Convinced Julianna Halstead is up to no good, disabled war hero, Viscount Stonehurst forces her home to her abusive brother.
He's not been home for ten years. Now his youthful ling with her flighty older sister colours his judgement of Julianna.
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Stonehurst remembered Julianna as a nervous child. She’d hidden or fled whenever he or her brother approached. The harder she’d tried to avoid them, the more they’d bullied her. God, he’d been an ass.
His mother’s premature death had devastated him. He’d adored everything about her, and he’d felt numb inside. He’d wanted everyone to hurt as much as him, which probably explained why he’d picked on the young Julianna.
Even when his mother had attended society functions, she’d made time for her much-loved son. When he’d seen her decked out in the legendary St. Keverne diamonds, he’d thought she shone like an angel.
Two years his senior, Kit always took the lead in their games. By the time he turned fourteen, Stonehurst had no truck with people who tormented little girls. He’d broken off the friendship and spent his days helping run the St. Keverne estate.
Back then, he’d had his own demons to deal with. His childhood behavior stuck in his craw.
How could he be so desperate that he spanked an unwilling partner? Julianna Halstead got under his skin and set his heart—and his libido—racing. But, damn it, he’d never let his dominance spill out of the bedroom before.
She’d stood up to him and challenged him. He admired her for that, but after the debacle with Susanna, she was forbidden fruit. Tasty and tempting, she warmed him deep inside.
Their kiss had been a momentary madness that left him burning with visceral hunger and need. Julianna tasted of honey and wild rosemary, his new favorite flavors. But what sort of woman sneaked out to meet her companions after dark?
No wonder she’d never wed. Or maybe her husband skirted the law and sent her out to do nefarious deeds. He hated that she could have been creeping about to meet another man. A lover perhaps? His heart pounded at the thought.
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When her brother tries to force her into a marriage with a detestable baron, Julianna Halstead flees the family estate she has helped manage since the death of her parents. But as she makes her escape late at night, Juliana’s carelessness nearly results in her being trampled by a galloping horse, and the steed’s handsome rider takes it upon himself to correct her right then and there.
Though having her bottom bared and soundly spanked on the side of the road leaves Juliana blushing crimson, the punishment arouses her intensely and her body’s helpless response cannot be hidden. To make matters worse, the gentleman over whose lap she was so firmly chastised turns out to be none other than Viscount Stonehurst, someone she has known since childhood.
When Stonehurst learns of Juliana’s predicament, he decides to make her his bride. She will be no ordinary wife, however. She will be something much more shameful. But even as she is leashed, collared, and put on display in a cage wearing only a tail, then brought out to be used in ways no proper lady should enjoy, will Juliana come to love her new life as the viscount’s pet?
Publisher’s Note: The Viscount’s Pet is a stand-alone novel which shares the Regency-era setting of Wickedly Used and His Innocent Bride. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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