Art and Discipline

An acclaimed painter. His provocative muse. Her obliging husband. The Artist. Charles 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 Muse. Art 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, 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 Arrangement. Rosamund 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? The Westerman Affair A tale of spanking and polyamory in the Victorian art world. Art & Discipline. Beneath prim and proper Victorian society lies a world of unconventional artistic endeavors and sensual pursuits.

In Victorian London, a lovelorn fifty-three-year-old widow discovers she is the muse for a young artist. Widowed, middle-class, and past her prime, Leonora Aldbury is unwelcome amongst Victorian England's upper crust and denied the opportunities society can bring - including romantic attachments. She aches for sensual fulfillment, and fantasizes about a young artist who sketches in London's National Gallery. At a chance meeting, the artist offers Leonora an intriguing invitation. Will she risk respectability for a chance at love? "The Invitation" is a short story of 3,946 words. "The Invitation" is set in the same Victorian world as Regina's Art & Discipline series. The characters in "The Invitation", Leonora Aldbury and the artist Jasper Dawson, will be integrated into future Art & Discipline books. Art & DisciplineBeneath prim and proper Victorian society lies a world of unconventional artistic endeavors and sensual pursuits.Book 1: The Westerman AffairShort story: "The Invitation"