world. One day he announces it is time for her to indulge in some public play, and she learns at last the true function of the basement at High Moor.

Here's a short extract as Bella is taken on a tour of the basement – which is a fully equipped dungeon:

“You don't mean people actually wear these things do you?” Bella picked up a nine-inch black strap on.

“They do. The submissive men love being on the receiving end. So do many women. Where are you off to?” he asked as Bella headed off to peer at something else that had caught her eye.

“Oh my GOD!” she exclaimed. She was looking at something resembling an exercise bike. But there was a difference. As part of the seat there protruded a big pink dildo. “That doesn't look very comfortable – or hygienic!”

He grinned at her expression. “Condoms are used, and the more intimate things used are always sterilised. “Want to try it?”

She shook her head. “Um, not right now,  if you don't mind.” She fought back a giggle.

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Thanks so much, Natasha. I hope your readers enjoy this post and find plenty to entertain and delight them if they buy the book.

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Think About Why You're Here: New Release Dangerous Defiance #satspanks

Hello all and welcome to Saturday Spankings! Today I'm featuring eight sentences from my newest release, Dangerous Defiance. In this scene, Jackson is about to punish Jess using his belt. They're outside and she's bent over the hood of his cruiser. 

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The metal hood of the car felt cool against her bare belly, her arms, and the side of her face. Jackson pushed her shirt up farther, exposing even more of her. He pressed on her low back, the action causing her hips to lift higher.

“Like that,” he said. “Ass up, like you did the last time. Legs wider.” He nudged her ankles apart with the tip of his shoe as he said it until her legs were as wide as her jeans would allow.

“Stay just like that and think about why you’re here bent over my car with your ass bared.”

* * * *

From the moment FBI agent Jessica Manning arrives in the small town of New Hope to investigate the tragic—and suspicious—deaths of two civilians and a fellow agent, she is annoyed by the interference of the local sheriff, Jackson Montgomery. She fumes when Jackson forbids her from continuing her investigation without his assistance, but since her mission is off-the-record and unapproved by the agency, she has no choice but to feign cooperation with the handsome lawman. 

To her surprise and horror, Jessica soon learns that Jackson isn’t asking for her obedience, he is demanding it, and when he catches her out looking for leads behind his back, he pulls her over his lap and spanks her bare bottom until she’s sobbing. Her promises to behave are soon forgotten, however, when a mysterious note promising new information appears under her hotel door. 

It is only when the Assistant Deputy Director of the FBI shows up in New Hope, cautioning Jessica to back off if she knows what’s good for her, that she fears she might be in over her head and asks Jackson for his help… even if his help results in a bright red, sore bottom. But can the strict sheriff and the feisty agent unravel this tangled web in time, or will they end up paying with their lives for exposing the truth? 

Publisher's Note: Dangerous Defiance is an erotic novel that includes spankings, graphic sexual scenes, anal play, exhibitionism, and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

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Spanking Round Table Discussion - Dynamic First Chapters, Opening Paragraphs and Narrative

Lucy Appleby is hosting today's Round Table discussion and this one is about Spanking romance and the importance of dynamic first chapters, opening paragraphs and narrative.

For my contribution, I've gone back and re-read some openings of books that have stayed with me long after reading. 

When I read any book - spanking or otherwise - if I'm not hooked within the first four, five pages (and that's long), I'm out. I always download samples before hitting the 'buy now' button but am more than willing to suspend my disbelief if the author can set the scene right and hook me immediately. 

Captive in the Dark by CJ Roberts I think this was an Amazon recommendation that I read two summers ago. I've read it five or six times by now. This one has a gorgeous cover, probably one of my all time favorites, and the premise is immediately intriguing. There were some editing issues in the book but easily forgivable as the story is just amazing. The book opens from Caleb's POV and within a few paragraphs, we realize he's sitting across the street in his car watching Livvie, the girl he is planning to kidnap and sell at the Flower Sale as a virgin sex slave. This book is done so well that I loved Caleb and wanted him to have Livvie right from the start. I mean, if you fall in love with the kidnapper as a reader then the author has done something right.

