Romance Week: Guest Post & Giveaway with Nikki Jefford

For those looking for Adult Romance posts for Romance Week - hop on over to Aislynn's blog - she has author Christy Hayes with a guest post!

And next up... Nikki Jefford, author of The Spellbound Trilogy! She has a lovely guest post today for us and a fun giveaway!

My First Kiss by Nikki Jefford

In the Spirit of Saint Valentine’s, I’m going to share the story of my first kiss… at not-so-sweet 21.

You read correctly. Wine touched these lips before a boy’s mouth did. Believe me, I wanted to. I was ready at 6.

I wish I could say no opportunities presented themselves, but, in fact, there were two perfect moments with two guys I really liked that ended in:

1. Me slamming the door on one’s face and bloodying his lip

And

2. Me punching a guy in the gut when he leaned in for the kiss

So moving past my intimacy and trust issues, I finally met the man who would claim my lips for himself.

Our waiter one afternoon, 27-year-old Todd, was Hollywood hot.

Between settings, clearings, and veggie pizza we talked and joked. My mom embarrassed me by saying I wanted his number, but in the end he sent a waitress out to share his digits, which were hastily scrawled across my paper placemat. I called and we arranged a date.

This guy was gorgeous. Never mind that he was six years older and lived in a trailer park. He looked like a Greek God dressed all in white ready to ride out across the savannah on a safari.

I wish everyone’s first kiss could be like ours. On date three, we hiked up a deserted rode on the Anchorage hillside. The sky had turned this romantic shade of gray, like a backdrop before a monumental thunderstorm. We walked across the mountains, the city a distant shimmer of light below. Todd had my hand in his and then he swung me around, gathered me in his arms and kissed me deeply. A long unhurried kiss that lasted ages. He kissed me two more times before we headed down and he drove me home. I stayed up all night reliving each kiss.

But here I must end on a total cliché. Todd started acting funny on the phone after this. He worried what my mom would think about him “taking advantage of her daughter.” (It was a kiss for freak’s sake!) I finally wrangled another date out of him only to be stood up. To this day I don’t know what happened. (And yes, I entertained the idea that he was unconscious in a hospital somewhere.)

It’s not like I slammed a door on him or punched him. Though lucky for me, I left for France three months later and met the real love of my life, Sébastien – and let’s face it: 1) The name Sébastien so trumps Todd and 2) Find me a better smoocher than a Frenchman – I mean, they have a kiss named after them!

So readers, how was your first kiss? Good, bad, meh, sloppy?

Speaking of sloppy, poor Aurora Sky experiences a less than romantic first kiss in my new YA/NA novel Aurora Sky: Vampire novel.

Leave a comment answering the following question: `What was your first kiss like?` and enter to win an e-book copy! (Please follow the rafflecopter instructions)

Happy heart’s day!

xoxo, Nikki

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About the author:

Nikki Jefford is a third generation Alaskan who loves fictional bad boys and heroines who kick butt. Entangled, the first in the YA Mature Spellbound Trilogy, is now free in e-book at Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords.

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Her new release, Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter, is on sale for 99 cents at Amazon through February 14^th.