Amelia Smarts

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**Visit AMELIASMARTS.COM for a free book!** Amelia Smarts is a USA Today bestselling author of fast-paced, steamy western romances with dominant cowboys, Dom/sub discipline, and heartwarming HEAs. Amelia holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in creative writing and English. She loves to read, which allows her writing to be influenced by many different genres in addition to romance, including mystery, adventure, history, and suspense. Want to discuss books? Drop her a line at amelia@ameliasmarts.com.

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Given to the Cowboy (Earthside Brides Book 2) Apr 22, 2021

by Amelia Smarts, Susannah Shannon

( 54 )

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Convicted of mutiny on the starship Endeavor, Aurora Starchild narrowly escapes execution by agreeing to reside on Earth as a bride. She's delivered to a stern cowboy in the Old West colony, one of the locations where humans are returning to live after a cataclysm destroyed much of the planet. By replicating historical lifestyles, survivors hope to heal the Earth and escape extinction.

Old-fashioned cowboy Isaac Woolcott expects his bride to obey him or else suffer a bare-bottomed spanking. But Aurora soon discovers that her groom is as kind as he is strict, and she can't help but be aroused by his tender lovemaking in the bedroom. Just as she begins to fall for him, an enemy threatens to destroy their lives using secrets from her past. Will Aurora be able to reveal her true self to her husband? And will the no-nonsense cowboy accept Aurora despite her turbulent history?

Publisher's Note: Given to the Cowboy contains disciplinary spankings of adult women, open-door love scenes, and a hero who will win your heart.

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Bringing Trouble Home (Lost and Found in Thorndale Book 1) Oct 16, 2019

by Amelia Smarts

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She's heaps of trouble. Can a tough cowboy set her straight?

Widowed rancher Heath Wolfe worries he's making a big mistake by bringing Willow McAllister home to his ranch. A known troublemaker around town, she can't seem to keep a job or avoid skirmishes with the law, so the town marshal implores Heath to help. While Heath agrees to employ Willow, he certainly won't allow misbehavior, and he's even prepared to take the willful young lady over his knee for a sound spanking if warranted.

Orphaned and alone for several years, nineteen-year-old Willow is used to taking care of herself. She sleeps wherever she can find a soft surface and roams freely. She doesn't drink whiskey every night and she only steals when she has to, so it doesn't seem fair when the marshal insists she give up her freedom to work for Heath. She suspects that the rancher is as humorless as he is handsome.

Heath and Willow are as different as two people can be, but a tentative friendship forms. Old habits die hard, though, and it doesn't take long for Willow to engage in familiar shenanigans. When problems arise, will Heath regret bringing trouble home, or has Willow finally found a man who can steer her straight?

Publisher's Note: Bringing Trouble Home is a standalone story in the Lost and Found in Thorndale series. It contains sexual scenes and adult punishment spanking. If that doesn't appeal to you, please don't buy this book.

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Mary Quite Contrary (Lost and Found in Thorndale Book 4) Jul 20, 2021

by Amelia Smarts

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Can a bossy lawman convince a contrary young woman to obey him?

Nineteen-year-old Mary Appleton manages a successful restaurant in the small town of Thorndale. Though passionate about cooking, she's naïve about the dangers of the world and innocent when it comes to love and romance.

Benjamin Gray, the stern new deputy in town, knows the restaurant is vulnerable to robbers, and his protective instincts ignite when he notices that Mary doesn't safeguard her money. When she refuses to lock up the cash in her register, Deputy Gray gives her only one other choice: Accept a hard, bare-bottomed spanking over his knee.

To Mary's surprise, the punishment does nothing to quell her attraction to Ben. Rather, she finds herself smitten by her older lover who brings her as much pleasure as pain. But will she accept his advice when it matters most, or will her contrary behavior ruin them both?

Publisher's Note: Mary Quite Contrary is a standalone story in the Lost and Found in Thorndale series. It contains sexual scenes and adult punishment spanking. If that doesn't appeal to you, please don't buy this book.

Given to the Highlander (Earthside Brides Book 1) Jan 29, 2021

by Amelia Smarts, Susannah Shannon

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Marisol Adams grew up aboard the space station which has served as humanity's refuge since the great cataclysm, and when she is sent to join a recently established colony in the Scottish Highlands she quickly discovers that her new life will be quite different. Not only has she been given to the future clan chief as his bride, her new husband will have complete authority over her and will enforce that authority with a firm hand applied to her bare bottom as often as necessary.

Though it doesn't take long for Marisol to find herself over the stern, handsome Scotsman's knee for a sound spanking, she cannot help longing for his touch even after her already bright red backside is paddled until she is well past tears. Her desire for him and her love for him grow with each passing day, but can she make a place for herself among the rugged people of this land?

