Diamond in the Rough: The Red Petticoat Saloon
Series
By Abbie Adams and Maggie Ryan
Blurb
Marshal Tripp Houston makes his own luck and doesn’t
believe in chance—until Lady Luck smiles up at him with her cat-like green
eyes. If it’s the last thing he does, Tripp is dead set on bringing down the
vile Shotgun Slick Gang. It’s been said that the outlaws have a woman traveling
with them. Tripp is almost certain that woman is Diamond, especially with her
sneaking around and asking lots of questions. But, if he’s wrong, and she is
the innocent she proclaims, then once every last slimy one of the gang are
swinging from a tree, he plans to hand in his tin star and settle down with the
little card-dealing gem who ran away with not only his horse, but his heart as
well. After all, he knows just how to tame a feisty gem.
Diamond won’t take no for an answer, especially when it comes to those bossy men of Culpepper Cove standing in the way of finding her sister Damaris—not even when it means she will end up with a hot, achy backside over the knee of one very stubborn lawman. The trail she’d been following for months led her to Culpepper Cove and The Red Petticoat Saloon where she entertains the men while dealing blackjack and sifting through their conversations for information that will help her find Damaris—but she doesn’t go upstairs. That is until the night she makes a silly bet, (it had worked for Jewel, hadn’t it?) and ends up falling for the man who tried her patience at every turn. Will the bet cost more than her virginity? She hadn’t wagered her heart, but she may very well have lost it to him already.
DISCLAIMER: This book contains the spanking of adult women and explicit sexual scenes including anal play. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase this book.
About The Red Petticoat series:
The Red Petticoat Saloon series is a collection of books written by #1 and USA Today bestselling authors. Each book tells the unique story of a different woman, 'a gem', who comes to the saloon to find a safe haven and discovers they become part of a family. Recurring characters appear in each book to allow readers a continuity as they learn about the women who have learned to bend but have not broken under the harshness that life has to offer. It is a series where strong, loving men find not only entertainment at the saloon but the special women who reside under its roof.
Diamond won’t take no for an answer, especially when it comes to those bossy men of Culpepper Cove standing in the way of finding her sister Damaris—not even when it means she will end up with a hot, achy backside over the knee of one very stubborn lawman. The trail she’d been following for months led her to Culpepper Cove and The Red Petticoat Saloon where she entertains the men while dealing blackjack and sifting through their conversations for information that will help her find Damaris—but she doesn’t go upstairs. That is until the night she makes a silly bet, (it had worked for Jewel, hadn’t it?) and ends up falling for the man who tried her patience at every turn. Will the bet cost more than her virginity? She hadn’t wagered her heart, but she may very well have lost it to him already.
DISCLAIMER: This book contains the spanking of adult women and explicit sexual scenes including anal play. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase this book.
About The Red Petticoat series:
The Red Petticoat Saloon series is a collection of books written by #1 and USA Today bestselling authors. Each book tells the unique story of a different woman, 'a gem', who comes to the saloon to find a safe haven and discovers they become part of a family. Recurring characters appear in each book to allow readers a continuity as they learn about the women who have learned to bend but have not broken under the harshness that life has to offer. It is a series where strong, loving men find not only entertainment at the saloon but the special women who reside under its roof.
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Dear Readers,
Wow! Hasn’t this been exciting? I don’t know about
you but I’ve always been a fan of old westerns and more than half in love with
dusty old cowboys—and the sterner, the better. John Wayne definitely fueled
many of my girlhood daydreams, alongside Sam Elliot and Clint Eastwood. Now, we
have Gabe, John, Jeb, Bo and the rest of those dominant men of Culpepper Cove.
I hope you’ll find Tripp and Diamond’s story to be fuel for some of your own
daydreams.
It didn’t take long for Diamond to start telling me
her story. When I heard about The Red Petticoat Saloon Series, I wasn’t sure
that I could participate, but Diamond is a woman who won’t be ignored. She
demanded her place in the series and she got it. Although, I have to say a big,
giant thank you to Maggie Ryan, my co-author.
Sometimes, no matter how vividly the characters talk
to you, life happens and you just don’t get a chance to tell their stories.
This was the case with my story, Diamond in the Rough. If, not for Maggie,
Tripp and Diamond would still be buried on my hard drive with a slew of other
unfinished works.
Thank you, Maggie. As always, you make me look
good—and I hope you already know I’d be lost without you. Thank you for helping
bring these amazing characters to life.
And to our readers, I hope you will fall in love
with Culpepper Cover and the Red Petticoat Saloon family.
Truly,
Abbie Adams
Excerpt
As soon as
Gabe was gone she let loose of the stranger. "Marshal is it? Why didn't
you tell me you were the law instead of scaring me half to death? What is your
game, Mister—what do you want with me?" Despite the anger she felt toward
the man, when she looked into his eyes again and he spoke, heat pooled low in
her tummy.
"No
game. Like I said, I just want to keep you out of the hands of some outlaw,
with vile intentions. But, honey, if you want to play games, I'd be delighted.
I'll even let you choose—but be warned, I never lose." He tugged on one of
her curls again.
She shoved
his hand away and then stepped aside when she realized she had the space to do so.
Before she stomped back into the saloon, she leveled on him. "Well, that
makes two of us, Marshal. But there are some things you should keep in mind.
First, here, the house takes all ties.
And second, the play doesn't happen until you take your seat at the
table; anything else is just talk. Many men can talk a good talk, but that's
it." She spun on her heel to leave him, but he caught her arm and turned
her back to face him.
"I'll
be seated at your table tomorrow night, ladybug, but I'll be interested to see
if you are able to do any sitting." He let her go with a cocky wink and a
husky chuckle.
Abbie
Adams
Abbie is a little girl at heart. She has always lived in a
make-believe world, unwilling to share her fantasies with anyone for fear they
would laugh at her, or worse, lock her up. She struggles with her desires to
have a daddy who will keep her in line and yet baby her constantly. She writes
to stay sane; this is her therapy.
Hiding her secret desires hasn't helped her, but sharing it
with you, those of you who might also enjoy the same yearnings, well, that
makes her happy. Come live inside Abbie's head if you dare.
Visit her blog here:
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Diamond
in the Rough (Written w/ Maggie
Ryan)
#1 International and USA Today bestselling author for
Blushing Books. I write both contemporary erotica and historical spanking
romances. I enjoy writing about characters that enjoy the provocative D/S
lifestyle of today’s times, as well as taking a step back into the past to
write stories that take place in the Victorian era with age-play as a theme.
I live in the great Lone Star
state with my wonderful husband. I have always loved reading. Growing up in a
family with four children, it was difficult finding a place to be alone. I was
probably one of the squeakiest clean girls on the planet as I would spend hours
in the tub so I could read without being bothered. It wasn’t long before I
began to make up my own endings to the books I was reading. From there, it just
seemed natural to begin writing my own stories.
I never try to restrict myself to
any one genre because there are just too many delicious possibilities out there
and inside my head. I admit to being somewhat of a romantic, though, as my
stories always must have a great deal of love, passion, corporal discipline
and, of course, great, mind-blowing sex. I want my readers to be able to see,
hear, feel and know the characters that I’m creating as well as I do when I
bring them to life and transfer their stories to paper. I want my women to be
strong of character but also strong enough to know that submission given in
love and trust to your partner does not make you weaker, it makes you far
stronger. I want my men to be sexy, strong, demanding alpha males who know how
to take what they want while acknowledging it is a gift they have been blessed
with by the women that have chosen to submit to them. I want there to be no
doubt that they truly would die for the other no matter how others might view
their relationship.
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