“No, I still have to–”
“No, you don’t,” Pam interrupted from behind her, startling Tess. “I’ll finish closing up. You go have fun with Sean. Go on.” She shooed with her hands. “You deserve some time off. I’ll handle the shop for a couple of days. You just have a good time.”
With the two of them conspiring against her, Tess gave in, thoroughly enjoying being whisked away a night early.
Several hours later, exiting the limo, she found herself at Foxwoods. Sean had arranged everything perfectly, down to packing her clothes. The next evening, after one of the best steak dinners ever, she found herself on a cloud in the middle of a swanky restaurant, wearing an enormous diamond engagement ring, toasting the man she loved.
Who needed Valentine’s Day, anyway? She’d take the day after from now on.
The End.
Carolyn Faulkner
The words “spanking” and “discipline” have always sent a shiver up Carolyn Faulkner's spine. She knows she's not alone.
Writing started as a way to explore her feelings. Soon short stories flowed from her pen featuring reluctant heroes taking the leading lady in hand, but always for her own good.
Today Carolyn is the author of dozens of books. She writes from her home in Maine, where she lives with her husband and leading man.
You can read an interview with Carolyn here:
http://www.blushingbooks.com/blog/?p=175
Don’t miss these exciting titles by Carolyn Faulkner and Blushing Books!
Series books
The Alpha’s Woman Series
The Alpha’s Woman
Kosh’s Omega
Red’s Mate
An Omega’s Awakening
The Omega Within
Adored series
Adored, Book 1
Tessa’s Wedding, Book2
The Red Petticoat Saloon Series
Grading Garnet
Thornton Brothers Trilogy
AJ’s Hope
Beau’s Desire
Cade’s Wish
Thornton Brothers, Three-Book Set
Taken as His Trilogy
Prima
Tria
Priceless Love Series
Priceless, Book 1
Love’s Possession, Book 2
Dangerous Love, Book 3
Mistress Mommy Series
Alicia, Book One
Little Miss Series
His Little Miss
Little Francesca
Vlad, the Vampire Series
Tears of a Vampire
Vlad’s Story
Two-Book Set
Single Titles
The Eye of the Beholder
Undercover Sir
Transgressions
The Brothers Rule
Made to Order Bride
His Sugarbaby
Mr. Sunshine
No, Sir
His Runaway Bride
The Lark and the Bull
Her Gentle Giant
At His Hand
Doctor’s Orders
A Babygirl for Christmas
Her Handyman
The Hart of the Matter
At His Hand
King of Hearts
True Desires
Lord Belden’s Baggage
In His Care
Beauty of the Beast
Correct Me If I’m Wrong
Ready for Love
Make Me Yours
A Most Unsuitable Mate
Indiscreet
On the Razor’s Edge of Paradise
Only Her
The Power of Love
Forever in Love
Under the Cover of Love
Never Say Never
Man and Wife
The Sister and the Sinner
Amanda and the Stable Master
Lion
The Banished King
Northern Belle
The Cherished One
Forever Wife
Grace’s Demon
Beauty’s Beast
Captured by the Count
Male Order Bride
Sinful
Packed: The Enforcer
Submissive Love
A Heart Full of Heaven
Daddy’s Girl
To Love a Man
Etta’s Surrender
Her Secret Submission
Make Me
Let Me In
'Til Death Do Us Part
Promises Kept
The Obedient Wife
Old enough to Know Better
To Trust Her Heart
Naughty Girls: Brynn and Kim
After Hours: A Medical BDSM fantasy
Droit de Seigneur
Dutch and the Cowboy
Under the Lash
The Rogue and the Rose
Submissive Bride
The Unrequited Dom
Three’s Company
The Reluctant Bride
His
Embraced
Attentions Throbbing
Submissive Desires
Kept
A Hard Man is Good to Find
The Spoils of War
Gilded Cage
Second Chances
Patriot Bride
The Boss of Her
Forever and Always
Tribute
Caged
Jake Ryan’s Woman
Soulmates: Backside of Love
A Good Man
Depths of Desire
The Substitute Wife
Princess Slave
Against Her Will
Body and Soul
Two True Loves
Captured by Time (w/ Alta Hensley)
A New Forever (w/ Alta Hensley)
Under the Cover of Love
Her Guardian Don
Her Knight in Faded Denim
The Rod of Correction: Taken and Tamed
Taken by Force
Skye’s Submission
Sheik’s Desire
Reject Ranch
Nola
Generation Stables
The MacNaughton Bride
More Than a Man
Man of Her Dreams
Love Will Find a Way
Fools Rush In
Everything Gained
Blood From a Stone
Angel of Sudden Hill
All of Her
A Piece of Heaven
Grace’s Demon
Sold!
The Centurion
Cherished
The Little Miss
The Gentleman Dom
The Supplicant
Belonging
Hidden Desires
Her Bad Boy
All is Right with the World
The Error of Her Ways
Holiday Stories
A Holiday to Remember
Griff’s Christmas Angel
All Hallow’s Eve
A Season to Submit
Mr. Imperfect (Dominating His Valentine)
Anthologies
Blushing Cheeks Vol. 1
Love of a Cowboy, Vol. 1
The Dark Forest
Thornton Brothers: 3-Book Collection
Bound by Love: A Carolyn Faulkner Trilogy
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Audiobooks
Rod of Correction: Taken and Tamed
Sky’s Submission
Generation Stables
Spoils of War
www.carolynfaulkner.com
The Valentine’s Visitor
Emily Sharpe
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Carla
Carla Danvers was ready for work. Her pale gray hotel uniform was spotless and pressed as usual, but today she’d added a red porcelain heart pin in honor of Valentine’s weekend. She checked herself one more time in the standing mirror. Hands on her hips, she looked with a critical eye. Tanned skin paid homage to the hours she spent on the golf course. Her dirty blonde hair was cropped short in a pixie cut, as easy to care for as when she’d been a little girl. Now, however, her mop was streaked with gray.
As was her custom, Carla wore no makeup, what she laughingly called “oh naturale.” The only jewelry she tolerated was her watch, her wedding ring, and the little gold hoops her mother had given her when she married Doug. She was low-maintenance, her husband Doug said. Maybe things would be different between us if I was not quite so easy to live with. She sighed and spun on her heel, smoothly the fabric of her skirt over her bottom. Not bad for an old broad.
Carla had worked at the Royal Poinciana Hotel for years, working her way from housekeeping just out of high school, to desk clerk, and now to one of the managers. She loved the old hotel and took pride in the fact that she could play a role in preserving local history while she provided superior service to hundreds of hotel guests each year.
As she tidied up the bed she shared with her husband Doug, she considered the importance of discretion in the hotel business. Housekeepers can tell quite a bit about a couple’s relationship when they “do” a room during their stay, or after they leave. There are subtle clues, like where the pillows end up, the neatness of the sheets, the condom wrappers in the trash can. Hotel employees are trained to keep opinions and observations to themselves, of course, but housekeepers tend to develop keen detective skills along the way, if they’ve a mind
