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The Institute
Series · 14
books · 2014-2020

Books in series

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#1

Bought and Trained

2014

Desperate to be dominated, twenty-five-year-old Rose signs up for a concubine training program and agrees to have her memory of consenting erased, allowing her to experience being forced to explore her fantasies of complete and utter submission. Leo, a skilled case-agent for the program, captures Rose and puts her through a strict training regimen, in which her body is no longer her own but instead is Leo’s to command. He brings her to the Institute where she meets her training partner, Hannah, and also meets other men who she learns to call “Master”. During her time at the Institute, Rose is taught that obedience is not optional and that defiancé will result in ever more humiliating punishments. Once their training is complete, Rose and Hannah are purchased by a master and mistress and are brought back to the couple’s villa in the Caribbean. The girls thrive in their new roles, but when a traumatic experience causes Rose’s memory of her consent to come flooding back, will her realization that she wanted all of this from the beginning bring everything crashing down?
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#2

An Extreme Marriage

2014

When Frank catches Jenny, his prim and proper wife, masturbating while reading about the Institute—a place where husbands learn to spank their naughty wives and thoroughly ravish them in the bedroom—he realizes that something needs to change. The Institute’s training costs a fortune, but he is willing to bet it will be more than worth the price. Jenny and Frank enter “Extreme Marriage” training at the Institute, but although Jenny craves Frank’s dominance on a very deep level, her bashful ways reveal a sexual guilt taught to her long ago which will require great patience and care to overcome. It takes all of Frank’s willpower to restrain his raging desires as he follows the Institute’s plan and takes control of their marriage. Frank’s newfound dominance brings Jenny pleasure beyond anything she has ever known, and as the terrible guilt that has been a part of her life for so long slips away, she and Frank find more joy in their marriage than they ever thought possible. But when they leave the Institute and return home, can they keep the passion they ignited there burning hot? Publisher’s Note: An Extreme Marriage is a stand-alone book set in the same world as Bought and Trained. It is an erotic novel that includes extensive BDSM content, spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of exhibitionism and voyeurism, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#3

Breaking Abigail

2014

As eighteen-year-old Abigail Podret pleasures herself in her family’s summer-house, she cries out the name of Mark LeMarchand, the man she secretly loves. She has no idea that he stands steps away, ready to do what she most desires: strip her naked, spank her hard, and take her even harder. But as a result of her stern upbringing, Abigail finds herself unable to give herself to Mark no matter how badly she longs for it. Mark is determined to help Abigail, and with the assistance of wealthy friends he creates the Institute, a place where women agree to have their memory of consent suppressed by hypnosis in order to free them to enjoy their submission fully. When Mark tells Abigail about the Institute, she realizes it may be her only chance at real happiness. After agreeing to the program, Abigail wakes up at the Institute and meets Master Ian, under whose firm hand she will be taught to please a man in any way he requires. Absolute obedience is expected of her and anything less will result in punishments as shameful as they are effective. But when Abigail inadvertently discovers the truth about The Institute, will she decide to finish her training or will she leave and rush into Mark’s waiting arms? Publisher’s Note: Breaking Abigail is a stand-alone story set in the world of Bought and Trained and An Extreme Marriage, but prior to the events of those books. It is an erotic novel that includes extensive BDSM content, spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of exhibitionism and voyeurism, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#4

At Leo's Command

2014

When twenty-three-year-old Kristen Harper peeks through a window and witnesses a man giving a woman a bare-bottom spanking, the sight ignites desires she has ignored for too long. After Kristen sees the same man get into a van with a company’s logo, she calls the company to make an appointment, hoping to experience for herself what she glimpsed in the window. The man turns out to be Leo Hastert, one of the top trainers at the Institute, a place dedicated to giving women like Kristen exactly what they need. After her call, Leo visits Kristen’s home, spanks her long and hard, and takes her in all the ways she’s longed for a man to have her. Everything is perfect… until Leo informs Kristen that she can’t be his. What he can do for her, though, is take her to the Institute, where she will be fully trained as a submissive. Kristen volunteers for the Institute, but she’s not ready to say goodbye to Leo, and as her training continues he is stunned by his intense and growing feelings for her as well. Can Leo stay professional and play his role in Kristen’s training, or will he decide that having Kristen as his own is worth any price? Publisher’s Note: At Leo’s Command is the fourth book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. At Leo’s Command is an erotic novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of medical play, extensive BDSM content, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#5

Controlling Caitlin

2015

When nineteen-year-old Caitlin’s rude behavior gets out of hand, her boyfriend, Neil, decides that it is time for some drastic action to get her under control. In order to take Caitlin in hand properly, Neil enlists the help of his close friend Mary, a woman who learned the art of correcting naughty young women during her time at a special facility known only as the Institute. Caitlin is shocked to learn of Neil and Mary’s plans for her, but despite her blushing protests she soon finds herself pulled over her stern boyfriend’s knee for a long, hard, bare-bottom spanking. Though the punishment leaves her humiliated and sore, her desire for Neil is set ablaze by his dominance. But Neil and Mary have much more than just a single spanking planned for Caitlin, and over the coming weeks she’ll learn what it really means to be thoroughly disciplined. Publisher’s Note: Controlling Caitlin is the fifth book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. Controlling Caitlin includes spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, elements of medical play, extensive BDSM content, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#5.5