Publisher's Note: Given to the Highlander includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

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Lost and Found in Thorndale: Books 1-3 May 28, 2021

by Amelia Smarts

( 9 )

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A steamy collection of heartwarming romances set in the old west, where the men are old-fashioned, dominant, and eager to court the feisty women of the frontier.

"Equal parts wholesome and wickedly wanton." -Amazon Reviewer

In the small town of Thorndale circa 1890, many people manage to survive a malaria epidemic, but the disease kills their loved ones and damages their livelihoods. These lost souls must be saved, and love is their only hope of redemption.

Bringing Trouble Home (Book 1): A wayward young woman reluctantly agrees to work for a widowed cowboy. She can only hope he's as kind as he is handsome.

When He Returns (Book 2): Two enemies must cooperate with each other after being orphaned. Can a bitter childhood rivalry evolve into true love?

Taming Tori (Book 3): A crippled, penniless cowboy softens the heart of a tart-tongued seamstress. But can their love endure a second stroke of misfortune?

Warning: Each story includes a dominant man spanking a naughty young woman and plenty of open-door love scenes. Lose yourself in Thorndale, and you will find the kind of romance that makes your heart pound and your cheeks blush.

Praise for Bringing Trouble Home
Amelia Smarts is back in the saddle again with a sweet but sexy western romance! Sparks fly as Ms. Smarts brings the old west to life in the way that only she can. This is, without a doubt, one of the best books I have read this year. -Kelly Dawson, USA Today Bestselling Author

Amelia Smarts has done it again! This book was a totally absorbing, wonderfully written historical love story. -Goodreads Reviewer

Praise for When He Returns
Amelia Smarts creates the most beautiful characters and she has the ability to let them grow and flourish right in front of our eyes. -Miss Betty's Book Reviews

Amelia Smarts has written a deeply compelling story of life in the 1800s and the power of courage, devotion, and family. -Amazon Reviewer

Praise for Taming Tori
Wonderfully balanced historical romance teeming with scintillating erotic interludes, deliciously humiliating punishments, and romance and charm galore. The author's authentic depiction of the joys and hardships of small-town life circa the late 1800s transported me to the old west. -EPIC Romance Reviews

Whew! Frank and Tori are hot stuff! If you're a fan of domestic discipline in your romances, you won't find anyone who writes them better. -Goodreads Reviewer

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Missy Meets the Marshal (Lone Star Love Book 3) Jan 6, 2016

by Amelia Smarts, Blushing Books

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Elizabeth Matthews manages to escape her cruel husband and the clutches of the law, but they're both in hot pursuit. Struggling to survive on the run, she finds herself in the last place she wants to be, the marshal's office in the town of Porter, Texas, dragged there by an overzealous shopkeeper who accuses her of theft.

Marshal Grover Huntley can see that the destitute young woman draped in rags and trembling in front of his desk needs protection, and he feels the stirrings of compassion, as well as the desire to hold the frightened young lady in his arms. The more he questions her about her predicament, however, the more she lies, and he can’t do much to help if he doesn’t know what she's afraid of.

A spanking over his knee proves to her that he not only demands her honesty, but also that he cares enough to do more than send her on her way or throw the book at her. She tells him of her fears, but it's what she doesn't say that changes the course of their lives.

Will the marshal be able to help when he learns of her connection to an enemy of his past, and will Missy learn to trust him as he works to save her from the mounting troubles that threaten both her freedom and her life?

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Fetching Charlotte Rose Jan 29, 2016

by Amelia Smarts

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As soon as she steps off the train into the hot western sun, Charlotte Rose wonders if she has made a mistake. Leaving Boston to take a job as the schoolmarm of the small town of Weston, Arizona had seemed like a good idea, but the man sent to fetch her from the station almost changes her mind. The handsome but uncivilized brute who introduces himself as Max Harrison not only calls Charlotte by her first name, he even demands that she change her outfit.

Her humiliation is complete when, after ignoring his advice to put on something more suitable for the summer weather, she faints from the heat. To her utter shame, Charlotte is forced to endure being undressed down to her underthings to cool down, and worse still, Max warns her in no uncertain terms that any further foolishness will earn her a sound spanking on her bare bottom. Yet somehow, despite his threat to chastise her in such a barbaric fashion, Charlotte cannot deny that being in Max’s presence sets her heart fluttering like nothing ever has before.

Though she may be the feistiest woman he has ever laid eyes on, Max finds himself longing to see more of Charlotte—much more, in fact—and when he discovers that she feels the same way, he sets about courting her. But Weston is a very different place from Boston, and Max makes it clear to Charlotte that he will do whatever needs doing to keep his girl safe, even if that means taking her over his knee for a good, hard spanking as often as her behavior warrants it.

