Welcome to Saturday Spankings! I’m hoping that if you’ve read any of my Cassie books, that you’ll finish the series with Sunset on the River, just out this week. In most of my three series, you can read them in any order. But Sunset on the River probably shouldn’t be your first Cassie book. So, for today’s snippet I’m sticking with Secrets on the River.
You’ll remember Cassie and Sue were injured in a mugging and they’re healing under Lily’s watchful eye. But there are problems arising that even Lily can’t fix.
Tom woke to a low, frightened-sounding moan. He reached for Cassie, but she wasn’t close. He groped for the lamp. Cassie was near the edge of their large bed. “No, no!” she shouted. Then more quietly, “Hide me! Please, God, no!”
Tom was appalled by the absolute terror in her voice. He reached for her, afraid she would fall out of the bed. “No!” she nearly screamed as he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back to him.
“No!” she continued to cry loudly. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Don’t hurt me!”
“Cassie, Cassie! Wake up,” Tom was repeating. “Wake up, you’re safe. Cassie, open your eyes. It’s Tom. You’re safe, honey. Wake up.”
She was rigid in his arms for a moment, then jerked her head around. “Tom!” The relief in her voice was evident and then she burst into sobs and clung to him. Tom sat up against the headboard and pulled her onto his lap. Her body was covered in sweat and she was shaking with emotion, from fear or relief, Tom couldn’t tell.
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“What the hell did you dream last night?” Sue asked. “I woke up to you yelling, ‘No, no.’ I thought someone had broken in.”
Cassie looked up into her friends’ concerned faces. She really didn’t want to talk about the dream. But she’d learned from past nightmares that talking about it rather than bottling it up inside, could dispel some of the horror.
“It was pretty bad,” she admitted. Looking directly at Sue, she said, “I dreamed about… Satan himself.”
Sue looked startled and quickly put her cup down. Allie and Jenny simultaneously asked, “Satan?”
Cassie closed her eyes briefly and they could all see her hands were actually shaking.
“Her first husband,” Sue answered quietly.
Allie gasped and all their eyes widened. “I wish I knew what caused that. It’s not like I ever think of him. But last night was bad. He’d come home and was calling for me. Cassandra… he would do that often. I wanted to hide so badly, but it was always worse when I did. Sometimes I was so scared, I’d hide anyway. I think he liked those times. It just gave him more of a reason…”
Lily came over and hugged Cassie. “That man dead and gone!” she said firmly. “You with Mr. Tom now and you got all of us. You safe! Now you just ‘member that.”
“Do you think the mugging triggered anything?” Jenny asked.
“I guess it could have. But I don’t really think so,” Cassie answered.
“Maybe you saw someone who looked like him. Maybe when you were in the hospital or something,” Allie suggested.
“I guess anything’s possible. I just hope the dream was a one and done thing. I don’t think I could take seeing him again.”
“Maybe it’s your arm,” Sue offered. Cassie looked up at her. “If I remember correctly, he broke that arm, twice.”
Allie had heard about this before, but neither Lily nor Jenny had, and their shock and anger showed on their faces. “Good grief, he was a monster. Was he crazy?” Jenny asked.
“He might have been, honey,” Cassie answered. “All right, that’s enough. I talked about my dream and it’s over. I’m done with the subject.
These ten books introduce Cassie. She is my friend and has been since she wandered into my imagination fifty-four years ago. She is married to Tom, the man who loves her in a way that makes my heart nearly burst with happiness for the two of them. He loves her, guides her, protects her and when necessary, spanks the fool out of her. I’ve been told that their adventures are exciting, funny and realistic. Their love-life is passionate and fulfilling – but you’ll hear no graphic details, Cassie is a lady and giving too much detail would not be proper.
Cal’s Law series
Cal and Jenny are one of my younger couple. The spanking in their relationship began mere minutes after they met, and Cal hasn’t let up much since. There relationship has it’s struggles, but these two are meant to be together. They live in the same town as Cassie and Tom and there is a lot of interactions among the character of both series. Jenny is not as reluctant as Cassie to openly discuss her sex life, so you’ll find a little more spice in this series.
On the River series
In this, my latest series, everyone is around – all the characters I’ve grown to love over the years are living on the area of the river that they call The Landing. Their lives, their adventures, even their spankings sometimes intertwine. By this time in the series, I’m just typing as my characters tell me what’s happening. And I love it!
I’ll close today with a review on the latest book. This is one of the finest reviews I’ve ever had.
Starting with the first Cassie book until now, I have never been disappointed or failed to wait expectantly for the next one.
And, of course, the links -
Undercurrents on the River (book four)
Family on the River (book five)
Sunset on the River (book six)
