Review: great beginning
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
I love this first book in the series!  Celia has come to Denver to be a schoolteacher.  She deliberately used her initials instead of her name when applying so that the school board thought they were hiring a man.  When they realize she is a woman they decide that she must marry so that a man might look out for her and protect her.  Marshall Jackson Owens steps up to marry her to protect her, but he really wants her as she is different from any woman that he knows.  So, after a spanking because she slaps him, Celia agrees to marry him.  I liked that Celia is an independent woman.  There is a double standard in this story, but to be honest, life was a double standard then as well!  Jackson and Celia get to know one another for several months before they consummate their marriage.  Through those months, Celia gets quite a few spanking.  The only drawback to this wonderful story is that it is so short.  Only 84 pages.  I am getting tired of buying novellas.  I would willingly pay a little more for more meat to the story. 5 stars!