Synopsis "Passionate Punishment: Six Romance Novelettes"
The Ladies of Heatherton Hall Joshua Fairchild is a struggling American student until he discovers he is heir to an estate on an obscure English island. Oakton Island is both remote and unusual. Old traditions hold sway there, and as Josh finds out, he has duties as the Earl of Carlisle that he would have never dreamed existed, including the discipline of his own household. Soon Josh and the estate's lovely Lady Gwynneth have eyes for each other, but when the task of administering discipline comes to include Lady Gwynneth, the pair of lovers have an agonizing decision to make. The Countess and the Magician It is the spring of 1944 and in occupied France the English agent, code name LaFleur, plots to extract information from the German high command, information that may be vital to the success of the invasion. In reality, Lafleur is the Countess Angelique Dubois, purveyor of entertainment of a carnal nature and madam to a high class clientele enamored of the disciplinary arts. But to carry off the mission, the Countess needs The Magician, a mysterious American agent and his assistant Caroline Grey, a pretty English data analyst who must act the parts of dominant and submissive. Retribution Brenda Starling, ace reporter for a Portland, Oregon newspaper, is on to a story, one that involves sinister abductions of young pretty females coupled with painful and humiliating judicial type punishments. Who is doing this and why? Brenda is determined to find out, heedless of the risk to her personal safety. This does not sit well with her photographer boyfriend who will not hesitate to discipline his headstrong girlfriend when the need arises. And as Brenda's investigation brings her closer to the truth, she discovers that the hunter may have become the hunted. Fall's Creek Women's Prison Connie Bright is a rookie police officer with a mission - to enter the notorious women's correctional facility at Fall's Creek undercover, as an inmate, and discover the criminal enterprise being run on the inside. But it is 1955 and corporal punishment for inmates is very much the norm at Falls Creek as Connie soon learns. As the true nature of the crime inside the walls becomes clearer, Connie is faced with a question--who is in on it, and worse, who can she trust to get her out? Tumalo Bend 1895 Hank Carson, a prosperous rancher has decided that at their age his nearly adult daughters need a tutor and governess. Enter Diana Fitzhugh, an English émigré with a desire to see the West. But she finds that as tutor to the Carson girls she has her hands full. A suffragette rally that becomes a riot lands her and the girls in trouble, and on top of that she finds herself falling for the tough old rancher. But can a lady used to the comforts of civilization be happy on a ranch in the rugged West? And what about Hank's notions of appropriate domestic discipline? For in the rugged high desert, what goes for the girls applies equally, if not more, to a wife. Lady Jayne The land of Thracia is under siege. Viking raiders have taken advantage of its weakness while its men are off to war. So in stark disobedience to her father's orders, Lady Jayne and her cousin, Lady Celia, decide to act as scouts to discover the threat posed by the raiders. They are ambushed, but a pair of knights intervenes, brothers, Garth and Rance Devane, on their way to see Jayne's father, Robert DeCorday, Baron of Thracia. The brothers have been sent by King Alfred to spy on the activities of the Vikings and report back. But in the meantime, it seems they must deal with two headstrong ladies who are not only in need of constant rescue, but require appropriate chastisement as well. Wills clash and sparks fly as the Devane brothers set about to tame both the Viking horde and the Thracian ladies.