Judgment by Denise Hall is another one like that. As wrong as I knew it was, I wanted Thane to keep Mischief. I didn't want her to be rescued. It was written in such a way that even through Thane's cruelty, I wanted him to have her! 

Breeder by Cara Bristol has a great, simple opening that immediately, within the first paragraph, caught my attention. "If not for the sneeze, Dak would have exited the musty, dank corridor. When he squinted into the darkened cell, he spotted a female crouched on a straw mat in the corner..." a few sentences later, Dak asks, "what about her?"

OK, so I'm in. I can hear the sneeze and it's very cute for some reason, it opens immediately with something happening and instantly, I want to know about her too. Before Chapter One ends, Dak has already inspected Omra, spanked her and has bought her. "No one, and I mean no one, is to use her for his pleasure. She belongs to me now. Do you understand?" This closes the chapter and I've just hit the buy now button. 

The Dark Highlander by Karen Moning I've read most of Karen Marie Moning's books. First the romances then the Fever series which I would whole heartedly recommend to anyone. They are not spanking romances and aren't erotic but wow does it get hot in between those pages! This particular book opens with not one but two prologues. In the first one, Adam Black, who is "a man - of sorts"  is delivering news to his queen that the compact is broken. I have no idea what a compact is at this moment nor do I have any clue how to pronounce the queen's name, but I love anything having to do with the Fae and in this case, something big just obviously happened as the queen's words to Adam are "Summon the Council" in a voice that "dripped ice." This prologue is seven lines long and it's enough to have me wanting to know what is going on. 

I'll stop here as I keep getting caught up in the books and forgetting what I'm doing! I am not sure I've done much with the topic but point out some examples of books that hooked me right from the start. As far as the why, I think it varies. If I know an author, I'm willing to go a little longer if it doesn't grab me from the start, but if not, if you can get me to feel or to want to be there and even - maybe most importantly - if you can make me want to be the heroine, right from the first words, then you've sold me. 

There are several participants in today's hop so make sure you drop by and visit them all!

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A Naughty Historical Romance - Emmaline's Groom by Casey McKay

One of my favorite images is conjured up when I read the words "he rolled up his shirt sleeves." Is it just me or do all spankos have that? Well, Leo's rolling up his in the excerpt below from Casey McKay's new historical (spanking) romance, Emmaline's Groom. I've read it  and loved it. Casey is one of my favorite writers blending a solid story with humor, hot sex and hotter spankings. Here she is...

Thanks so much for having me over to visit, Natasha! I am so excited to share an excerpt with you today. In this section, Emma is waking up the morning after having a little too much to drink. The spectacle she made of herself has changed her and Leo's life forever. But I think he might have it handled.

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“Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

She was embarrassed by her behavior, her father must have been mortified. What had Wesley given her to drink? She vaguely remembered Lord Whitlock hurrying from the dining room, she was fairly certain she had expressed just what she thought of him. She was having a hard time figuring out where Leo fit into all of this. Why he was here now and alone with her in her bedchamber? If only the room would stop spinning.

“It is hot in here,” she croaked. Her throat was dry and her voice cracked. He thrust the cup back into her hand and she greedily drank it down.

He rose from the bed and drew her drapes closed, causing her to sigh in relief.

“That is all you have to say?” He glowered at her from across the room.

She felt very small, lying in her bed clothes as he stood fully dressed. Though, she noticed, he did look quite rumpled and disheveled. She could see now that he looked tired and his hair stuck out on one side as if he had been running his hand through it in frustration. Much like he did now.

She gave him a small shrug. “I do not really know what happened, how can I comment on it?” It was a small lie, but not entirely untrue. She had an inkling of what had happened, but was fuzzy on the details.

Leo's eyes flashed with anger, “How dare you lie?” He crossed back to her bedside and stood glaring down at her. “Your behavior was reckless, you embarrassed your family, and you drove a guest in your home into retreat. The guilty look on your face alone tells me you are more than aware of these transgressions.”

Emma's defenses rose and she pushed herself up so she was sitting up against the headboard. She closed her eyes to steel herself as the room spun again from her sudden movements.