Charlotte’s love for Max grows deeper with each passing day, but she cannot help wondering if he sees her as nothing more than a silly girl in need of his constant protection, and matters come to a head when a violent, hateful man with a grudge against Max seeks to disrupt their lives. Will Charlotte’s pride be her undoing, or will she finally get the chance to prove herself to Max?

Publisher’s Note: Fetching Charlotte Rose is an erotic romance novel that contains sexual scenes and spankings, including domestic discipline in a historical setting. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

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Taming Tori (Lost and Found in Thorndale Book 3) Jul 17, 2020

by Amelia Smarts

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He's as dominant as he is damaged.

Roughhewn cowboy Frank Bassett knows his life has changed forever after a near-fatal horse accident leaves him with a serious limp. Determined to make the best of his circumstances, he takes a job as a schoolteacher in a small town. There he crosses paths with a beautiful, tart-tongued seamstress, who before long finds herself over his knee to be taught a richly deserved lesson in good manners.

Frank does not fit the bill with regard to Victoria Davis's hope of landing herself a wealthy husband, but the snobby young woman can't resist the magnetic pull of Frank's strength, dominance, and tenderness. She becomes hopelessly smitten, and a tempestuous romance ignites.

But dark clouds loom ahead, and a stroke of misfortune will once again befall the cowboy. Can these two spirited lovers weather the impending storm, or will their love be collateral damage?

Publisher's Note: Taming Tori is a standalone story in the Lost and Found in Thorndale series. It contains sexual scenes and adult punishment spanking. If that doesn't appeal to you, please don't buy this book.

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Emma's Surrender Dec 30, 2016

by Amelia Smarts

( 48 )

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When twenty-year-old Emma Brookstone arrives in the town of Bannack, Montana, she seeks out the local marshal, intending to enlist his help in uncovering the truth regarding her father's murder two years earlier. Upon meeting the marshal, however, she is shocked and dismayed to discover that he is none other than the man who gunned her father down that fateful night.

Though Clive Brookstone was an evil man who needed killing, the knowledge that he left a young woman orphaned tore at Nathan Haskin's conscience from the moment he pulled the trigger, and he has secretly provided for Emma's needs since that day. Certain that hearing about her father's legacy of lawless violence would break her heart, he concealed it from her, but now that she has returned to Bannack her persistence eventually prompts him to tell her the full story.

To make matters more complicated, Nathan finds his desire to protect Emma quickly growing into a powerful need to tame and possess her, and when her foolish behavior puts her safety at risk he doesn't hesitate to take her in hand and spank her soundly. His stern chastisement leaves her furious yet helplessly aroused, and it isn't long before he claims her hard and thoroughly.

In her heart, Emma knows what Nathan tells her is true--that her father's death was just--but writhing in ecstasy as she is utterly dominated by the man who killed him fills her with shame nonetheless, and she does her best to deny her lust for the handsome marshal. Will the day ever come when she can put aside the past and surrender herself fully to the man she once hated?

Publisher's Note: Emma's Surrender includes sexual scenes and spankings. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

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Claimed by the Mountain Man May 20, 2016

by Amelia Smarts

( 70 )

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Times are hard in Montana in the mid-1800s, and when Nettie finds herself impoverished, desperate, and alone after the death of her husband, she flees the town of Helena to escape the clutches of the local saloon owner. But living off the land quickly proves much more difficult than she’d hoped, and after days without food she resorts to stealing from Jack Abrams, a gruff mountain man and trapper who lives a secluded, uncomplicated life in the woods.

Jack doesn’t take kindly to being stolen from and when he catches her red-handed, Nettie ends up lying naked over his knee for a long, hard spanking. To her surprise, however, after her punishment Jack offers her food and shelter in return for cooking, cleaning, and doing as she is told. But Nettie is determined to never rely on a man again, and with a belly full of food and renewed determination, she abandons him to take another shot at living in the woods on her own.

Jack knows the headstrong girl won’t survive without his help, especially when she chooses a grizzly’s winter cave as her shelter, and he can’t stand by and idly watch her demise. When his irritation with her foolish pride boils over, he decides it is time to show her how thoroughly a man can dominate a woman silly enough to venture into the woods alone. Jack’s stern chastisement and bold mastery of her body leave Nettie begging for more, but is she truly ready to give up her freedom to be claimed by the mountain man?

Publisher’s Note: Claimed by the Mountain Man is an erotic romance novel that contains sexual scenes and spankings. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.

