Normally, when you hear the phrase 6 of the best, it's a warning that someone is getting 6 cuts of the cane. That's not what's happening here. Here, we're getting 6 of the best spanking stories. So, yay! Stories are better than canes. Probably.

Ashe Barker, Felicity Brandon, Gracie Malling, Jaye Peaches, Katie Douglas, and Vanessa Brooks have each written a story that fits somewhere into British history between the Restoration and the late Victorian. We get to see Alpha men who are taking care of the women that they love. They all cherish them, love them, and spank them as necessary.

The women are all strong in their own ways, from the woman who decides that she needs to become a highwayman so that she can support her family to the woman who is afraid of having sex so she is bound and determined to stay a virgin, even though she's married. The one thing that they all have in common is that they are submissive to their husbands and they accept their husbands' discipline.

Of all the stories, Lettie from Gracie Malling's The Impertinent Wife is my favorite character. That's because I think that she's a lot like me. I'm often struggling to be polite, I'm deeply sarcastic, and I will tell people that I think they are too stupid for words. Of course, I don't have her husband threatening to spank me, so it's much easier for me to be those things.

My favorite of all the stories is Katie Douglas' story, His Reluctant Bride. I love the things that happen to Laura. I want to go there, so bad, because it all sounds so dirty and hot. But, it's also sweet and loving. It can totally be both.

Of course, none of that means that I don't like the other stories. This is definitely going to be an anthology I read when I need something that I know is going to be good and that I will enjoy. ( )