A Giving Heart — Laura Smith

A sequel to “For the Love of Giving,” this erotic spanking novel stands on its own and can be read before or after the first book.

With the events of last Christmas buried in the family cemetery, Gareth sees no reason to wait to buy another willing woman for his convenience; mainly, drinking her blood. He attends the graduation auction for one of the orphanages he founded and is instantly enthralled by Iphigenia Barr. There's a catch, however -- she's not for sale for more than one night. He wants her for more, but he tells himself he'll be satisfied with the purchase. He gives her a slow, hot spanking meant to seduce her. Instead he receives a night of passion he'll be unable to forget and a year full of regrets after he walks away.

Iphigenia had never felt Glamour when looking at a vampire before, but she knew it for what it was with one glance at Gareth, the Founder. She knows she has only one night with him but cries unreasonable tears about being left, before setting herself to working her grandfather's wolfmen ranch.

The Christmas season returns and Gareth goes home, alone, to discover the woman he couldn't get out of his thoughts is there. He has one week of seduction and warming her bottom before she walks away and he becomes the heartless bastard his family believes him to be. That is, until a new heart begins to beat inside Vanessa...

Mature subject matter for adults only. 29,995 words