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Reclaiming Clover
Clover could give in to the little girl forever and feel secure but unfulfilled, or fight every day for that balance between the woman she needs to be and the little girl she longs to be. Can she do both? Would he let her?
When her protector abandoned her to go into the Army, leaving fourteen-year-old Clover Sweet Medicine to go through high school virtually unsupervised, she felt as though her spirit had died. She survived the loss, and now she is eighteen and graduating. However, grad night turns into a life-changing event, complete with an arrest and loss of adult status. Suddenly, Clover needs a guardian, and the tribal council chooses the only person who cares enough to make her follow the Jared. Will he be willing to reassure the little girl inside and still want the woman outside?
Jared Little Fox is a man of his word, and when he left to join the Army, it was to gain skills, a college degree and to earn money. He was going to fulfill his destiny with his tribe, and he was going to marry Clover Sweet Medicine. He tried to explain all this to Clover before he left but she’d turned a deaf ear. Now he worries that four years might have been too long, considering the changes in his girl. His Clover is a woman-child who is out of control, angry, scared, reckless, and desperate for love. She has lost all the security he had worked so hard to give her, ensuring she was happy, safe, and healthy since her early childhood.
Now, instead of letting them start their adult lives together, the council wants to kick her off the reservation. They charge him with the task of saving her once again – or else. He claimed her once. He could do it again. But will Clover be able to submit to a man she proclaims to hate? Can Jared help Clover find her security, see that he is her only hope for freedom, and she his only path to happiness, before it’s too late?
Publisher's This book contains explicit scenes as well as elements of discipline. If either of these offend you, please do not read it.
When her protector abandoned her to go into the Army, leaving fourteen-year-old Clover Sweet Medicine to go through high school virtually unsupervised, she felt as though her spirit had died. She survived the loss, and now she is eighteen and graduating. However, grad night turns into a life-changing event, complete with an arrest and loss of adult status. Suddenly, Clover needs a guardian, and the tribal council chooses the only person who cares enough to make her follow the Jared. Will he be willing to reassure the little girl inside and still want the woman outside?
Jared Little Fox is a man of his word, and when he left to join the Army, it was to gain skills, a college degree and to earn money. He was going to fulfill his destiny with his tribe, and he was going to marry Clover Sweet Medicine. He tried to explain all this to Clover before he left but she’d turned a deaf ear. Now he worries that four years might have been too long, considering the changes in his girl. His Clover is a woman-child who is out of control, angry, scared, reckless, and desperate for love. She has lost all the security he had worked so hard to give her, ensuring she was happy, safe, and healthy since her early childhood.
Now, instead of letting them start their adult lives together, the council wants to kick her off the reservation. They charge him with the task of saving her once again – or else. He claimed her once. He could do it again. But will Clover be able to submit to a man she proclaims to hate? Can Jared help Clover find her security, see that he is her only hope for freedom, and she his only path to happiness, before it’s too late?
Publisher's This book contains explicit scenes as well as elements of discipline. If either of these offend you, please do not read it.
244 pages, Paperback
Published November 7, 2023
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Alyssa Bailey
104 books265 followersUSA Today bestselling author of Contemporary and Historical Romances. I'm a proud Texan living it up in Alaska's beauty who loves to write both sweet and spicy romances.
My heroes and heroines can be found in this time or another, modern or historic, professionals or not. All include a little naughtiness, sternness, seriousness, a taste of suspense and a HEA.
I have always loved writing about sassy ladies and have done it for fun but never thought I could do it for other's enjoyment. It's my dream job and I hope I never come back to the real world.
My heroes and heroines can be found in this time or another, modern or historic, professionals or not. All include a little naughtiness, sternness, seriousness, a taste of suspense and a HEA.
I have always loved writing about sassy ladies and have done it for fun but never thought I could do it for other's enjoyment. It's my dream job and I hope I never come back to the real world.
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November 21, 2017
5.0 out of 5 starsLittle Girl Lost
ByDonna Lon November 20, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
I enjoyed this journey along with Clover Sweet Medicine and Jared Little Fox.