“It was not my fault.” Her voice sounded small and meek even to her own ears. She looked up at Leo scowling down at her. Gone was her carefree friend. He looked angry, annoyed, and hurt. Had she done that?

“We can discuss that later. I will not tolerate lying.” He rolled up his shirt sleeves and a lump formed in Emma's throat. “You should be mindful to remember that in the future.”

She was about to question him about his last statement, but his hands were on her and he was pushing her back down on the bed. He pulled the rest of the covers away and rolled her to her stomach. She looked at him questioningly over her shoulder. When he started to raise up her nightgown she began to squirm away. His hands clamped around her waist and stilled her.

“Look at me,” he commanded.

She reluctantly raised her head to look in his direction.

“Be still and take your punishment. You will not lie to me, or you will pay the consequences.” He slid his hands from her waist, trailing them down her hips and legs. She shivered under his touch.

* * * *

Emmaline Lawford, the youngest daughter of an English Marquess, is intended to marry. Though to whom might be up for debate. Her older brother, Samuel, has his sights set on marrying her off to a Duke. Emmaline finally accepts her fate, until a breach in etiquette finds her back in the arms of the man she truly loves.

Leo Colston is stunned when Emmaline is thrust back into his life. He had resigned himself to the fact that he would never marry the woman he loved. Now they are taking hasty wedding vows and being urged to move to America, where they can leave the talk of scandal behind them. 

Emma and Leo realize settling into marriage is not going to be as smooth sailing as they thought. As they try to work out their differences and get used to living in close quarters Emmaline finds herself in trouble with her new husband on more than one occasion. Leo's favorite way to end an argument is to take his lady over his knee and spank her bare bottom until she submits. Emma thinks he should just give in to her womanly charms. Who will win this battle of wills?

Emmaline's Groom is a stand alone book, but is also the first book in The Ravenswood Manor series.

This book includes spankings, graphic sex, and anal play, and more. If any of this subject matter offends you, please do not purchase this book.

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Anal Sex: Is It Ever Too Much? #dungeoncrawl

Welcome back to Romancing the Kink's Dungeon Crawl, a weekly blog hop.

I was asking my friend Megan Michaels while writing Dangerous Defiance about anal sex and, in particular, if I used it too much in my books. 

Wait, should I have warned you on the anal sex talk? Is it early in the day yet? Apologies... 

Anyhow, I always have a lot of anal play and anal punishment in my books and I guess I was wondering if I needed to tone it down. Well, she was very sweet. I didn't know her so well at the moment as I do now but she said to me 'well Natasha, we expect anal from you.' 

I'll be honest, that took me back. It made me think. Is it true? When people pick up one of my books, do they expect anal? I always think I'm giving the gift of anal in my books but is it not received so by the readers? I don't know. But I still like anal so I'm sharing a short piece with you with - you guessed it - anal. 

This scene begins with Jess over Jackson's knee at the end of a spanking. It was a mix of fun and punishment but more fun...

* * * *

“You know what I like?” Jackson asked, his voice hoarse.

She turned to look over her shoulder at him.

“I like watching you stand in the corner with your nose touching the wall and your spanked bottom on display.”

He smiled, or more like grinned, dragging his wet fingers up between the folds of her sex and over her bottom hole. “Up,” he said.

Jess groaned and began to move but rather than rising, she slid to her knees between his legs. 

“Jackson,” she began, her hands on his belt, undoing the buckle. “Isn’t there something...” she continued, pulling the belt open and unbuttoning his pants. “I could do instead of standing in the corner? Something more...” She cast her eyes downward and freed his cock. “More satisfying for both of us?”

She didn’t wait for a reply. Instead, she closed her mouth over it and began to suck. He shifted his weight, sliding his pants down his thighs, giving her access to more of him. With one hand she stroked him while her mouth traveled the length of him. But in no time at all, he stood, pulling her head back, teasing her with his cock so close but just out of reach.

“You know what would satisfy me?” he asked.

He had a look in his eyes that told her what he was going to say might not be as satisfying to her.

“You, bent over the desk, that little ass of yours spread open for me to fuck,” he said. 

