Saturday Spanking, Dec. 14

        Saturday again and I'm happy to be back on Saturday Spankings. I love reading your snippets and giving you peeks into Cassie's life.
        Cassie has finally talked Tom into letting her go on the girl’s trip with Sue, Annie and Beth. Cassie’s blogging friends have often talked about the joys of going to adult toy story. Despite the fact that she knows Tom is against it,  Cassie is planning on trying to talk the girls into a little ‘off limit’ shopping trip since there will be no menfolk around.
        As Tom prepares for a little pre-trip spanking reminder her of how to she should act on the trip, Cassie tries to assure him she knows how to behave.

        “Yes, Tom, I know, I know... no smoking, no drinking, no drugs, no cussing, no running with scissors, no drag racing, no trips to Mexico, no gambling, no skydiving, no snacks between meals. Don’t forget to floss, early to bed, early to rise…”
        That old devil laughed as he pulled me over his lap. “I hadn’t planned to be quite so inclusive, but now that you’ve brought them up, let’s go over each item you mentioned.”
        He spanked for quite a while, assuring himself I’d remember each thing I’d mentioned as well as throwing in a few more ideas of his own. The spanking, mixed with yelps of pain and laughter, my favorite type. But to hear his lecture, you would think my husband didn’t trust me to behave myself. I do wish to point out, however, that neither on my list nor his included mention of not visiting a good toy store.

Cassie's Space is out here now if you'd like to read more about Cassie and Tom. And you'll want to know how there love story starts before the next book comes out in February! 

Thank you all so much for making my very first experience at publishing such a wonderful, fun, exciting time.

Blurb: 

Meet Cassie, a former wild child, who meets her match, and creates the match of a lifetime. Cassie has survived emotionally distant parents and an abusive marriage. Widowed young, with plenty of money, she turns her energies to partying twenty-four/seven, until Tom spots her at a party. To nearly all who know her now, Cassie is a vivacious, sweet southern lady, who is the epitome of grace and proper behavior. Look a tiny bit closer and you’ll see Cassie has another side – the one whose language could make a sailor blush as she drinks him under the table. Thanks to her loving husband Tom, who never hesitates to put Cassie over his knee when she strays too far from his view of ladylike behavior, few people other than close old friends know this side of Cassie exists.

Cassie shares many stories of their early marriage, as she tried to adjust to Tom’s belief in the power of the hairbrush. Although Cassie agrees in theory that Tom is the head of their home, she spends much of her time doing exactly what she wants and hoping Tom won’t catch on. Over thirty years later, she still does what she wants and Tom still catches on.


Cassie still doesn’t always act like the perfect lady and doesn’t always manage to follow Tom’s rules. She sneaks off with friends to visit an ‘adult’ toy store and she has begun talking to ‘strangers’ online and blogging about the private life she and Tom share, knowing full well if Tom ever does find out she’ll be sitting sensitively for days to come.


Cassie wouldn’t change her life for anything. As she says, “There are two things I want everyone to take away from our stories. First there is nothing wrong with an old fashioned marriage where the husband guides and protects the wife. There is nothing wrong with him being in charge. There is nothing wrong with him giving the occasional spanking to make sure his wife is fully aware of who is in charge. And, there is certainly nothing wrong with the wife trying to get away with as much as possible.


Second, and most important, I hope our stories convey that love and passion are not the sole property of the young. Love and passion grows and changes with age. While aging may bring on challenges – the love and passion between two people only grows stronger.

Read on for more great snippets!

I'm at Donna's blog today, please come by

I am enjoying finally having Cassie’s Space published. I want to thank you all for helping me with your encouragement, especially on Saturday Spankings. I’m visiting over at Donna Steele’s Blog today.

Donna is a fantastic writer with only one flaw – she was born vanilla, we can’t blame her folks, it’s not her fault. But she is a good friend and when I came out to her as a spanko/writer she was supportive and amused. And has been as helpful as could be with all the questions I’ve had about publishing.

I enjoyed answering her questions and I hope you will come by to visit with us. Next Tuesday Donna will be releasing her newest book and she has agreed to come here so that we can all get to know her better.

I get to visit with Patty Devlin!

How could a day get any better? Cassie’s Space is released and I was invited to Patty Devlin’s for ‘Coffee, Tea and Me’. She’s a dear and she knows how much I wanted to talk about the book today. So go by and visit Patty and maybe then you’d want to do a bit of reading, I know a great book I can recommend!