Clover is in deep trouble,she is a loose cannon after being left to her own
devises.Every one she has cared about has left her and she is on a course
of self destruction.Jared has returned to the reservation to fulfill his rightful
place and to bring Clover back under his control.Jared had been Clover's
protector up until he left to go into the army at 18 years old.With new powers,
he must gain complete control of Clover or she will have to leave the only
home she has ever known.Along with new rules came a new ways to help
Clover,she became his little girl.Clover challenged him on every level with
painful results.With unconditional love,Clover became the adult she was
meant to be.The little girl lost,finally found love.I was drawn to this book by
watching the characters struggle with their growing feelings towards each
other.It was a unique age play story,Jared and Clover were so attuned to
each other.This is an engaging story from beginning to end.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book.
ByDonna Lon November 20, 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
I enjoyed this journey along with Clover Sweet Medicine and Jared Little Fox.
Clover is in deep trouble,she is a loose cannon after being left to her own
devises.Every one she has cared about has left her and she is on a course
of self destruction.Jared has returned to the reservation to fulfill his rightful
place and to bring Clover back under his control.Jared had been Clover's
protector up until he left to go into the army at 18 years old.With new powers,
he must gain complete control of Clover or she will have to leave the only
home she has ever known.Along with new rules came a new ways to help
Clover,she became his little girl.Clover challenged him on every level with
painful results.With unconditional love,Clover became the adult she was
meant to be.The little girl lost,finally found love.I was drawn to this book by
watching the characters struggle with their growing feelings towards each
other.It was a unique age play story,Jared and Clover were so attuned to
each other.This is an engaging story from beginning to end.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book.
November 19, 2017
HIS MEDICINE AND HER SPIRIT WERE STRONG AND COULD WIN THIS BATTLE
I enjoyed this emotional story and the characters. At times it seemed like Jared Little Fox was indifferent to Clover Sweet Medicine, but in reality, he loved her so much that he had to hold back to allow her time to heal and grow. The first two chapters will be her POV and his POV from when they met as children until present day.
Clover Sweet Medicine will lose her mother to death when she is only six-years-old, and she might as well have also lost her father, his grief was overwhelming losing his wife, that he basically abandoned his own daughter. She is a lost soul just wanting to belong. Picked on by bullies, told she is dirty, and she feels unwanted. Neither of her parents was full-blooded Cheyenne, but she has a warrior spirit.
Jared Little Fox has a good home life and has plans for his future and that of his tribe. What hadn’t been in his initial plans was becoming guardian and caretaker of a little girl. From the age of fourteen, he will take care, discipline, and protect Clover. The hardest thing he will do is leave her when he is twenty, and she is fourteen and goes into the military. She will once again believe she is being abandoned and because of this, her life will spiral out of control.
“One thing he had learned in the military was that the battle was not often won by the war cry. It was the silence that claimed the victory. His little warrior woman had gone rogue, and he needed to pull her back. “
The plot will pick up in chapter three with Jared returning to the reservation, and he comes home to a wild child in Clover. Her father is mostly absent; she barely graduated high school, is drinking and getting into all kinds of trouble. Jared will have the Elders increase the age of adulthood to nineteen, get her father to sign over guardianship to him, and convince the elders to give her another chance to make amends. He will have to be firm with Clover to make her see the seriousness of her actions.
With the recommendation of a counselor, it is decided that Clover needs to regress to that of a child, to be given discipline and structure and allowed time to grow up and by the time she turns nineteen, hopefully, she will prove to be a responsible and productive adult. Jared will move into her home; he will make rules, issue responsibilities and guidelines, and dispense discipline. Part of the regression will take her to a young child of around eight-years-old, sometimes a rebellious teenager, and even a belligerent adult, and the punishments will fit the age criteria.
While the story does have age-play elements, it doesn’t make that the main focus. The love Jared has for her is unmeasurable, and it shows that he has cared for her when everyone else has tried to encourage him to abandon her too. There are explicit scenes, medical play, spankings, other forms of discipline, and sex scenes eventually. The story is the first in a series, and while not a cliffhanger, it does end with a lead into a new story. I can’t wait to see what this series takes us.
