Continued from Wednesday….today’s clip, from Rocky Mountain Rose, involves a very feisty redhead and the love of her life (though she doesn’t know it yet). 

“No drawers? Bad Rose,” he said and applied the palm of his hand to her skin. The room filled with a loud smacking noise; Lyle didn’t hold back as he spanked her bare bottom. For a moment, Rose was still, feeling shock along with the stinging slaps. Then she came to her senses and fought harder.

“Scoundrel! Blackguard!”

“Insults will not save you, Rose.” Lyle’s hand punished her harder, laying strokes on top of already smarting skin.

“Stop,” she shrieked. “It hurts.”

“It should hurt. Maybe next time you’ll think before you fight the man who’s trying to help you.”

***

Ever since she was young, Rose longed for a handsome prince to come and rescue her from her life as a saloon girl. By the time Lyle Wilder shows up, Rose has grown into a breathtaking but jaded beauty who’s vowed never to fall in love. When an evil man sets his designs on Rose, it’s up to Lyle to rescue her. He saves her life, and carries her, kicking and screaming, to safety. Despite her fiery temper, he vows to protect her, even if it means disciplining her to keep her by his side and spanking her bottom when she breaks the rules he’s set to keep her alive.

Will Rose let her heart thaw enough to trust him? And can Lyle convince this wild rose that he’s the hero she’s been waiting for all along?

Set in the 1860s Wild West, the Rocky Mountain Bride Series follows the lives of mail order brides and the strong frontier men who take them in hand.