A Punishment Exam for Jane

2015

Unwilling to admit to desires that fill her with shame, investigative journalist Jane Redford is on a mission to infiltrate and then bring down the Institute. But to her shock, soon after her arrival she discovers that those who run the Institute are fully aware of her intentions and have their own plans for her, starting with a thorough, humiliating punishment examination. Publisher’s Note: A Punishment Exam for Jane is a short story set in the world of The Institute Series. It includes spankings, sexual scenes, extensive medical play, anal play, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#6

Thoroughly Trained

2016

Sweet, modest twenty-year-old Anna Greenway has always covered her ears any time her friends tried to talk to her about sex. But the laws of her society have changed in recent years, as Anna discovers when she meets Martin Lourcy, an experienced, handsome man employed by the Institute, whose mission is to train submissive women for sexual service. To her shock, Anna soon learns that Martin has been granted the authority to bring her with him to the Institute to be taught about strict discipline and to have her sexuality awakened and mastered. When Anna defies him, Martin does not hesitate to bare her bottom and punish her soundly, explaining that from now on she will be expected to obey him in the way she was raised to believe a wife should obey a husband. But Martin will do much more than merely teach her to submit to his every command. He will show Anna the intense pleasure and incredible passion of yielding herself to his skillful, dominant lovemaking, and soon his mastery of her body will be so complete that every hard spanking and blushing climax will only increase her desire for more. Soon enough, however, Martin realizes that something is quickly going terribly wrong. Anna is obviously falling in love with him, and even worse, he is forced to admit to himself that he is falling in love with her as well. When her training is complete, Martin knows Anna will graduate from the Institute program and be sold to a wealthy, powerful man, but when that day comes will he be able to give up the girl he longs to claim as his own? Publisher’s Note: Thoroughly Trained is an erotic novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, exhibitionism, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#7

Begging to Be Owned

2016

Twenty-three-year-old Olivia Rogers thought her desperate need to be owned, punished, and taken in the most shameful of ways was a secret known only to her, but she was wrong. Had she known the Institute existed, she would not have been so surprised to find herself captured, stripped bare, spanked soundly, and thoroughly dominated by a muscle-bound Institute trainer. Gabriel’s job at the Institute is simple. He teaches girls like Olivia exactly what it means to be owned, and he shows them both the intense pleasure of submission and the painful consequences for their beautiful bare bottoms if they attempt to defy their natural yearning to be mastered. Even Olivia’s most private places will be explored and enjoyed by Gabriel and the other trainers, and their skilled, dominant lovemaking will leave her quivering with desire and aching for more. But though her training at the Institute is intended to prepare her to belong to a powerful billionaire who will pay handsomely for her, there is another man with an interest in Olivia, a former lover determined to win her back. But how far will he be prepared to go to reclaim her? Publisher’s Note: Begging to Be Owned is the seventh book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. Begging to Be Owned is an erotic novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, anal play, exhibitionism, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#8

Reformed for the Senator

2016

When eighteen-year-old Jessica Dering is caught pleasuring herself with the assistance of her best friend, both girls are sent to a government academy for young women in need of correction and reform. Once there, Jessica quickly discovers that she will be trained not only in obedience, but also in complete submission to the desires of the rich, influential senator to whom she will eventually be given. Jessica’s new life at the academy begins with a deeply humiliating medical examination at the hands of a strict doctor, and her attempts to avoid the embarrassing procedure merely earn her a sound spanking on her bare bottom. After her responses to intimate stimulation are thoroughly evaluated, Jessica is warned that any off-limits sexual exploration will be sternly punished. Despite her best efforts to remain defiant, as Jessica’s training begins she finds herself helplessly aroused by the ever more shameful demands of the academy staff, especially the handsome, masterfully dominant dean of students, Kevin Logan. But with Kevin’s need to claim Jessica as his own growing more obvious by the day and a powerful organization seeking to manipulate the situation for their own purposes, will the future of the entire academy be thrown into chaos? Publisher’s Note: Reformed for the Senator is the eighth book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. Reformed for the Senator is an erotic novel that includes spankings, sexual scenes, medical play, elements of BDSM, and more. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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#9

Drastic Measures

2016

When Robin Reed walks down the aisle with billionaire tycoon Oliver Marlowe, she has high hopes for their future together. But it doesn’t take long for her to realize that her new husband’s expectations for the marriage are very different from her own. Determined to make the relationship work, Robin agrees to Oliver’s suggestion that they enlist the aid of an organization dedicated to ensuring that couples find what they need in their marriages, and soon the skilled staff of the Institute are on the case. Publisher’s Note: Drastic Measures is the ninth book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order.
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#10

