“Because of the business Kerr sent me to take care of. A skirmish in a nearby village with broken windows, other property damage, and an errant blaster shot started a fire. When we arrived, several buildings were engulfed and the wind had picked up. It got out of control quickly. By the time we contained it and located the miscreants responsible—youngsters in need of firm discipline, believe me—it was near dawn. What you saw as drugged was me waking hard after about two hours of sleep.”
“You mean I didn’t?”
He shook his head. “I’ve long since finished the dregs of that bottle with no ill effects.”
“Maybe it was a dream.” Or perhaps her actions had changed destiny. Either way, she wasn’t a reprehensible person as well as a rapist. She breathed a huge sigh of relief. “At least that’s one sin I won’t carry to my grave.”
“There is another?”
“Ram!” She gaped at him. How could he not know? “I mounted you after you said no.”
“Sweet mate,” he murmured, running his nose alongside hers. “When I said no, I meant I didn’t want our first time and your breaching to occur with my hands bound, with me unable to touch you. Not that I didn’t want it at all.” He drew back again and caught her troubled gaze. “You may have noticed I like to be in control.”
She blinked at him, somehow keeping from snorting at the oversimplification of his statement.
He chuckled. “I’ll assume from your silence you have. If I hadn’t wanted you as badly as you did me, do you think I couldn’t have stopped you? My legs were free, a tactical error on your part, little rebel. You’re half my size, short of a knife to my balls, which believe me would have made the breaching impossible, no way could you have taken me against my will. Further, you had changed your mind. I took the choice away when I drove up inside you. If anyone is guilty, it’s me.”
“That’s insane. I wasn’t the one tied to the bed.”
“No, but I baited you. Surely you recognized my strategy. For two weeks, I’d been suffering, knowing how wet you got from my kisses and teasing touches, but stubbornly denying yourself, and me. When you climbed on top, and brought me within an inch of paradise, I wasn’t about to let you take it away.”
She averted her eyes, still unconvinced.
“I can’t believe you’re still hung up on this after all this time, and me having repeatedly given you my forgiveness. Is it so hard to believe I got off on it?” He moved suddenly, flipping her on her back, his knee parting her legs, at the same time he gripped her wrists in an iron hold as he pinned them above her head. Completely immobilized, with his hard body holding her down, her heart slammed against her chest. “Maybe I should prove how hot it is. Imagine being restrained right here on this bed, arms stretched taut, helpless to resist, while I caress whatever I like with my hands and my mouth, spreading wet kisses all over your delectable body. Then, when I have you wound as tight as a bow string and ready to fuck, I withdraw and leave you wanting. What would you do?”
“Kill you!” The images he painted so erotic, her nipples drew up tight, and her pussy grew wet from wanting him.
“It’s a heady feeling, Eryn, to wake and find my mate, the woman predestined to be mine, had bound me to my bed, so ready for me I could taste her desire.” His fingers flexed as he rocked his body, pressing the hard length of his shaft between her legs, letting it glide the length of her slit. “That’s why I fucked you hard, as hard as you rode me, until we both couldn’t think straight. The seduction, if you must call it something, was mutual. Are we finally clear on this, mate?”
She didn’t get to answer because his mouth came down hard and demanding, sending shivers of desire racing through her. Yet she couldn’t shake her long-held self-loathing and remorse.
“My regret about your breaching is not being able to touch you like I wanted. But having you above me, drenched and squeezing me tight as you rode me to climax, was a fantasy come to life.”
“Ram, you were furious.”
“I was angry at you for being hardheaded, infuriatingly so,” he insisted with resurging impatience. “And for denying we were mates, but most of all for leaving me. Not for the breaching. I’d have to be dead not to want you, Eryn.”
Holy crap, Lana had called it.
“You said maes eternium, the magic words,” she repeated in awe. “Despite your anger, you knew.”
“Yes, and do you know what it proves?”
“That we were meant to be?”
“Always, little rebel, but it also means in the future, you must listen to your mate because, like in this nearly catastrophic instance, he’s always right.”
Just as she’d always claimed, and just as exasperating. She made a face at the supreme arrogance of his remark.
“Eryn.”
She lifted her gaze to him, meeting gold, gleaming with intensity.
“You should also listen when he tells you to hush, so he can kiss you like he’s been trying to do for what seems like an eternity.”
Eryn couldn’t have said more if she’d wanted to. With his hand cupping her chin and holding her still, his mouth covered hers, his tongue delving inside to swirl, caress, and rob her of speech. Without hesitation, she gave herself up to his passion.
