title: The Westerman Affair
author: Kammer, Regina
description: The Westerman Affair: A tale of spanking and polyamory in the Victorian art world. The ArtistCharles Westerman, Victorian England's most sought-after landscape painter, is finished with love affairs. Yet after a taste of forbidden passion at a private art exhibition, he knows he's met his muse in Rosamund. Problem is, she's married. For the sake of his career, Charles simply cannot afford to be distracted by another disastrous entanglement, especially one with a married woman. The MuseArt curator Rosamund, Lady Threxton, needs a man to satisfy her predilection for spanking. Her husband, Jeremy, does not relish the role of chastiser and besides, he has his own mistress to please. Jeremy, however, is quite amenable to Rosamund seeking out another. Hired men from her favorite erotic club provide her with only a modicum of relief. The furtive fling with Charles, though, leaves Rosamund certain she's found her perfect match. The ArrangementRosamund and Jeremy's marriage is curiously modern for stodgy Victorian society. Together, the couple try to entice Charles into an unusual arrangement. Will Charles risk the threat to his reputation to explore passions and proclivities he never knew existed-and discover desires he never knew he had?