I get to give the wonderful Adaline Raine a seat on MY couch!

Adaline Raine, aka Bratty Adaline, is one of the wonderful friends I've made through participating in the marvelous blog-hops that seem to give rhythm to our spanking fic community life. She was nice enough to have me over to talk about The Count's Discipline a few weeks ago, and now it's my sincere pleasure to welcome her for Emily's Questions!

Hi Emily! I am so excited to be here today. *smiles* 

Why do you write? 

I write because it is a part of who I am. When I was in college a close English professor told me I had a gift. Up until then I knew I wanted to be an author just not my hidden potential. I get up every morning and ache to sit down and get my characters’ stories out. My current status is part-time writer but I am taking steps to change this to full time within the next two years.

What's your desert-island fantasy? (If you were marooned on a desert-island with only a single fantasy to get off to for the rest of your life, what would you choose?) 

I am so diverse in my fantasies I would have to implement some type of choose your own adventure set-up so I could experience them all at once. Spankings and vampires rank way up there. *grin*

Do you think of BDSM and/or spankophilia as a practice or as an orientation, or as something else, and what does your answer mean to you? 

BDSM and spankophilia are different just like domestic discipline and sexual spanking are not the same. I am personally into the BDSM lifestyle as well as elements of domestic discipline but they are not always hand in hand. I guess if someone must choose an umbrella to fall under it is easier to group it under BDSM because it seems to be more accepted. I guess the answer to your question would be something else!

Who's a favorite character from your own work, and why? 

I adore the male lead in my current work in progress, Professor Matthews. He is a deliciously sexy alpha male teacher who offers guidance and discipline to one of his senior college students after she loses both parents. I have balanced the punishment aspect along with sensual elements and their budding romance. It is not your typical school girl fantasy!

Who's a favorite character from someone else's work (erotic or non-erotic) and why? 

Right now it is Kitty from The Westerfield Affair by Renee Rose. I immediately fell for Kitty because of her spunk but knew there was more to her story. She has quite the mouth on her but again you have to dig deeper to get all the levels of this amazing character to surface. I was happy to see her make an appearance in The Reddington Scandal as well. There are so many layers to her and the bratty/sassy attitude is just the surface.

Thank you so much for inviting me. I had a lovely time and extend the welcome to my blog any time.

Addy's info!

Adaline Raine is an avid reader of spanking romance and will happily review every book she reads!

Her first title, Marked by the Alpha, adds a delicious twist to the werewolf story by showing a literal alpha male who takes his mate in hand for some much needed discipline.

Next up is Becoming a Lady a historical romance told through the eyes of Anna an abused woman who is abducted by a man for purposes unknown. He cares for Anna and is patient with her but his teaching method is his hand to her hind!

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