As the meal ended, Christian and Sage took the dishes from the children’s table into the kitchen. “Thanks Gram,” Sage said to Lily. “That was good.”
“It was!” Christian agreed. As these two loaded the plates into the dishwasher, they listened to the grownups talking about the trip and joined the conversation.
“Did it really have two swimming pools?” Sage asked.
“Yes, two big ones, and two hot tubs, too. They were all heated, but the outside pool was still too cold for me,” Annie told them.
Christian laughed at her. “You think the river’s too cold even in August. Are you going to ask someone to heat that for you too?”
“I might,” Annie told him, laughing.
“We looked online at picture of where you stayed,” Sage told them. “It looked really pretty.” She turned from the dishwasher and asked, “What does ‘clothing optional’ mean? It said it was a clothing optional resort.”
Dead silence met her inquiry. She looked questioningly at the grownups. Jenny jumped into the awkward silence. “Oh, you know. They didn’t care what you wore, fancy dresses or shorts and T- shirts. It was optional.”
Christian laughed. “I thought it sounded like they didn’t care if you wore clothes or not. Can we take the kids out now?”
“Yes, that’s fine,” Allie managed to get out. “Watch everyone close,” she instructed. As all the big kids headed out onto the lawn, the adults remained silent. Cassie had closed her eyes at Christian’s question and she still hadn’t opened them. With a small sigh, she ventured a look around. Drew and Jackson, Ryder and Sophie all looked amused. Ryan was sending Allie a questioning look and Lily stood with her mouth open, staring. Neither Steve nor Andy looked amused and Cassie couldn’t yet bring herself to look at Tom.
Her eyes came to rest on Allie who sighed and pointed out, “You were the one who wanted grandchildren.”
“I didn’t say they had to be intelligent, inquisitive and literate,” Cassie almost snapped.
“Cassie,” Tom said quietly, “were you nude in front of other guests at this resort, men and women?”
“At times,” she answered, equally quietly.
“And the rest of you?” he asked looking around the table.
Anger stirred in Cassie then. “That’s none of your business. What these other grown women did or didn’t do doesn’t concern you and you have no right to question them.”
“But what you do is my concern,” Tom said, looking Cassie directly in the eyes.
Cassie is busier than ever with her growing number of grandchildren. And she’s delighted to learn another is on the way, though the news comes from a very unexpected source. Spending time with the grands and working at the shelter home she created takes up much of her time. Even with all this, she manages to sneak in time for a girls’ trip. Both the location of the trip and a chance encounter with an old friend cause Tom’s spanking hand to itch.
When a severely beaten woman shows up at the Shelter, she inadvertently brings Cassie and Sue into a dangerous situation. Will Cassie be around to welcome this new grandchild?
Family on the River continues the heartwarming and often humorous story of Cassie’s life.
Cassie’s Space series
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)
