Mountain Devil

by Sue Lyndon

Only deal with the devil if you can resist his charms...

On the eve of her wedding with Mr. Wrong, Ella Emerson's cold feet lead her to the Catoctin Mountains, where a few days in the woods seems like the best way to clear her head. But when she’s attacked by an escaped convict, hiding out in the woods becomes more dangerous than she’d planned. And the convict isn’t the only one who’s looking for her.

Bounty hunter Ed Peters can’t believe his bad luck—the convict he’s trailing has run right into a police ambush. There goes payday—or maybe not. The beautiful woman in his sights has a $10,000 reward on her head, and she’s more than willing to let him collect: if he can keep her hidden until all the wedding guests leave town. Seems like easy money until the tension between them explodes into a passion neither of them expected, and Ed finds that what Ella really needs is a good spanking...

But when Ella returns home, Ed finds her difficult to forget, especially when he learns the dangerous truth about the man she’s decided to marry after all...

Warning: This book contains sexual content that may be offensive to some readers (spanking fetish).

Genres: BDSM, Contemporary, Erotica

93 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 4, 2012

About the author

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUE LYNDON writes naughty, heartfelt romance filled with sexy discipline, breathless surrender, and scorching hot passion. Hard alpha males, strict husbands, fierce alien warriors, and stern daddy-doms make her go weak in the knees. She’s a #1 Amazon bestseller in multiple categories, including Sci-Fi Romance, Historical Romance, BDSM Erotica, and Fantasy Romance. She also writes vanilla sci-fi romance under the name Sue Mercury—but no matter the genre or pen name, her books always have a swoon-worthy happily ever after.

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Reviews

[Katie O'Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sue Lyndon’s portrayal of Ella, a young woman desperately fleeing an unwanted wedding drew me in immediately. Ella’s plight is realistically portrayed, as is her reluctant attraction to the domineering bounty hunter Ed. Ella isn’t sure she likes the way Ed dominates, and gently punishes her for rudeness, foul language and transgressions of his strict rules. But then, she isn’t sure she doesn’t like it either. As for Ed, Ella is a thorn in his side, and a burr on his heart.
Sue gives a believable glimpse into the loving world of a gently dominant man and his willing sub. You’ll find yourself being pulled in and thinking that perhaps a loving spanking might not be bad at all.

I really enjoyed this story. It was the perfect steamy read to heat up a cool spring day.

[Karen Nichols · Rating 4 out of 5]

Somehow I expected her to be older than 21 - and a lot more mature. But she was spoiled and some of her personality just didn't mesh with being a spoiled rich kid. Ed - in his belief that he was keeping her safe and locked away from people - seemed a bit like her dad.

I liked it and would read other stories the author imagines.

[SassySami · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not a fan of sex being used as punishment because it seems way too rapey for me, but other than that this was a decent story.

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book. Progressed really fast, so I wish it would have built up more. One day they hated each other and the next day they were having sex.

[Anne · Rating 1 out of 5]

Started out ok but the last third was not good. Lots of telling, rushed, and predictable.

[carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had mixed feelings about this story. I feel that poor editing, the editor's lack of guidance to the author, mean errors of content, context of characters & plot, spelling, punctuation, grammatical & omission errors are in evidence throughout the story which mars it for any discerning readers. The story begins where main character Ella tries to escape an unwanted loveless even threatening marriage, forged through two rich families long term friendship and alliance. By running away days before her wedding she finds her life endangered, until bounty hunter Ed rescues her from an escaped felon, he's tracking for the reward. Losing out on his bounty money, he decides to keep Ella for the large reward posted by her family. The problem lies with Ella who is portrayed with a lovely, sweet nature bar one small instance; being seen as a spoilt, moody rich brat by stern bounty hunter Ed, who has to connive reasons of bad behavior and rule breaking blaming her wealthy upbringing in order to justify his spanking Ella's bare bottom as suitable punishment. There are some erotic and romantic scenes in places. However, I was concerned about the mismatch of Ed's strict rules which necessitate spanking and anal sex as a punishment for Ella's transgressions, & which Ella feels it's justified in order to absolve her sins. Yet it is obvious she tries to avoid breaking Ed's rules and gets upset at the prospect of her punishments. If she enjoyed these scenes in any way and found them a serious turn on she would be deliberately breaking the rules in order to receive the pleasure of her punishments; but no she cries at the thought and tries to avoid them and I didn't feel comfortable with this. Neither was I happy with the emphasis being on Ed's sexual release/climaxes and limited emphasis on Ella's sexuality except her pleasure to be considered later after he'd rested! The good parts of the story are descriptions of setting, a reasonably good attempt to make the story flow through the problems the author Sue Lyndon plans for her characters to overcome, and then to move on in their relationship and towards their living lives together happily. She gives us a nasty character to dislike intensely in the jilted husband to be Brandon. I felt the kidnap, threat and rescue of Ella by Ed from the clutches and danger of Brandon although planned clearly was a little rushed. The best I can give this story as it stands and that I feel is generous is 3 stars. However, with the right support to iron out these errors and inconsistencies she would have a more robust story for her readers and herself as she shows early promise. I wish her well.

[Katerina Kinsley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ella Emerson is about to marry a man she despises and just can’t bring herself to go through with it. Hours before her arranged nuptials she prepares a small pack to go hiking in the woods for a few days assuming that once the out of town guests have left, the wedding will be called off for good. She does not expect to be mugged in the woods by an escaped convict and she definitely doesn’t expect the bounty hunter in pursuit of the convict to capture her for the reward money her parents have offered.

Ed, the dutiful bounty hunter, agrees to bring Ella to his cabin and hold her there for 7 days in hopes that the wedding will be called off instead of postponed and that the reward offered by her worried parents will increase. But, a lot can happen in seven days…..

Ella isn’t in the cabin for 24 hours before Ed finds a reason to turn her over his knee for a sound spanking. Their relationship soon escalates into a romance and later into a marriage, but one thing that remains true from the get go: Ed wears the pants and calls the shots.

“Mountain Devil” is a fantastic spanking novel. Ed is a clear dominant whose tone is consistent throughout the book. While Jerry Maguire had his gal at “Hello,” Sue Lyndon had me at this exchange:

"Buckle up, Ms. Emerson.”

“You can call me Ella,” she said.

“Fine. Buckle up, Ella.” His voice was sarcastic. But then with more seriousness, he added, “And you can call me sir.”

My only criticism of the novel is that I was initially somewhat confused as to when the story took place. Ella’s wedding to Mr. Wrong is described as an arranged marriage of sorts, which led me to believe that the book took place many, many years ago. This assumption proves false with the mention of Ella’s cell phone and had me adjusting my perspective. While this certainly is not a big deal, I think a small dateline at the start of the first chapter stating the time and place would go a long way.

This was a quick read that I thoroughly enjoyed. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to escape into a tale that takes place in the woods and, at times, over the knee.

Katerina of BottomsUpBookReview

[Phuong · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing and overall story is good, but I just had problems with Ed and Ella's personality traits. I enjoy reading BDSM books but Ed came across as being too overbearing at times and always threatening to spank Ella even when she leaves the house. Ella came across as being too immature and always crying. Maybe I just needed them to be a little more balanced. Readers should give this book a try though.

[Hina Vohra · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book was an enjoyable piece of fluff. I more or less ignored awkwardly phrased sentences and minor grammatical errors, but then I came upon one of the few grammar mistakes I cannot forgive.
“Your mine now, Ella.”
Ugh, what is wrong with modern publishers?!?! Just because a novel is trashy doesn't give you the right to publish garbage. Do your job.

[Mandi]

Could not get into this one. Did not like the beginning at all.