I enjoyed this emotional story and the characters. At times it seemed like Jared Little Fox was indifferent to Clover Sweet Medicine, but in reality, he loved her so much that he had to hold back to allow her time to heal and grow. The first two chapters will be her POV and his POV from when they met as children until present day.
Clover Sweet Medicine will lose her mother to death when she is only six-years-old, and she might as well have also lost her father, his grief was overwhelming losing his wife, that he basically abandoned his own daughter. She is a lost soul just wanting to belong. Picked on by bullies, told she is dirty, and she feels unwanted. Neither of her parents was full-blooded Cheyenne, but she has a warrior spirit.
Jared Little Fox has a good home life and has plans for his future and that of his tribe. What hadn’t been in his initial plans was becoming guardian and caretaker of a little girl. From the age of fourteen, he will take care, discipline, and protect Clover. The hardest thing he will do is leave her when he is twenty, and she is fourteen and goes into the military. She will once again believe she is being abandoned and because of this, her life will spiral out of control.
“One thing he had learned in the military was that the battle was not often won by the war cry. It was the silence that claimed the victory. His little warrior woman had gone rogue, and he needed to pull her back. “
The plot will pick up in chapter three with Jared returning to the reservation, and he comes home to a wild child in Clover. Her father is mostly absent; she barely graduated high school, is drinking and getting into all kinds of trouble. Jared will have the Elders increase the age of adulthood to nineteen, get her father to sign over guardianship to him, and convince the elders to give her another chance to make amends. He will have to be firm with Clover to make her see the seriousness of her actions.
With the recommendation of a counselor, it is decided that Clover needs to regress to that of a child, to be given discipline and structure and allowed time to grow up and by the time she turns nineteen, hopefully, she will prove to be a responsible and productive adult. Jared will move into her home; he will make rules, issue responsibilities and guidelines, and dispense discipline. Part of the regression will take her to a young child of around eight-years-old, sometimes a rebellious teenager, and even a belligerent adult, and the punishments will fit the age criteria.
While the story does have age-play elements, it doesn’t make that the main focus. The love Jared has for her is unmeasurable, and it shows that he has cared for her when everyone else has tried to encourage him to abandon her too. There are explicit scenes, medical play, spankings, other forms of discipline, and sex scenes eventually. The story is the first in a series, and while not a cliffhanger, it does end with a lead into a new story. I can’t wait to see what this series takes us.
November 19, 2017
I absolutely love this new story by Alyssa Bailey. She has done such a wonderful job of writing an emotionally involved story. Both Clover and Jared live on their tribal lands. Clover has always been cared for more by Jared, a boy and then a man six years older than her. She often suffers from feelings of abandonment and when Jared leaves to serve in the army and get an education, Clover feels abandoned by the only person that has really cared about her. Jared does a great service by returning four years later and helping Clover become the woman she should be. The process is long and sometimes quite painful for Clover especially when Jared spanks her bottom. I adore the woman/ child that Clover becomes and this story is very well done. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
November 20, 2017
This is the story of Jared and Clover. Jared has looked after Clover since she was 6 years old and her father had no time for her so when he left her at age 14 to go to medical school Clover was distraught. She went off the rails and was acting out. Once Jared had a trade behind him and felt he was able to lead the tribe he returned with the intention of reclaiming Clover and make her his again.
The tribe lower the age of adulthood making Clover a child again and Jared her guardian. Jared then allows Clover to be little again and teach her the right way to grow up in a loving environment with strong boundaries.
I really loved this sweet age play story and can't wait to read more the next book in the series.
I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book.
The tribe lower the age of adulthood making Clover a child again and Jared her guardian. Jared then allows Clover to be little again and teach her the right way to grow up in a loving environment with strong boundaries.
I really loved this sweet age play story and can't wait to read more the next book in the series.
I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book.
November 23, 2017
There was a lot going on in this book. We get a look at Clover and Jared's lives through the years from childhood to adulthood, I love stories like this where the couple meet as children and we get to follow that journey. Unfortunately this journey takes jared away from Clover for fews years and she is lost without him. This is the story of Jared coming home to reclaim his Clover and get her back on the right track. The setting of this story is on a Native American reservation and reading about that was interesting and new to me, there were a lot of details and traditions that were shared, and it felt very real. This story had its of love, discipline, and a little age regression.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC copy of this book.
