Archivist Emma Willoughby learns a lesson in kinky lust when she's invited to assess the ninth Earl of Folchester's private library. When archivist Emma Willoughby is invited to assess the private library of Lord Leopold Denby-Peel, Ninth Earl of Folchester, she isn't expecting to find Victorian spanking diaries in his leather-bound collection. Nor is she expecting the earl to be quite so young and handsome. As she explores the pages of his nineteenth-century erotica, Emma finds herself craving to receive chastisements comparable to those depicted. Fortunately, Leo's only too happy to oblige, and soon Emma is receiving eager spankings from him as he sets her tasks that she can only fail at. Emma is new to this game of punishment and pain, while Leo's an old hand who shows no interest in love. Emma dreams of winning him over, but has a guilty secret she fears could ruin everything. Should she stay quiet and enjoy the spankings while they last? Or confess the truth and risk losing the earl's dark, deviant desire?