[The Hesitant Bride 02] • The Hesitant Bride

After a month of marriage, Lady Emma is slowly becoming accustomed to her unconventional life on her new husband's estate, spiced as it is by the frequent, intimate application of ginger root. But, while she thrills to the sensual delights administered by the beautiful housekeeper Ada and her skillful maids, she finds herself chafing under Edmund's strict and frustrating rules.

But when she acts out in a fit of pique, Emma discovers the punishment reserved for those who disobey her husband's cardinal rule. Down in the cellars of the ancient manor house, a pillory awaits her penance–a penance that will force her to confront the true extent of the dark lust that lurks deep within her, waiting to burst free.

Exquisitely trapped at Edmund and Ada's tender mercies, a little ginger root will be the least of Emma's worries...