For my second appearance on Scintillating Sunday, I have for you a rip-roarin’ historical western, complete with a hot, dominant hero, a
citified heroine who can throw sass (as well as other things) as well as any 1852
western gal, hot romance, hotter sex and a story line set on the exciting,
grueling and unfortunately for Mina, trouble fraught Oregon Trail.
Shall we get right to a snippet from The Trail Master’s Bride?
The setup:
Jealousy over the pretty new widow flourishes among the women
of the wagon train. They bring their
concerns to the Trail Master insisting that something be done about what they
feel are her inappropriate overtures toward their husbands. Weston sees it for what it is, petty
nonsense, but he can’t have this upheaval on his wagon train and proposes what
he feels is the only solution.
An
excerpt from The Trail Master’s Bride:
“You need a
strong man to safeguard you and I’m already filling those shoes. You also need
a solid future; I can provide that too. I won’t be too hard to look at for the
next thirty or forty years, will I?”
Mina felt the blood rush to her
face. Weston Carr was anything but hard to look at. Ruggedly handsome was more
like it. Tall, muscular, he was also very capable and confident, and made her feel
protected. He was also quite strong, thrilling her in the way he lifted her
like she was little more than a bag full of down. And he made the effort to see
that she was safe and secure, which was something else uncommon to her for
most, if not all, of her life. Moreover, he stirred something deep within her
that no man ever had before.
“I think
marrying me is the best of all three options.” His hand rose to her cheek,
holding her gently as his thumb arced out to lightly brush her lower lip. He
leaned down, and as he did, Mina closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of his
breath on her face. She anticipated his kiss, a sense of disappointment
sweeping over her when he stopped just shy of doing so. When he next spoke, she
could feel his words on her lips. “What do you say, darlin’? Wanna get
hitched?”
Her lashes
swept up and their eyes met. His lips had tilted up in a teasing grin and his
blue eyes sparkled with mischief, although she read concern for her in their
depths. He didn’t have to do this. Other men, uncaring, indifferent men like
her father and Elliott, would have packed her off at the first opportunity, no
questions asked, washing their hands of her. Not this man.
She cleared
her dry throat. “With such a gallant proposal, how could any girl say no?”
“Smart
girl.” He smiled, his long arms curving around her shoulders and pulling her in
for a hug before he got serious. “I’ll take care of you always, Mina, and try
to give you a happy life. You mind me, as well as you have these past few days,
and we’ll get along just fine.”
Mina
stiffened. How could she have forgotten he was so dictatorial, and worse, a
spanking kind of man? Sakes alive!
“Come on,”
he said, after he pressed a kiss to her forehead. “Let’s go find the preacher.”
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The
official blurb:
After being cast out of her childhood home by her horrid
stepmother and forced into a marriage by her uncaring father, Mina Hobart
reluctantly begins the journey west on the Oregon Trail, hating every minute of
each hot, dusty day. Then tragedy strikes and Mina is left a widow.
The west
is no place for a young, newly single woman, and the job of keeping Mina
safe—and keeping her in line—falls to Weston Carr, the rugged trail master.
Weston quickly proves more than ready to tame the feisty redhead’s careless
ways and sassy tongue, even if that means taking her over his knee for a good,
hard, bare-bottom spanking.
Unfortunately, even as Mina does her best to learn to cook
over a camp fire, make coffee properly, and do the laundry in a creek, jealousy
and gossip among the other wives quickly build into significant strife in the
wagon train. To quell the gathering storm, Weston is forced to take matters
into his own hands and make Mina his bride, whether she likes it or not.
Despite Weston’s rough ways and firm-handed discipline, Mina
soon finds pleasure in his arms far beyond anything she has experienced before.
But when a series of mishaps befalls the wagon train—incidents in which Mina is
the prime suspect—the new couple’s growing bond is badly strained. Can Mina
prove she is not at fault before things come to a head, and if she does, will
Weston be able to protect her from whichever of their traveling companions is
up to no good?
Publisher’s Note: The Trail Master’s Bride 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.
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