Thianna D!
Thianna is the mastermind behind the Corbin's Bend series. In addition, she also writes M/m spanking romance including the Blake And Dusty Chronicles, but today Kathryn R. Blake is here to lead the discussion of Finding Their Bliss, the first of the Corbin's Bend books.
Spanking Stories Book Club Finding Their Bliss (Corbin's Bend Book One) by
Thianna D.
Corbin's Bend is Thianna D's brainchild, and Finding
Their Bliss is the introductory book for the series. In case you're unfamiliar with the concept,
Corbin's Bend, is the first equity-cooperative housing development created for
spankophiles. The community consists of thirty thousand acres in the mountains
above Denver with 1000 home sites, several restaurants, a clubhouse, theater,
pool, and many other amenities. Though
fictitious, Corbin’s Bend is unique in that everyone living there is into
spanking, whether for erotic fun or through domestic discipline.
In her novella, Thianna had to establish the
concept, introduce some major characters for the series and tell a story that
would make readers hunger for more. To
my mind, she succeeded admirably.
Brent Carmichael loved Corbin's Bend. A small
community at the base of the Rocky Mountains just for spankofiles, he worked
tirelessly to make sure everything ran smoothly and that the residents were
safe and happy. He never intended to fall in love but when Charmagne Kendle
stumbled into his life, he found an attraction he had no intention of fighting.
Char moved to Corbin's Bend after losing her job,
her apartment, and her fiancé all in one day. She had no idea she was actually
moving to a spanking community but with the freedom to explore her secret
fetish, she found herself happily upended over Brent's lap.
As their relationship deepened into domestic
discipline, her ex appeared wanting her back. Now she had to choose. The rich,
handsome, and charming Nathan Korven or former police officer Brent Carmichael.
To find her bliss, there was really only one choice.
Questions:
1 1. In order to help establish the permissive atmosphere of
Corbin's Bend, Thianna has Char Kendle out jogging when Bethany Angel gets her butt
swatted by her boyfriend Kirk while they're walking on the sidewalk. Char is surprised when Bethany's response is
to bend over and shake her derriere in a provocative manner. Though the encounter was relatively innocent,
I'm curious. What are your thoughts
about public displays and do you feel differently about spanking than you would
about kissing?
2 2. After Brent and Char are in an acknowledged DD
relationship, Char gets in trouble because she walks a few blocks in the snow
rather than drive as Brent ordered. At
the time, she didn't think walking would be a big deal, but Brent decides she
needs to be taught a lesson for not heeding his instructions. He determines she'll receive ten swats of a
paddle on her bare butt right in his office where she'll be heard, but not seen. Ouch. (Okay,
I admit it. I'm a wimp.) This is a two-part question. Part One: what are your thoughts regarding
punishments being commensurate to the infraction, and do you think every
infraction should be punished with a spanking?
Part Two: Rather than wallop Char in his office, where her cries of
distress will be heard by everyone in the Clubhouse, (he believes all spankings
should be administered immediately to be effective and public punishment
spankings, though not common, are not unheard of in Corbin's Bend) do you think
Brent should have waited until they got home?
- When Char is hurt in a car
accident, Brent steps in to be her caretaker. Though Char doesn't realize why she's
snapping Brent's head off, she does tell him he's treating her like an
invalid or an old lady, so it's pretty clear that's not how she wants the
handsome hunk to view her. However,
in a moment of high dudgeon, she finally tells him off, saying, "If you
remember, I'm not a member of your precious housing development. So, why
don’t you just leave me alone? I do not want or need your help, Mr. Carmichael.” Then she marches up to her front door
only to realize she forgot her purse in his truck. Though the scene made me laugh, it also
struck a note of realism. Have you
ever had a moment where you thought you were making a grand, dramatic exit
only to have something fall awry, and if so, how did you handle it?"
- One of Char's reasons for
avoiding romantic entanglements has to do with the way her ex-fiancé
treated her. He is meant to be the
villain of the piece, and yet after we meet him we are wondering, along
with Char, what she ever saw in him to begin with. Hindsight is twenty/twenty, of course,
and yet the best villains often show us a side that makes us want to like
them, or simply want them. If you
read the book, were you disappointed in Nathan Korven once you met
him? If you didn't read the book,
have you ever desired a villain from a story, knowing all the while that
you shouldn't?
Excerpt:
“All right, Char,” she mumbled to herself. “Time to pull up the adult
panties and grow a pair.” Pulling out her cell phone, she grabbed the tan
envelope she still had not opened up and quickly emptied the array of paperwork
onto her desk. Thankfully, the phone list was on top.
His number was the third one down, listed
under Carmichael, Brent. Housing Board, President. Discipline Board, Vice
President.
Discipline Board? Was that what they
called their police force?
Taking a huge, deep breath, she quickly
dialed his number and sat back, hoping she could sound like an adult rather
than a raving lunatic as she had the last time they spoke.
“Carmichael,” he barked into the phone.
He sounded angry. Did she really want
to talk to him while he was sounding angry? Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.
“Hello? If this is a crank call, it
won’t do you much good.”
“No, hi,” she said before she could
stop herself. “It’s me. Charmagne.”
“Ah, hello.” Her head came up as his
tone lost some of the bark, and her stomach commenced doing weird
loop-de-loops.
“Look, um, I’m really sorry for what I
said a few days ago, and I talked to Lelo and he said you paid for my truck’s
repairs. So, if you could tell me what I owe—”
“How are you feeling?”
What did that have to do with her
apology? “Fine. I had a headache for a while, but it's gone now. As I was
saying, if you cou—”
“Would you like to go to dinner?”
She watched her fingers pick up her pen
and begin doodling in the middle of the lined page as if completely
disconnected from her body, as she tried to make sense of this completely
nonsensical conversation they were having. “Dinner?”
“Yes. You. Me. Food. At a restaurant.
What do you say?” The bark was most definitely gone, but as amusement had taken
its place, she began to wish for the bark to come back. The bark made her body
tingle.
You can read more about Finding Their Bliss and
the other Corbin's Bend books at:
or at Thianna's blog at:
You can purchase Finding Their Bliss or read an
excerpt at:
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Judgment by Denise Hall (aka Maren Smith) Discussion Leader Natasha Knight
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