Brittany Wallace had lived a life of ease and luxury, completely shielded from the repercussions of her actions by her wealthy father's influence and connections… until the day she made one poor choice too many and found herself thrown out of the family home. At twenty-six years old, having never done a hard day's work in her life, she finds herself begging her twin brother for a place to stay. He reluctantly agrees, but promises that things will be different-from now on bratty behavior will have consequences. When a fellow police officer from her brother's unit by the name of Reed Simms takes an interest in her, she does her best to give him the cold shoulder, but she quickly finds that he is a hard man to drive away. What's worse is that she isn't even sure she wants to drive away this handsome, dominant man who is not afraid to tell her what she needs to hear, whether or not she wants to hear it. Worst of all, she soon learns that if words alone don't get the job done, Reed is more than willing to bare her bottom for a long, hard spanking, and if that still doesn't make her behave, then he has other, even more embarrassing ways of keeping a naughty girl in line. Publisher's Note: Painful Consequences is an erotic novel that includes both consensual and non-consensual spankings, anal play, graphic sexual scenes, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.