My first book: Bracken Ridge
Blurb: When
Anna Fletcher comes home from University back to Bracken Ridge, the equine
centre where she grew up, she is stunned to find Jeremy McCrae working as the manager.
They were children together and she has had a crush on him forever. The years
she's been away, Jeremy has only gotten cuter.
Anna has plans for Bracken Ridge, but before she can implement them, she needs to prove herself. The biggest obstacle in her path is her nemesis, the stable hand who thinks Jeremy is mighty fine. Once Anna gets past her, Jeremy is standing in her way - he's now the boss, but she can't work for him. He's been her best mate forever, and to cede to his authority now is going against every grain of her nature. Being the daughter of the owner, Jeremy isn’t allowed to fire Anna, so when she gets rebellious and sassy he decides to spank her instead.
Can Jeremy tame Anna's rebellious spirit before it is too late?
Anna has plans for Bracken Ridge, but before she can implement them, she needs to prove herself. The biggest obstacle in her path is her nemesis, the stable hand who thinks Jeremy is mighty fine. Once Anna gets past her, Jeremy is standing in her way - he's now the boss, but she can't work for him. He's been her best mate forever, and to cede to his authority now is going against every grain of her nature. Being the daughter of the owner, Jeremy isn’t allowed to fire Anna, so when she gets rebellious and sassy he decides to spank her instead.
Can Jeremy tame Anna's rebellious spirit before it is too late?
Excerpt:
Jeremy gave
her a grin when she walked past him in the stables the next morning. Dawn had
barely broken, and the stables were a hive of activity. The three school-aged
stable hands were hard at work, tying up horses, leading others outside to the
day paddocks and mucking out stables.
Anna gave him the fingers. The stable hands sniggered. They liked Jeremy
for the most part, but they had each encountered his wrath at one time or
another. He was a fair man, but firm. And the young stable hands thought he
could be too bossy and had an occasional arrogant streak, so they loved it when
someone gave him his come-uppance.
“Back to work,” Jeremy snapped at
them. Then he looked directly at Anna
and pointed towards the direction of his office. “My office. Now.”
“Ooooh, now you’re in trouble!” one
of the stable hands murmured quietly, but Anna couldn’t tell which one it was.
Jeremy smiled, shaking his head. Then he followed Anna into his office and shut
the door. He indicated the chair on the side of the desk nearest the door, and
he walked around the desk and sat in his big swivel chair.
“Your father’s advice was to haul
you in here first thing this morning and give you a severe telling-off. I
wasn’t going to, but it appears that he knows what he’s talking about. “
“Go on then, I’ll sit here and ogle
you and listen. You’re sexy when you’re stern.” Anna leaned back casually in
the chair and smiled, and she saw Jeremy stifle a grin.
“Do you still want to work for me?”
Anna nodded. She did. Well actually,
she didn’t. She didn’t much enjoy working for Jeremy at all. She wanted to be
in charge. And she liked him much better when he wasn’t in charge. But right
now, her options were to work for him, or not. So she chose the former.
“Good. You’d better get it into your
mind to follow my orders then, and stop undermining me in front of the staff.
It’s hard enough to keep kids of that age in line, without you giving them a
bad example. Your father reckons I’m not
allowed to fire you. However, I have his full support in doing whatever I want
to gain your compliance, and he will not question my methods.”
“And what methods will they be?”
Anna asked sweetly, looking up at him flirtatiously. As her father had told her
the exact same thing last night she wasn’t surprised, although she was curious
as to how Jeremy thought he would force her to obey him.
“Spanking.” Jeremy replied, a
twinkle in his eye.
“Spanking? Are you serious?” It was
all Anna could do not to laugh.
“Ah-ha. Spanking. I take it you’re
familiar with the concept?” This time the smallest of smiles escaped Jeremy’s
lips even though he fought to stop it – he’d grown up with Anna. He knew for a
fact that she was very familiar with the concept of spankings.
“Crikey, that will just about be
worth being naughty for!” She skipped out of his office lightly, and as she
did, Jeremy reached out and slapped her butt.
“Ow you bastard! That hurt!” She shrieked at
him, clutching the seat of her jeans in mock agony.
Jeremy grabbed her arm and pulled
her in close to him so he could whisper in her ear. “That was just light. The
next one will really hurt. And if you swear again, you will find out just how
much it will hurt.” With a wicked grin and another hearty slap, he let her go.
She walked away quickly, rubbing the sting out of her bottom as she went.
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