A-Z Challenge - #Anal Play & Punishment #SpankA2Z

I am so excited to be kicking off my return to blogging with the A-Z blogging challenge. What a perfect way to get back to blogging. I plan to be here much more frequently even after the challenge is over. 

So, on to the A topic of the day, Anal play & punishment. There is something about anal play and especially punishment that is a real turn on to read. I love it when a good spanking novel slips this into the scenes. There is still something deliciously forbidden about it that adds an extra layer of excitement. 

In my Corbin's Bend book, A Brush of Violet, Charles surprises Violet by giving her pretty little rosebud a few well placed taps during a spanking. They had enjoyed this activity in play and it wasn't long before it was added into the discipline arena as well. 

Some of my other favorite anal activities include my most beloved, ginger root, we can't forget the fun of varying sized plugs, anal sex/fingering, and another favorite, which I will be discussing when we get to letter S, soap stick discipline. 

Here's another blog post about the topic, plus links to several more: Spanking Round Table: Anal Punishment; Hot or Not

What are your favorite A word activities? Did I leave any of your favorites out?

#Spanking Round Table: Anal Punishment, Hot or Not? #Anal #spankinground

It seems like it's been a long time since I've participated in a Round Table discussion. These discussions are always so much fun! Thank you Spanking Romance Reviews for hosting such thought provoking and fun topics!

There is something about anal punishment that makes my heart beat faster, my breath quicken, and that turns me on like almost nothing else. There was a time when spanking alone did that to me and certainly still does, but when combined with that little bit of extra spice it launches me right out into orbit.

It seems that once upon a time spanking authors for the most part kept their books strictly to spanking. In the last few years something has been changing. Authors are branching out into even more taboo areas; extending the discipline to make it just a little bit naughtier. In the same way that rectal temperature taking gave me a little extra thrill when watching a spanking video the launch into anal punishment in books has done the same for me and more.

A few years ago I stumbled onto Jennie May's Church of the Illuminated series. Wow! Talk about taboo. The moment one of the HOH's inserted a finger into his TIH's rectum to get her attention during a lecture was one that I haven't been able to get out of my mind since (and it's something my husband teases me about to this day!) There were special implements made to spank that special area and more. Something clicked that day and I will admit the tamer novels have lost a little bit of their appeal although there are always exceptions.

Anal play and anal sex don't do the same things to me. There definitely has to be an element of dominance and authority. Whether it's anal spanking, ginger root, creams or soapstick discipline count me in!

Now, I know not everyone agrees. I have several friends who love a good old fashioned spanking novel and would prefer anything spicier to be kept out. What are your thoughts on the subject? What is the thing that gets your heart pumping the fastest in your favorite erotic novel?