A Concubine for the Trillionaire

2016

When eighteen-year-old Alice Henning is taken from her college by an Institute trainer named Chris Sandoe, she soon finds herself naked and blushing with her bright-red, well-spanked bottom on display as she learns what it means to be properly mastered by a firm, dominant man. Alice will be no ordinary concubine, however. The Institute has given her to Eric Gadden, one of the richest men in the world, as part of a secret plan to curb his sinister influence. Her new owner quickly proves more than ready to punish her thoroughly for any disobedience, but even as he claims her beautiful body in any way he pleases, Alice cannot help wondering what it would be like to belong to Chris instead. Though he intended to do his part in Alice's training without growing attached, Chris' need to protect her grows stronger by the day. When it becomes clear that Eric is far more menacing than anyone realized and Alice's life may be in danger, will Chris risk everything to save her? Publisher's Note: A Concubine for the Trillionaire is the tenth book of The Institute Series. The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. A Concubine for the Trillionaire includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
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#11

Tamed by the Sheikh

2017

When Beatrice Graham is caught spying on a meeting between an influential senator and a powerful Arab prince, the Institute is left with no choice but to act quickly to protect both the naive eighteen-year-old intern and the secret she unwittingly overheard. Once she has been taken into the Institute's custody, it isn't long before Beatrice is naked and blushing as she is thoroughly and intimately examined. After the humiliating ordeal reveals her long-hidden need to be mastered properly by a dominant man, she is sold as a concubine to Diyab al-Rashan, the handsome sheikh on whom she so recently eavesdropped. Diyab promptly sets about training Beatrice, teaching her to offer her beautiful body for him to enjoy in any way he pleases and spanking her bare bottom soundly whenever she disobeys him. Her new owner's stern punishments and fierce lovemaking leave Beatrice deeply ashamed yet satisfied in a way she never dreamed possible, but can she truly find a place for herself in the sheikh's household? Publisher's Tamed by the Sheikh is the eleventh book of The Institute Series . The books of The Institute Series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. Tamed by the Sheikh includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
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#12

Sold to the Billionaire

2017

As the daughter of her nation’s leader, great things are expected of eighteen-year-old Heather Gerber, but then her society changes radically almost overnight. With a major energy crisis on the horizon, Heather begins a relationship with power company executive Nils Strindgard.Even as she strives to adapt to her new situation, Heather finds herself surprisingly drawn to the handsome billionaire. Another man is vying for her attention as well, however. Paul Federico, a highly trained employee of a rival corporation, has also developed feelings for Heather. But will he be able to compete with a tycoon like Nils?
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#13

Claimed as His Bride

2020

Though nineteen-year-old Willa Stevens is excited about her upcoming marriage, she cannot help getting butterflies in her tummy at the thought of what her new husband will expect of his blushing bride. Being made to strip bare and put her virgin body on full display for an intimate, embarrassing medical examination only increases her nervousness, but what truly worries her is the doctor's warning about a secret town tradition she will experience on her wedding night. When she demands to know what is in store for her, Willa's firm-handed fiancé doesn't hesitate to take her over his knee for a long, hard spanking on her bare bottom. The stern correction arouses her deeply, ensuring that when the fateful night arrives at last she will be quivering with need and ready to be claimed in the shameful way countless brides before her have been claimed. Publisher's Note: Claimed as His Bride is the second book of the Shamefully Courted series. The books of the Shamefully Courted series are stand-alone novels which can be read in any order. Claimed as His Bride includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

Author

Emily Tilton
Emily Tilton
Author · 99 books

Emily Tilton, whose books have hit number one on Amazon in six different erotica categories, wishes she could live out her fantasies of submission the way her characters do. Emily's erotica is a narrative version of her nearly lifelong quest to reconcile her submissive erotic orientation with her ethics. She writes erotic romance, but her books are always frankly and unashamedly about sex, because writing about sex helps her understand that fundamental part of her life better. She hopes maybe it does the same for her readers. Over the many years since Emily became aware of her sometimes unbearable craving for spanking, ravishment, and all the shameful things that go with it, she has tried to come to terms with that craving in more ways than she can count. The first of the ways was by reading, voraciously, every piece of BDSM erotica she could find. Eventually, she read "Story of O." As is reflected throughout her work, it changed her life, though the change has been gradual, and continues to this day. The idea that other women might share the lusts she has by turns been ashamed of and defiantly proud of, that a woman like the real Pauline Réage might write so beautifully of those lusts, and work them out so thoroughly and even pitilessly on a character, put Réage's famous pencil in her right hand. Or, to put it in the terms of EXPLORATIONS, which she considers her magnum opus, it put her left hand on the keyboard of her laptop and her right hand in her lap, if you know what she means. Emily started to write spanking stories.

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