For the Love of Giving — Laura Smith

Vanessa McMinnen was cold, penniless and desperate. Her needs were simple yet unobtainable: food and a warm place to live. She was willing to work but no one would hire her the way she was.

The centuries had made it hard for Leo to care about the holidays and he decided not to join his adopted family for the celebration. He'd rather indulge in a rare moment of dark angst, sipping on the blood of willing vampire wannabes while pondering a bleak future. Then Vanessa showed up on his doorstep, a blind firebrand wearing every piece of clothing that she owned to stave off the winter cold. He doesn't want to let her go so he hires her to model for him, starting immediately with a commission of a spanking series. He can't wait to get her over his knee and into his arms

As for Vanessa, a job offer that paid well and came complete with a sexy man seemed too good to be true. Well, not exactly a man, but one couldn't be particular, could they, especially not someone like her. Although everything about him told her senses he was virile and handsome, there was something unearthly about him; something she just couldn't name. But she could feel it, just as surely as she could feel his strong arms around her, the hardness of his palm as he spanked her, and the deep, rich tone of his voice when he told her how beautiful she was…

Mature subject matter for adults only. 32,406 words