Moments later, Ram paused. “The day in the forest, when the Maker brought you to me—my mate, my love, my perfect match from clear across the universe who would be forever mine—that was the real magic, little rebel.”
Neither spoke further, no more words were necessary. As the air in the room filled with moans of pleasure, breathy sighs, and cries of fulfillment, they renewed the bond that would keep them forever together, as loving, devoted fated mates.
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The End
Other titles currently available from Maddie Taylor
The Barbarian’s Captive
(Primarian Mates, Book 1 of 4)
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Light years from home, plant biologist Lt. Eva La Croix and her all-female exploration team land on a planet they believe is a perfect substitute for the dying Earth. They are set upon by huge alien hunters and Eva is captured by the barbarian leader. Tossed over his shoulder, she is carried back to camp and claimed as his own.
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Despite her fear, she is captivated by the gorgeous, dominant male with his long gleaming black hair, smooth bronze skin, and glimmering golden eyes. Expecting her full compliance, he strips her and prepares her for an intimate and very thorough inspection. Horrified, Eva protests, but quickly learns defiance will be met with swift consequences, including a bare bottom spanking until he proves to her who is in command.
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Deemed compatible, she and her teammates are whisked away to the barbarians’ world where they are mated to these powerful men. While pampered and protected, the women are expected to submit to their male’s authority and bear their young. Will Eva learn to adapt to their unusual beliefs and old-fashioned ways? Can she sacrifice her independence and surrender to this dynamic, highly sexual alien male who has conquered her body, and perhaps her heart? Or when escape is imminent, will she flee with the others, never to see him again and feel the rampant desire that now surges through her blood for her compelling barbarian mate?
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Publisher’s note: The Barbarian’s Captive is a romantic novel containing sexual scenes, spanking, elements of BDSM, medical and anal play. If this subject matter is offensive, please do not buy this book.
His By Command
(Primarian Mates, Book 2)
Leading an all-female crew on a deep space expedition weighs heavily on Maggie Vohlmer's young shoulders. Their mission, find a habitable planet to replace the dying Earth. While a landing party comprised of her best and brightest scientists is exploring a promising new world, they are attacked. Maggie is left with an untenable decision, pursue a powerful enemy who has taken eight of her own, or leave them to their fate while protecting those still under her command.
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Unexpectedly, their ship is seized by the same enemy, aliens who are gorgeous, human-like men, except for their incredible height, long glossy dark hair, and extraordinary gold, teal, and violet eyes. Maggie and her crew are further shocked when they are whisked away to the aliens' world where the males make the rules and their women are expected to submit.
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As leader of the Primarian Space Fleet, Commander Roth is dedicated to protecting his people and planet from otherworldly threats. With so much at stake, he doesn't have the time for a mate. But fate has other plans for him, sending him the perfect match in the form of the curvy, blonde captain. Except Maggie refuses to surrender willingly, and Roth refuses to bend. Both struggle to deny the passionate chemistry that flares hotly between them.
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As the Odyssey's captain, Maggie will not give up the fight for their freedom, not while her mission to save the people of Earth is unfulfilled. Can these two dedicated and determined leaders find a way to coexist? And will Maggie, who tries her mate's patience at every turn, find a way to rescue both of their worlds, while learning to acquiesce to the dominance of her unexpected mate?
Marshal’s Law
(Jackson Brothers, Book 1 of 3)
When Janelle Prescott is thrown from her car as it careens off a slippery road, she expects to wake up in a hospital. Instead, to her utter disbelief, she wakes up in a jail cell which looks like something from an old western movie set. It is there, hurt and alone, with no idea what happened or how she will get back home, that Janelle first meets Aaron Jackson. As she regains her wits, however, Janelle realizes that something is terribly amiss, and her worst fears are confirmed when she learns that Aaron is the marshal of Cheyenne County, Wyoming…
and the year is 1878.
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When an injured, apparently addle-headed woman falls into his lap, Aaron takes it upon himself to keep her safe and nurse her back to health. Truth be told, he is instantly attracted to her despite her sharp tongue and her bizarre story—a story which he is quickly forced by the evidence to accept as genuine. After Aaron takes her under his wing and into his family’s home, the two clash frequently, but Aaron is more than ready to lay down the law… even if that means a good, hard, bare-bottom spanking for this feisty brat from another era.
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Having little choice, Janelle must learn how to live as a woman in the Old West, including submitting to the firm-handed marshal who, in spite of everything, seems to have laid claim to her heart.
