Saturday 11 July 2015

Saturday Spankings - 11 July - Painful Boundaries



I am completely new to all this. I warn you all, that I shall probably get my knickers in a twist and need several goes at it before developing a style I can live with. This means that a copious amount of Hendricks with ice and a slice of lime will be consumed, I will start to speak rubbish as a result, and the consequences will mean strategically placed cushions scattered around our house for yours truly to sit upon. That woman in the picture above who is plainly still wearing all her clothes, does not know she is born!

Beating the bounds is my first book - hopefully the first of many.


It centres around a couple called Ami and Daniel who incorporate their own form of domestic discipline into their marriage. They are invited, by the locals, to Beat the Bounds of their village. This ancient custom of defining the boundaries of a village, uses young boys, and nowadays girls too, who are usually paid with a coin, to be switched on their jean-clad behinds as each cornerstone is reached. Both stripped willow and birch woods were, and still are, the most favoured, due to their pliancy. In the past the switchings could be quite severe, but in this day and age a token swat is all they get.

I am informed that I am only allowed 8 sentences with which to capture your interest. This is so difficult. 

For today's snippet I have chosen the point at which Daniel decides that the ancient custom of Beating the Bounds has distinct possibilities: 

This situation had to be dealt with - somehow he had to set some limits. Ami was buying shoes and squirrelling them away like an alcoholic might hide whisky bottles. He had to ensure that she knew this kind of behaviour had to change. It was causing her to become selfish and deceitful, and that was unpleasant, hurtful and unacceptable.

About then an idea occurred to him, and he smiled grimly to himself. He knew they had never had much in the way of rules, but maybe now was the time to start enforcing one or two. He watched Ami pace the decking, and he moved towards the door.

"Ami" he said. "You and I are going to discuss boundaries."





Blurb:

Ami and Daniel are Empty Nesters who have moved to live in an old house in the depths of the English countryside. In order to save their flagging relationship and refresh their boring sex lives, Ami has decided she needs to change. She reinvents herself, much to the delight of her husband of over thirty years, proving that passion and variety are no longer the reserve of the young.

More significantly, on the day she types the word 'spanking' into her computer she realizes that a little domestic discipline may be just what they need in their marriage. Although initially somewhat nervous of what it might entail, Daniel takes to spanking Ami like a duck takes to water, surprising her with the ease in which he has settled into his role as head of household.

All goes well until Ami begins to meet some village locals, and lets herself get happily led astray. A simple custom is turned into a marathon spanking session, and Ami will never view the ritual of Beating the Bounds in the same light again.


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17 comments:

  1. You did it! So glad to see you here! I loved Beating the Bounds. I love the way the book explained the benefits of DD in a marriage. Looking forward to more from you!

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    1. Hi and thanks, PK!!!

      Golly this was scary! Maybe it won't be so difficult next time.

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  2. Excellent! What type of alcohol were you referring to drinking? It seems to have done the job! Although I haven't asked how many pillows are beneath your bum.
    The snippet is wonderful my dear!

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    1. Very large gin and tonics!! They did do the job, and I did need cushions!!! Everywhere!

      Thanks, honey!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  3. You have nailed it. Excellent! I loved reading your book.
    Meredith

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    1. Thanks, Mere. How I hate computer technology! I most certainly needed those gin and tonics!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  4. You made the hop. So good to see you here. I loved your snippet. I guess we're not talking cricket ground boundaries here ;-)

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    1. Hi Jaye!

      Yes, I finally managed to get sorted out. Nearly killed me off, though. And no, we are most certainly not talking cricket boundaries. LOL!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  5. Well done, Miss Sarah. Love your blurb as well as the excerpt. Setting boundaries is always a good idea, though I think Ami thought Daniel was speaking of rule-setting, not village boundaries. Oops!

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    1. LOL! Whew this has wiped me out. Needed those gin and tonics!

      Rules schumules! Ha!

      Thanks, Kathryn for all your help!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  6. Sounds like a great book!! congratulations!

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    1. Thanks, Renee. This feels really weird!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  7. Great snippet! I just added this book to my TBR list! ;-)

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    1. Oh thank you, Meredith! I do hope you will enjoy to read it. I am getting so behind in all my reading. That's the snag when you are busy writing an setting up complicated technology.....LOL!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  8. Congratulations on joining us, and welcome. A discussion on boundaries - sounds ominous

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    1. Hi Ashe! Thank you so very much. I couldn't have done it without Kathryn's help. Technology - yuck!

      Boundaries are very ominous things! LOL! You have NO idea!

      Hugs
      Sarah

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  9. Congratulations on your first book and first Saturday snippet Sarah! Wonderful excerpt :)

    Hugs
    Roz

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