Kelly Dawson Author

  Now that Anna’s home, he intends for her to stay. As his. Anna Fletcher grew up at Bracken Ridge, the equestrian centre owned by her parents, and she knew one day it would become hers. Now she’s returned home from university and is ready to begin doing what she loves most — managing the care and training of the horses. Jeremy McCrae has been a part of Bracken Ridge forever, too. And while she was away, he’d been promoted to stable manager. He’s as sinfully sexy as she remembers, but she’s shocked to realise he’s now her boss. Anna hates him being in charge and challenges him at every turn, forcing Jeremy to resort to old fashioned methods to enforce his authority. When circumstances test their friendship and an accident forces them apart, can Jeremy figure out how to show Anna that she's his girl, or is their friendship going to be lost forever? A sweet, spicy friends to lovers contemporary romance set in New Zealand. Note: This book was originally published as Bracken Ri...

Chapter 1    “Shit! Get off me, you heffalump!” Anna grumbled as the big, bay gelding she was brushing shifted his feet and planted his heavy hoof directly on top of her booted foot. “Get off!” she ordered again, shoving the horse with her shoulder until he stepped sideways, freeing her trapped foot. “Damn boy, you weigh a ton,” she muttered, lifting her foot off the ground gingerly, wriggling her toes inside her boots to check that they all still worked. “Now that I’m back for good I’m going to have to get me some steel capped boots.”  Crack! She jumped a mile in the air as a riding crop connected with her butt. Clutching the seat of her jeans with both hands she spun around to face the culprit, and found herself staring into the eyes of none other than Jeremy McCrae.  “Language!” he admonished, a stupid grin on his face. In his right hand was the offending riding crop, and balanced on his left arm was a saddle, blanket and bridle.  “Jeremy!” Anna shrieked, f...

Thanks for joining me for this weeks  Saturday Spankings blog hop . This week, I've got some exciting news - this is my 2nd authorversary!!   Yes that's right - it's been my dream forever to be a published author and that dream came true 2 years ago this week when  Blushing Books  published my first spanky novel  Bracken Ridge! Buy it on Amazon       Buy it on Blushing Books       Buy it on Barnes & Noble J eremy narrowed his eyes at her then kicked the tack room door shut with a bang. Grabbing a stirrup leather off the wall, he pushed her forward over an empty saddle horse and held her down with one hand in the small of her back. Stunned, Anna lay there for a minute without resisting, and then she realised what was going on. She tried to stand up, but Jeremy held her down. “Stay still,” he ordered her sternly. Then he spanked her hard with the stirrup leather. Anna wriggled and kicked and Jeremy stop...

Welcome to my blog post for this week's #WipItUpWednesday where, once again, I'm sharing out of my first-ever spanky book Bracken Ridge which  Blushing Books  has included in the weekly "Flashback Sale" to help me celebrate my authorversary!    Excerpt:    Crack! “Six!” She didn’t know if she could take any more of these awful punishing strokes. Jeremy was swinging the belt brutally hard and it was only her sheer force of will that was keeping her in position – Jeremy’s hand on her back was just resting there lightly, perhaps for comfort, but it wasn’t holding her down.  He was leaving the staying in place for this punishment up to her. Only two more, she told herself, willing herself to get through it.             Crack! Anna moaned in pain, and it took a couple of seconds for her to catch her breath to count. “Seven,” she gasped.          ...

I know I'm breaking the rules here, and I'm sorry, but I just had to share my excitement with you all - next week it's my authorversary - it will be an entire year since Blushing Books made my dream come true and turned me into a published author! Although this is the  #WipItUpWednesday  blog hop, this post is neither a work-in-progress nor a new release but a celebration! And to help me celebrate, Blushing Books is including Bracken Ridge  in their flash-back sale next week so please keep an eye out and help me spread the word! Excerpt: Come on Star! Anna silently willed the horse. Too excited to even scream now, she jumped up and down on the spot, hands over her mouth, a bundle of jittery nerves.              Starlight started to fly. Encouraged by Josh, she started to really stretch out, her long strides literally eating up the ground beneath them as she raced for home.  Stretchin...

It's a while since I shared my first novel - a spanking romance set in an equestrian centre in New Zealand. So for today's Saturday Spankings  I decided to bring back Anna and Jeremy. In this scene, the horse Anna has been training is in her maiden race, with jockey Josh on board. “Go Star! Go!” she screamed from the sidelines, clutching at Jeremy’s hand, squeezing it with a superhuman strength that made him wince.  “Go!” she screamed again, wild with excitement as the horse continued to gain speed, overtaking horse after horse as they raced towards the final corner. The gap between Star and the leader was lessening at an incredible rate as the horse streaked down the track, every muscle in her body working hard to propel her onwards.             “Come on Josh, keep at it boy!” her father yelled, pumping his fist into the air.            ...

Welcome to my blog!   I'm participating in the  June Challenge Spanking A - Z   Being spanked in the stables has been a long-held fantasy of mine. Imagine it ... that unbeatable scent of horses, hay and hard feed; being bent over a hay bale or a saddle rack by a sexy, muscular cowboy, butt bared, for a spanking with a riding crop, stirrup leather, or piece of harness ... the opportunities are endless!    Just part of my collection of spunky cowboys  who can spank me in the stable any time! My sweet equestrian spanking romance  Bracken Ridge  features plenty of hot spanking action in the stables! Read on for one of my favourite scenes: Jeremy narrowed his eyes at her then kicked the tack room door shut with a bang. Grabbing a stirrup leather off the wall, he pushed her forward over an empty saddle horse and held her down with one hand in the small of her back. Stunned, Anna lay there for a minute without resisting, and th...

the names of my heroes. I'm cheating today, I'm doing a double blop-hop with the one post, I hope that's not breaking any rules :) Welcome to my blog for both  #WIPITUP Wednesday  and  #SpankA2Z  featuring J for James, Jeremy & Johnny! I like names that start with J. Don't ask me why, I don't know. But as well as having two sons both of whom start with J, my heroes all start with J too. Jeremy was the hero in Bracken Ridge  my debut novel.  J ames is the hero in my brand new release Rachel's Journey, and Johnny is the hero in my current WIP. And here is a snippet out of my new release:  This is just after the first time James spanked Rachel. As Rachel carried on with her day her thoughts kept returning to James and the spanking he’d given her. She was surprised he’d carried through with this threat – she really didn’t think he had it in him.   She’d been convinced that if he had decided to follow through and s...