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Spanked over the Hood of the Sheriff's Cruiser

My latest release, Dangerous Defiance, is an action packed suspense where the heroine, an FBI agent, finds herself taken in hand by the local Sheriff. When I think of a sheriff, I immediately have this vision of being bent over the hood of a cruiser, pants and panties down and...well, you can fill in the rest. In this scene, Jess's experience won't be an erotic one. This one is a punishment spanking and she will have her first taste of the Sheriff's belt...

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“Jackson, I’m sorry. I just really want you to know how sorry I am.”

“That’s good to know, Jess, because you do realize you could have been killed tonight, right?”

She nodded, tears filling her eyes.

“Good,” he said, taking her by the arm and walking her toward his cruiser which was parked just in front of the truck. “That’ll make this that much more meaningful. Take your jeans and underwear down and bend over the hood of the car.”

She shook her head. “You don’t have to do that. I know. I understand my mistake, Jackson. I really do.”

The sound of his belt being unbuckled caught her attention and her gaze shifted to watch his hands work it free of his pants. Jackson kept his eyes on her as he drew it out, the sound of the thick leather sliding through the loops the only one in the otherwise quiet night. He doubled it over in his hand, keeping the buckle in his palm, and held it at his side. She swallowed and looked up at him.

“Oh, I think I do, Jess. Bare your ass and bend over the hood of the car, arms wide. Tonight you’re just going to take it. I’m not going to hold you down and I’m not going to warm you up…”

“Warm me up?” she asked, her attitude defiant again. “So you’ve been taking it easy on me?”

He took a step toward her, “If I have to cuff you, you’ll get double what I’m planning.”

“Double?”

“How many do you want? Sixty or a hundred and twenty?” he asked.

“A hundred and twenty?” Her shoulders slumped a little and she looked again at the belt. “Jackson, I…”

“So a hundred and twenty then?” he said, taking her by the arm.

“No, no, no! Wait. Ok, just a minute. Just give me a minute.” Her hands went to unbutton her jeans. 

“What if you just used your hand?” she suggested, her tone pleading as she unzipped her pants and gripped the waistband of the jeans. “Please, Jackson.”

“If I were you, I’d just want to get this done,” he said, nodding toward the car once more.

“What if someone hears?” she asked, taking her jeans to her knees.

Jackson found it interesting how she processed, how she resolved herself to punishment. Too bad she couldn’t resolve herself to just listening to reason. She had been completely reckless tonight.

“Guess you should have thought of that before you decided to try and get yourself killed.”

She flinched at his words and turned to face the car. She bent over slowly, extending her arms to the sides like he’d said.

“I said panties down. I want your ass bare.”

Without a sound, she reached back to take them down to just beneath her hips. He reached for them and roughly pushed them to her knees. After a moment, she set her arms out to grip the sides of the car.

* * * *

From the moment FBI agent Jessica Manning arrives in the small town of New Hope to investigate the tragic—and suspicious—deaths of two civilians and a fellow agent, she is annoyed by the interference of the local sheriff, Jackson Montgomery. She fumes when Jackson forbids her from continuing her investigation without his assistance, but since her mission is off-the-record and unapproved by the agency, she has no choice but to feign cooperation with the handsome lawman. 

To her surprise and horror, Jessica soon learns that Jackson isn’t asking for her obedience, he is demanding it, and when he catches her out looking for leads behind his back, he pulls her over his lap and spanks her bare bottom until she’s sobbing. Her promises to behave are soon forgotten, however, when a mysterious note promising new information appears under her hotel door. 

It is only when the Assistant Deputy Director of the FBI shows up in New Hope, cautioning Jessica to back off if she knows what’s good for her, that she fears she might be in over her head and asks Jackson for his help… even if his help results in a bright red, sore bottom. But can the strict sheriff and the feisty agent unravel this tangled web in time, or will they end up paying with their lives for exposing the truth? 

Publisher's Note: Dangerous Defiance is an erotic novel that includes spankings, graphic sexual scenes, anal play, exhibitionism, and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

 Amazon UK, All Romance Ebooks, B&N, Blushing Books

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