Review: A Naughty Pleasure
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
After the earth is hit by triple whammy of a plague, a great war and severe solar flares, life takes a harsher turn. Living is simplified and women have become, once again, the property of men. Against this backdrop, a teen-age Shana goes to live with Daman, her uncle by marriage after the death of her parents.Her "uncle" is kind but strict, and doesn't hesitate to spank her when he feels she deserves it, such as when she endangers her life and sneaks out of the settlement with her friends on a lark to visit gypsies. Over time Shana's regard for her guardian changes from gratitude to the love of a woman for a man, and when she reaches her majority, her uncle contrarily turns away potential husbands for her and his punishments become harsher. Finally he admits his feelings have changed to a man's love for a woman, and asks her marry him. And she finds that as his wife, the punishments get harsher still.Wow! This book packs a wallop. If you don't care for kink with your spanking, keep your training wheels on your bike and ride on by. But if you do, you'll find this to be a compelling, titillating, read.  It caught me from the first page, and I read it all the way through, hanging on every word. For such hybrid of subgenres -spanking romance, domestic discipline, age play, bdsm, and science fiction--it works and author Sue Lyndon writes with an economy of style that gets right to the heart of the story.Shana's Guardian is a naughty pleasure to read!