The Submissive Suffragette (Lone Star Love Book 1)
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At Nalin's request, Carter built a swing out of red cedar and hung it from the apple tree. Nalin often swung in it with Paddy in her arms. Her face shone with contentedness. She felt her son in her arms and her daughter's spirit in the wind.
Lying in bed one night, Nalin sidled up to Carter and wrapped an arm around his chest. "Ohpitsa, I want to tell you something."
"Go on, sweet girl."
"I have everything in life I've ever wanted and more. I have purpose. I have a man who loves me and a son whose existence is evidence of our love. I feel at perfect harmony with this earth. I could die tomorrow in peace, having already been given so much happiness in this life, knowing I would see my daughter in the next."
He would never forget those words. "Your happiness makes me happy, Nalin, love."
"I'm lucky to have you as my husband, Carter. Your love for me is so strong. It has seen me through my darkest days."
Carter chuckled. "I admit I love you just a little, my submissive suffragette. Glad you've finally realized it."
Nalin grinned. "'Submissive suffragette.' I like that."
Paddy’s fussing interrupted them. As Nalin left the bed, Carter closed his eyes. He heard the whine of the chair where Nalin rocked the baby and their son’s cries fade into suckling as he nursed from her breast. Nalin hummed a lullaby, which lulled Carter to sleep. He had a series of dreams, and in them he dreamed of his family.
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His subconscious imagined what Promise would have looked like in a few years if she’d lived. She had his dimpled smile and her mother’s sparkling eyes. She laughed and chased Paddy around the apple tree, while Nalin sat in the grass nearby, writing a speech to be delivered at the next suffrage event.
In another dream, Nalin held Promise in her lap, and he held Paddy in his own. His son’s chubby arms reached around his neck and his hands clasped together, linking him to Carter in an infinite circle. Nalin and Promise waved at them, and Carter and Paddy waved back. Standing, Nalin took their daughter’s hand in hers. She smiled and blew Carter a kiss before retreating with Promise to the other side of the tree—out of his view, but still a part of his dreams.
A message from Amelia Smarts:
I’m excited to announce the release of my latest book, The Submissive Suffragette. To celebrate that, my entire Lone Star Love series with Blushing Books is on sale now. All three books are priced at $2.99 this weekend only, so grab your copies fast! I had a lot of fun writing these westerns. Two of my favorite TV shows growing up were Bonanza and The Rifleman. I often imagined what life would be like living in the Old West among tough, brave cowboys inclined to topple misbehaving women over their laps. These musings led me to write my western romances, where I inserted spanking into the stories as often as I pleased—much more often than I could ever see on television!
While writing The Unbraiding of Anna Brown, about lonely widower Carter and sweet, plainspoken Anna who lights his way out of a dark depression, I came to understand the woman Carter was mourning. Carter’s first wife, Nalin, was sharp, feisty, and different from Anna in just about every way. I felt that Nalin and Carter deserved their own story, which led me to write The Submissive Suffragette, Book One in the series. Missy Meets the Marshal (Book Three) is as much an action and adventure story as it is a spanking romance. In it you’ll find villains, bounty hunters, murder, and a conscientious lawman who makes a life-altering choice to follow his heart instead of the law.
Thanks for your interest in the Lone Star Love series. I hope you enjoy reading these books as much as I enjoyed writing them!
Amelia Smarts
Amelia Smarts
I’m an avid reader and writer of spanking romance novels, usually involving a cowboy, always involving a firm hand and a scorched ass. If you were to peek inside my Kindle, you’d find plenty of spanking romances as well as books by John Steinbeck, Margaret Atwood, Gillian Flynn, and other authors from disparate genres. What all of my favorite stories share are complex characters who draw me into their struggles and successes. I’m drawn to reality TV for the same reason. I also enjoy horseback riding, short hikes, and long lectures. I live on the west coast of the U.S. with my musician husband, a sulcata tortoise, and two antisocial rabbits.
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The Unbraiding of Anna Brown: Lone Star Love Book 2
Missy Meets the Marshal: Lone Star Love Book 3
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