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Mail-Order Grooms: The Complete Boxed Set Apr 11, 2019

by Amelia Smarts

( 32 )

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When three ladies pen marriage ads in the paper, they get much more than they bargained for with their rugged cowboy grooms! Featuring clashing tempers and explosive chemistry, this set of stories is sure to make you swoon.

Warning: Contains adult punishment spanking and sexual scenes. If these themes offend you, please don't buy this set.

Handling Susannah (Book One)

Rancher Adam Harrington wants to marry a wholesome, virginal bride with a sweet disposition. When he reads a young woman's advertisement requesting a mail-order cowboy as her groom, he thinks they might be a good match, so he writes her a telegram. She pens a favorable response, accepting him as her future husband.

Susannah Smith's father bequeathed his ranch to her, but it was under one condition: She must be married. For Virginia City's fallen woman, finding a man to marry is no easy feat. The men in town who seek to court the hot-tempered, unwed mother are sluggards and drunks, not the kind of men capable of running a ranch. Desperate to find a suitable husband or else lose everything, she expands her search by listing an ad in the paper.

Adam and Susannah meet, and the attraction between them is undeniable, but it is soon followed by wariness. Susannah had planned to marry a man who would do her bidding, not take over everything. It's her ranch, after all. Equally befuddled, Adam thought he'd be marrying a woman who knows her place, not a temperamental brat who could benefit from some time over his knee.

Susannah feels outraged by Adam's authoritative ways, but his dominant handling in the bedroom leaves her trembling with desire. Will she learn to accept his firm leadership and expectations? And will Adam grow to love the woman who differs so drastically from the kind of wife he thought he wanted?

Catching Betsy (Book Two)

Betsy Blake yearns for love and romance, but the unattached men of Virginia City are crude cowboys without the gentlemanly qualities she desires. She pens an ad in the paper for a groom from the east, specifying that he be well-dressed and mannerly.

Roderick Mason's reputation as an architect in NYC has earned him great success, but he hasn't been as lucky in love. The women of his circle are too prim and predictable for the adventurous rake. When he reads Betsy's ad in the paper requesting a gentleman groom, he's intrigued, so he heads west to meet her.

Roderick and Betsy are immediately smitten, but they soon discover that not everyone in Virginia City is pleased by their match, especially one man who wants Betsy as his own. As Betsy's stalker becomes increasingly threatening, Roderick realizes he will go to great lengths to protect his sweet little country girl, including taking her over his knee for some discipline when she misbehaves or puts herself in danger. Will Betsy learn to face her problems and accept Roderick's love and discipline, or will he never succeed at what he desires most--protecting and catching Betsy?

Justice for Elsie (Book Three)

Hell-bent on revenge, orphaned rancher Elsie Fin rustles cattle from her neighbor, who she blames for her father's untimely death. She's so successful at stealing that she doesn't stop even when the local marshal gets suspicious. Instead, she decides what she needs is a loyal husband to protect her from the law, so she places a mail-order groom ad in the paper.

While seeking her groom, Elsie hires Wyatt Parker to help her around the ranch. Little does she know, he's actually an undercover deputy tasked with verifying the marshal's suspicion of her theft.

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The Submissive Suffragette (Lone Star Love Book 1) May 6, 2016

by Amelia Smarts, Blushing Books

( 30 )

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It's the late 1800s, the suffrage movement is gaining ground, and women are beginning to fight against the accepted roles of housewife and mother. Nalin is one of these women. She is a submissive wife to Carter and desperately longs for motherhood, but she struggles to balance her personality and desires with her belief that women should have equal rights to men. She begins defying all the normal conventions -- she wears pants instead of skirts to town, she cusses, and she talks back to her husband. Carter's response is to take his wayward wife over his knee for a sound, bare-bottom spanking.

Carter has always been content with the status quo and is frustrated with Nalin's constant defiance of all things considered ladylike. To his way of thinking, it's his duty to lead and her duty to obey. Nalin quickly discovers that his stubborn opinions about the natural order of things won't be easily changed, although he does come to believe that disciplining his recalcitrant wife is pointless. Her reaction to his declaration, however, surprises them both.

Carter and Nalin both want children but have so far suffered more than one devastating loss. They are both thrilled when Nalin becomes pregnant again. However, in addition to having a child, she also wishes to attend the suffrage convention in Dallas. Carter loves his wife, so despite his initial reservations, he agrees to see her safely to the convention and back. Their adventure takes a few twists and turns along the way. Will this couple safely and successfully navigate their way through these turbulent times and find the happily ever after they both deserve?

Publisher's Note: This book contains erotic scenes and disciplinary spanking of an adult woman. If such material offends you, please do not purchase.

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