Welcome to the Wicked After Dark Halloween Bloghop!

We’re supposed to give away something wicked for this blog hop, and I’d have to say a Dom who uses a stainless steel cane exclusively for punishment would qualify.

Don’t get me wrong, Ethan has a sweet side, and he’s the ultimate Caretaker Dom — but when he’s in a scene he doesn’t mess around with punishments. Some submissives might be relieved to be let out of a punishment, but the type of woman Ethan prefers would be disappointed if he skimped on a punishment, so it all works out.

Here’s a very short blurb of Sam’s first punishment from Ethan. It’s also their first scene together, and she’s on a verbal restriction allowing her to make all the noise she wants as long as there are no words. She messes up and says something mid-orgasm, and has a stroke of the stainless cane coming:

He raised his eyebrows and relaxed them. “You didn’t know you talked? Well, seeing as how it was a rather intense orgasm, I’m inclined to just call it one stroke. You need to know I’m serious about punishments, but you also need to know I can be flexible if the situation warrants it. So, one stroke it is. No need to signal red when I’m done, I’ll be stopping at one whether you flash red or not. It’s going to be more than you think you can take. Punishments are like that, yes? You’d be disappointed if it weren’t.”

Sam wasn’t sure how she felt about the no-talking thing. The loss of words was much bigger than she thought it’d be when she agreed.

Ethan stood and took his shirt off, folding it and placing it beside her clothes before retrieving the black PVC pipe. He pulled the cane from the black pipe and walked behind her without fanfare.

The mirror allowed her to see him raise the stainless cane — such a beautiful instrument, reflected in the mirror like a wand of light emanating from his fist instead of a solid piece of steel. She could tell he wasn’t using a lot of strength as it descended towards her ass, which was why she was so shocked at the level of pain hitting her brain when the signal finally managed to get there. If she’d sounded like a wounded animal before, it’d been an injured rabbit. She sounded like a bear now, a grizzly bear with a fatal wound, and she couldn’t stop the noises coming out of her mouth. She desperately wanted him to rub her ass, but was terrified it would only hurt worse. When she next opened her eyes he was squatting in front of her, so their faces were on the same level.

“You won’t speak another intelligible word, will you?”

She shook her head no, quickly. Too fast, it almost made her dizzy.

“Punishments from me are generally quick and to the point. It’s over now, we’re good. You have four more strokes of the flogger coming to you. You’ll get them all at once. Nod that you understand.”

She shook her head no; she couldn’t take four strikes of anything right now, her ass fucking hurt.

His smile was gentle as he caressed her cheek and said, “Good girl. Honesty is good. I’ll rub your back for a minute while you deal with the pain. I’m happy you told me you weren’t ready, I need to trust you’ll let me know these things. Do you know why I’m not rubbing your ass? No words, yes or no with your head.”

She knew. He wasn’t going to give her relief from punishment. And she respected him for it, too. She nodded and he smiled before standing and rubbing her back — soothing her, calming her down. He comforted her for several long moments before returning to her ear with his mouth. “Four more, two at a time, use your hands to signal if it’s too much.”

I’ll give away one ebook copy of Safeword: Matte on Thursday, November 1st. There are three ways to enter. Do all three and you’ll be entered three times, or do one and you’re entered once:

1. Follow me on Facebook and let me know about it (email, comment, or FB message)
2. Follow me on Twitter and let me know about it (email, comment, or Twitter me)
3. Comment below.

If you’re already following me on Facebook or Twitter let me know who you are, and I’ll count it.

Here’s the blurb for Safeword: Matte

Matte, pronounced mah-tay, is the word used in some forms of martial arts to stop a fight. It’s the Japanese word for stop or wait. Sam (short for Samantha) has made a hobby out of learning the various fighting disciplines, but she also happens to be a sexual submissive. What better safeword than matte?

Sam wants to find someone to submit to who she can’t beat in a fight. She’s tried to make it work with men from the scene who know nothing about fighting, but it doesn’t feel real to her – she needs someone who can truly control her. However, after dating from the fight scene and discovering not all guys like to spank their girlfriends, she’s decided to just back away from the whole dating thing for a while… until Fate decides to step in.

Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, bondage, and use of toys including crops, clamps, canes, and floggers.

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You must be 18 or older to enter. Make sure you leave your email address in the comments. Good luck to all who enter!

Safeword: Matte is available at:

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You can return to the Wicked After Dark Halloween Bloghop page, or continue on to one of the next five blogs in the list:

• Danita Minnis
• Coffee Beans & Love Scenes
• Jennifer James 
• Cathryn Cade 
• Colette Saucier 
• Love Scenes and Wet Dreams 

I’m also participating in the Masquerade Moonlight Giveaway Hop and the Howloween Blog Hop, if you’d like to comment to win on those posts, also.
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