Cassie's Space - Chapter one

It's a big week - Lazy Day is celebrating it's third birthday and Cassie's Space will be out Wednesday. I hope you have enjoyed the snippets I've shared on Saturday Spankings and today I wanted to share chapter one with you. 

Chapter One

     Have you ever wondered how others view you? I recently had the privilege of accidentally overhearing two ladies discuss me. While I realize most people frown upon eavesdropping, I couldn’t stop my ears from perking up and listening.
     “She’s such a lady. Wouldn’t you love to be like that someday, refined, gracious, and elegant? I think she could wear a potato sack and still look like a queen. I love to hear her laugh: You can tell she just enjoys herself wherever she is. She’s fun to be around.”
     “I think it’s Tom who keeps her so happy,” the other lady chimed in. “He’s pretty darned good looking for an older man. And they are so sweet together. He holds chairs for her, opens the car door even, they hold hands – I think they’re precious. I want to be her when I grow up – the perfect, southern lady.”
     As soon as I moved out of earshot I laughed. Never before had I heard such a mixture of tiny bits of truth with the most ridiculous misconceptions in the world. I knew the truth. For much of my life, I do not think people would have used the word “lady” as the first word to describe me. In fact, “lady” may have been way down the list. I might never have made it to that lovely description had I not met Tom Duff. Perhaps these women described the ‘lady’ always buried within me, but Tom gave me the space, protection, and courage to allow her to come to the surface. I owe Tom everything.

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     Please forgive me: I haven’t properly introduced myself. My parents christened me Cassandra Jacquelyn Wentworth. A bit pretentious, don’t you think? But my parents were pretentious people. I’m Cassie to those who love me and “Cassie Jane” when I displease Tom. I often think back to our beginning as a couple – so much has happened since then.
     I was twenty-nine when Tom came into my life. At that time I found myself often the fifth wheel when I partied with my best friends, Sue and Steve Moore, and Annie and Andy Holmes. Tom joined the firm where Steve and Andy worked. He had known both men for several years, but he had recently moved to our area.
     Tom came to a party thrown by their new firm and, as he tells it, he walked in to see a wondrous sight. He saw me dancing, and for a moment, he tells me, all else faded into the background. I suppose I did look pretty good back then. I was young and I had a curvy figure back then when women were supposed to have curves – I had countless hours and money to devote to my wardrobe, make-up, and hair. I liked to look good when I went out. But Tom claims my looks alone didn’t attract him.. He liked the whole package. He liked the way I danced, the way I smiled and the way I laughed. He tells me he might not have experienced love at first sight, but certainly infatuation. Now I’ll admit the first time I saw him, I felt lust at first sight, but Tom has higher moral fiber.
     Tom didn’t approach me at the party. He has always believed in studying a situation before plunging in. So he says he spent the whole party watching me from a distance. He stayed in the background and I never saw him. He noticed several things right away – I drank too much, I could be very forward, and I used unladylike language. After a time, he made his way over to Steve and Andy. Motioning toward me, he asked one question, “Who’s that?”
     Both men turned to look at the subject of Tom’s interest and burst out laughing. “That, my friend,” said Steve, “is Cassie, and she’s one of a kind, a very interesting woman. She’s a beautiful, rich widow. Wild as a hare and someone you definitely don’t want to get tangled up with. Men who get involved with Cassie say it’s like cozying up to a wood chipper – she grinds you up and spits you out.” Steve laughed again and shook his head. “Come with me,” he told Tom. “I know a beautiful woman who will suit your taste much more.”