November 19, 2017
I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book. Jared Little Fox took responsibility for Clover Sweet Medicine when she was a very young girl. Her mother had died and her father could not cope with a child. Jared looked at her and knew she belonged to him and it stayed that way until he left to join the services to get his education. He promised her he would return but Clover just couldn't believe it. At that point she went off the rails. Now Jared Little Fox has come home to lead their tribe and to claim Clover and she will have to deal with the consequences of her actions. This was a really good story and I really enjoyed it. Lots of spanking and light ageplay
November 20, 2017
This was a book I didn't want to put down. Clover and Jared are both amazing well-developed characters. Their story is one of dedication, determination, and survival, but is sweet and romantic and full of love. The plot begins with tragedy in little Clover's life and the young teenaged Jared declares himself her protector. What follows is a great story filled with deep conflict and emotion. Jared will use domestic discipline and his undying love for Clover to help her heal her inner child and become the woman she was meant to be. Meanwhile Jared works tirelessly to improve life for his tribe on the reservation. I strongly recommend you read this incredible journey.
November 18, 2017
Jared and Clover know each other since they were children. Jared was always there for her, but when he joins the Army and leaves Clover behind, she spirals out of control. Angry at the world and especially Jared, Clover does not want to have anything to do with Jared when he returns four years later. It needs a very determined Jared and a lot of spankings to show Clover that she is still loved and also in love with Jared.
Reclaiming Clover is a sweet romance with intriguing characters, some smoldering love making and a satisfying happy end. I enjoyed reading this book very much.
Reclaiming Clover is a sweet romance with intriguing characters, some smoldering love making and a satisfying happy end. I enjoyed reading this book very much.
November 19, 2017
This is a first for me, a spanking story on a reservation. It’s an emotional story of one, who feels abandoned, without strict guidance and love, and finds herself going down a dark path.
Jared, the love of her life, couldn’t have returned any time sooner, claiming guardianship, as Clover is out of control. He has a lot of responsibility, to set her straight, and also pursues helping the youth on the reservation.
I believe the author did quite a bit of research, as you will pick up while reading.
This can be read as a stand-alone. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
Jared, the love of her life, couldn’t have returned any time sooner, claiming guardianship, as Clover is out of control. He has a lot of responsibility, to set her straight, and also pursues helping the youth on the reservation.
I believe the author did quite a bit of research, as you will pick up while reading.
This can be read as a stand-alone. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
November 26, 2017
Clover Sweet Medicine meets Jared Little Fox. Clover's mom died and
is left with her Father but he can't deal with her and the loss of his wife.
Clover goes a little crazy and the only one that can tame her wild ways.
When he leaves for college and military service she goes crazy. He told
her he loved her and wanted to marry her after she could be sustain adult
life. Awesome book a real page turner.
is left with her Father but he can't deal with her and the loss of his wife.
Clover goes a little crazy and the only one that can tame her wild ways.
When he leaves for college and military service she goes crazy. He told
her he loved her and wanted to marry her after she could be sustain adult
life. Awesome book a real page turner.
December 6, 2017
“We could be…planning a wedding instead of a spanking.” I love this line from ‘Reclaiming Clover.’ This is a beautiful love story between a devoted young man and the woman/wild child he has loved since they were children. Jared knows exactly how to deal with Clover and all her shenanigans. As it turns out, they plan many spankings and a wedding throughout this story, with an ending that is warm, cozy, and snugly.
November 21, 2017
I think this might be my favorite book of Ms. Bailey's. It is such a unique, sweet love story. I love Clover and her feisty ways. She is fierce, but extremely vulnerable. Jared is committed, loving, steady, and very firm. He has his own battles he faces. The story Ms. Bailey spins is captivating from the first word to the last. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.
January 1, 2018
I enjoyed this unique story. It's a nice mix of sweet romance, a bit of age play, and some spicy adult drama. I liked the added dynamic of life on the reservation. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
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