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Publisher’s Note: Marshal’s Law is an erotic romance novel that contains sexual scenes and spankings, including domestic discipline in a historical setting. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
Captain My Captain
(Club Decadence Series, Book 1 of 7)
Special Forces Captain Tony Rossi is back from Afghanistan and ready to settle into civilian life. He has his business affairs in order and is now ready get on with the personal business of Megan Sinclair. Kept apart for 15 years by distance and circumstance, those barriers no longer exist and Tony is ready to claim his woman. Will she be willing to accept his belief in a traditional relationship where the man is the head of the household? What about his part-ownership in the local bondage club? He is determined to win her, no matter the obstacles that get in his way.
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Megan, for her part, has loved him since high school but believes he just thinks of her as a cute kid sister. When she realizes that Tony is interested, it’s a double-edged sword. As an independent businesswoman, can she conform to Tony’s old fashioned beliefs and demands and be spanked? Can she bring all her secret fantasies to life and submit?
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Finally, when they are both available to work on a relationship, life interferes. Megan accidentally becomes embroiled in the conspiracies of a local drug dealer with ties to a Mexican drug cartel. Tony must keep her safe at all costs, something that now she is not at all sure she wants. When fantasy meets reality, bottoms get sore, and suddenly that’s not quite so much fun. Or is it?
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This extra-long romantic story contains non-consensual and consensual domestic discipline and spanking, including mild BDSM elements. And don’t miss Book Two of the Club Decadence series, “You Said Forever” (AISN: B00D1Y90AS), now available!
Also by Maddie Taylor
Published by Breathless Romance
Primarian Mates Series
The Barbarian’s Captive
His by Command
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Published by Blushing Books
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Everything Christmas
(Also, included in The Naughty List Boxed Set)
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The Gift
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Hero to Obey
(USA Today Bestselling Anthology with Sierra Cartwright, Desiree Holt, Sue Lyndon, and more)
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The Juniper Bride
(Also, included in the Sons of Johnny Hastings Boxed Set)
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Surrender My Love
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Club Decadence Series
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Faithfully (Prequel)
Captain My Captain
You Said Forever
Little Light of Mine
Unbind My Heart
Second Time Lucky
What About Love
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Decadence LA Series
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Master My Love
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Decadence Nights Series
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Hooked
French Kiss
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The Red Petticoat Saloon Series
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Claiming Coral
Published by Stormy Night Publications
A Very Naughty Christmas
(with Dinah Mcleod, Meredith O’Reilly, Morganna Williams, and Sara Fields)
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Gideon’s Redemption
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Innocence Enslaved
(with Melody Parks)
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Lanie’s Lessons
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The Trail Master’s Bride
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The Jackson Brothers Series
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Marshal’s Law
Jackson’s Justice
Wild Wisteria
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Pleasure Bay Series
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Dimitri’s Desire
(with Melody Parks)
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Mastering Mariah
(with Morganna Williams)
Sweet Trilogy
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Sweet Salvation
Sweet Surrender
Sweet Submission
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Other Independent Publishers
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His Naughty Christmas Angel
(Also, part of the Put Your Ho Ho’s On Anthology)
About the Author
A USA Today and #1 international bestselling author, Maddie is a lifelong reader who became a romance junkie as a teen with her first romance novel, The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen Woodiwiss. From then on, she was hooked, and gobbled up everything she could get her hands on, whether contemporary, historical, paranormal, or sci-fi. If there was romance to be found between a strong alpha male, and a sassy, adventurous and oft-times defiant yet loving woman, Maddie was all over it. As an author, she stays true to those themes writing steamy erotic romance, with a side of kink, and adding elements of intrigue, danger, and suspense to her plots.
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Maddie started writing as a hobby. Her stories stayed private while she raised a family and worked full time as a registered nurse. It wasn’t until 2012 that she decided to take the plunge and submit her first book for publication: Captain My Captain. She went on to publish eleven novels the first year.
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She’s still juggling writing with her day job.
You’ll find her working at her laptop into the wee hours of the morning, or scribbling plot ideas into the notebook she always keeps handy, and working out the details of a scene while floating around in her pool with a lemon drop in hand. Don’t be surprised if you see her pulling over on the side of the road searching frantically for pen and paper to capture an idea for a scene that popped into her mind, because as Maddie says, her best ideas always come when her hands are full or if there isn’t a pen in a five-mile radius.
A note from Maddie Taylor…
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