     Tom frowned at him and looked back at me. Then he turned to Andy and waited.
     Andy laughed, too, but in a much nicer way. “Steve’s not wrong. She’s hard as nails if you cross her: She’s got a temper for sure. But Cassie has a sweet, gentle, loving side, too. I think the temper may just be a cover because she’s scared. I don’t know of what, exactly. We dated for a while and I think the world of her, but I swear dating her is like herding cats. I think she’s obstinate to the point of being self- destructive. I tried to get her to stop drinking one night and instead, she began doing shots. She’s like a kid who won’t turn down a dare. Another time, she and I had a minor disagreement. The next thing I knew, she’d picked up some guy on a motorcycle and taken off with him, her dress hiked up around her ass. Couldn’t find her for two days, then she called Sue to pick her up at the hospital. She had a dislocated shoulder. She never told any of us how it happened, not even Sue. She’s too wild to deal with, Tom. I think she’s determined to kill herself before she’s through.”
     Even today, I can just picture the look on Tom’s face at all the tales they told him. But I still wonder what went on in his mind. Why didn’t he run for the hills as fast as he could? Instead he wanted to know more. “You say she’s a widow? She’s young. What happened?”
     Steve turned serious for a moment. “Now her husband was a real prick, used to beat the shit out of her. When he died of a heart attack every last one of us wanted to throw a party to celebrate. Left Cassie a ton of money, though. I guess she can party for the rest of her life – however long that may be.”
     “How did she end up with him?” Tom wanted to know.
     Andy took up the story. “Her loving father picked that sorry asshole for her. The guy was in his forties and Cassie was barely twenty. Her old man wanted a merger with the guy’s company and I think he threw Cassie in to sweeten the pot. That sick old bastard knew the guy beat her and never said a word to him. Once she escaped her family and the abusive husband, I guess she decided she’d take care of herself. I just don’t know if she can keep it up.”
     “Quite a story,” Tom mused.
     “She’s quite a woman,” Andy agreed. “But honestly, Tom, she’s got more baggage than even you could help carry. She’s not for you. You’ll get hurt. And I don’t want to see that happen.” Andy and Steve wandered off, leaving Tom watching me and thinking of all they had said.
     Without even knowing it, I had made an impression on the man I would love for the rest of my life. 

Saturday Snippet

Welcome to the one of the best blog hop around. I’m very excited about Saturday Spankings today. This is the last Saturday before Cassie’s Space comes out. I’m hoping you have gotten to know Cassie and Tom enough to want to read more about them. If that’s true you can do so this Wednesday.

Today’s snippet takes place in the early years of Cassie and Tom’s marriage, the spanking this is leading up to is what Cassie has, over the years, called her most memorable spanking ever. Cassie realized she might have a slight problem with gambling, she even ask for Tom’s help to stop – unfortunately, stopping was hard and whenever Tom found she had slipped, the ivory brush came out in full force. She did try, but one particular night when they were on a cruise with friends the need to be in the casino overwhelmed her and she snuck out after Tom was asleep. She felt if she got back to the room by four, she just might pull it off. Unfortunately…

Just a bit after three a.m. I looked up to see the most terrifying sight I had seen in my life. Tom stood in the doorway, arms crossed, holding the ivory hairbrush. I was familiar with that clenching, tingling feeling I get when I know I’m going to get a spanking and there’s nothing I can do about it. Well, this was not that feeling. This felt like I had just grabbed a live wire. Every fiber of my being pulse with panic and my mind went black with dread. I knew that Tom meant to spank me right there in the casino in front of friends and strangers alike.

Cassie’s Space will be out December 11^th 
I hope you’ll want to read more.

Meet Cassie, a former wild child, who meets her match, and creates the match of a lifetime. Cassie has survived emotionally distant parents and an abusive marriage. Widowed young, with plenty of money, she turns her energies to partying twenty-four/seven, until Tom spots her at a party. To nearly all who know her now, Cassie is a vivacious, sweet southern lady, who is the epitome of grace and proper behavior. Look a tiny bit closer and you’ll see Cassie has another side – the one whose language could make a sailor blush as she drinks him under the table. Thanks to her loving husband Tom, who never hesitates to put Cassie over his knee when she strays too far from his view of ladylike behavior, few people other than close old friends know this side of Cassie exists.

Cassie shares many stories of their early marriage, as she tried to adjust to Tom’s belief in the power of the hairbrush. Although Cassie agrees in theory that Tom is the head of their home, she spends much of her time doing exactly what she wants and hoping Tom won’t catch on. Over thirty years later, she still does what she wants and Tom still catches on.

Cassie still doesn’t always act like the perfect lady and doesn’t always manage to follow Tom’s rules. She sneaks off with friends to visit an ‘adult’ toy store and she has begun talking to ‘strangers’ online and blogging about the private life she and Tom share, knowing full well if Tom ever does find out she’ll be sitting sensitively for days to come.

Cassie wouldn’t change her life for anything. As she says, “There are two things I want everyone to take away from our stories. First there is nothing wrong with an old fashioned marriage where the husband guides and protects the wife. There is nothing wrong with him being in charge. There is nothing wrong with him giving the occasional spanking to make sure his wife is fully aware of who is in charge. And, there is certainly nothing wrong with the wife trying to get away with as much as possible.

Second, and most important, I hope our stories convey that love and passion are not the sole property of the young. Love and passion grows and changes with age. While aging may bring on challenges – the love and passion between two people only grows stronger.

Here are more great snippets for your reading pleasure.