First Kiss Friday with Alina K. Field

Welcome to my First Kiss Friday blog! Today I have fellow Bluestocking Belle Alina K. Field who has an excerpt from her novella Sir Westcott Steals a Heart that is in the Belles’ boxset Love’s Perilous Road. We hope you enjoy this first kiss scent. Happy reading, my lovelies!

Excerpt:

With a scream and a whoosh, Sybil flew, landing sprawled on her stomach, caught by strong arms. The loud oof she heard came from Sir Westcott, knocked backwards to the floor.

Long moments passed before she could catch her breath, and then more long moments as her heart pounded and all her senses alerted.

She’d not only landed on Sir Westcott, she’d landed atop him, her breasts smashed against his waistcoat, her heart pounding in time with his, his arms holding her close. The lantern had gone out. They were submerged in darkness.

But her other senses were working quite well; too well. His breathing was as ragged as hers. Dear Lord, she could feel the taut muscles of his chest moving up and down and smell the starch in his neckcloth.

She lifted her head, and her nose touched his chin, scratchy with evening stubble. If she just lifted her head a little higher…

“I say, Sybil. Are you injured?”

How did he not sound breathless? There was real concern in his tone.

“N-n-no,” she said on another ragged breath, and the shock of the fall, of flailing about in the air hit her. She choked back a sob.

His hand stroked her back. “Shhh.”

The tenderness in his voice sent warmth spiraling through her. Perhaps he’d rail at her later, but for now…

“Apologies,” she said, rallying. “Are you alright?”

A long pause followed, and he finally said. “In truth, never better.”

There’d been nothing flirtatious in his tone. He’d been dead serious, and that intensity had her senses reeling again with awareness. She ought to roll off him. She ought to… Dear Lord, she wondered about kissing him. She had to get hold of herself.

“Not light as a feather then, am I?” she asked, trying to break the spell.

His chuckle vibrated near her ear, sending more warmth through her and a growing, dazzling, mad temptation. He smelled so delicious—of good soap and some pleasant masculine scent. Despite chasing her across half of Devil’s Dyke, he smelled clean.

As she lifted her head, the clouds outside moved and faint light glimmered through the high window, illuminating his lips. They were curved up in a smile.

In all her twenty-four years, she’d never let a man kiss her. She’d never initiated a kiss.

She’d never felt this way before.

His hand moved to the back of her head. His eyes gleamed up at her, and the smile on his lips faltered and transformed to a look of wonder.

“Sybil,” he said.

Dragging her hand up, she cupped his jaw, dipped her head, and pressed her lips to his. Warmth, softness, the scent of brandy made her dizzy, unable to think, unable to do anything but feel ripples of pleasure as his hands moved over her.

Sir Westcott Steals a Heart, by Alina K. Field
In Love’s Perilous Road, a Bluestocking Belles Collection with Friends

Sir Westcott Twisden didn’t know he wanted to marry until the tallest lady he’d ever met crossed his path. Curious when a local smuggler shows up to visit her, Wes follows her into trouble. 

Sybil Dunsford lives to protect her brothers and their home. And so one night she disguises herself as a boy to take her brother’s place shifting contraband. But when the night goes awry, Sir Westcott appears, and they’re locked in together. Will romance follow?

Buy link for Love’s Perilous Road: https://books2read.com/u/mqx0W6

Author Bio and links:

USA Today bestselling author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature but prefers the happier world of romance fiction. Her roots are in the Midwestern U.S., but after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern California where she shares a midcentury home with a golden-eyed terrier and a feisty chihuahua and only occasionally misses snow. 

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