RELEASE BLITZ: “The Schoolmaster’s Spy” by Ruby Moone
RELEASE BLITZ
Book Title: The
Schoolmaster’s Spy
Author: Ruby Moone
Publisher: Self-Published
Cover Artist: Meredith
Russell
Release Date: October 28,
2021
Genre: Regency MM
Tropes: School Crushes / King’s spy with trust issues & geeky school
master
Themes: Trust, love, finding a family, self-acceptance
Heat Rating: 4
flames
Length: 93 000
words
It is book three in the
Winsford Green Series and does not end on a
cliffhanger.
Book 1 – Dances Long
Forgotten
Book 2 – People Like Us
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
Universal
Link | Amazon US | Amazon UK
Mark Dexter was the one
boy that schoolmaster, Felix Brook, never forgot. Ten years later, he’s back…
Blurb
With Bonaparte defeated, King’s spy, Captain Mark Dexter
is furious at being sent to investigate the latest headmaster of his old school, rather than a
smuggling ring on the south coast. Things look up considerably when he realises that the
schoolmaster he admired above all others, Felix Brook, is still there. The man who listened
to him, the man who cared about him, the man who is still out of bounds. With only half an
eye on the job, Dexter puts Felix in a compromising position. The mission goes
catastrophically wrong, leaving Felix to bear the brunt of the repercussions. With his
commanding officer after his blood, and Felix running from him, Dexter is desperate to put
things right.
Felix Brook, schoolmaster, is devoted to Hestingley’s school
and its pupils. His life is quiet and unremarkable, but When Mark Dexter turns up at an Old
Boys’ dinner, he turns Felix’s life inside out. In the decade since he last saw him, the wild,
unpredictable schoolboy has become a devastatingly handsome man. Felix can scarcely
believe it when Dexter makes his attraction clear, it’s like a dream come true. Until it all goes
wrong.
Reluctantly thrown together at the Winsford Green annual
Summer Fete, Felix and Dexter attempt to piece together what happened, rebuild trust, and
deal with the searing passion that still burns between them. When the truth is finally
revealed, Felix must not only prove his innocence, but hold tightly to love as Dexter’s world
crumbles beneath him.
Excerpt
Felix yelled aloud at the shock of running into someone in
the dark corridor. A firm hand clamped over his mouth and Felix clutched the strong arm
that held him. When the hand eased a little, he was wondering frantically what to say by
way of explanation for his presence, when a wave of sandalwood mingled with leather hit
him. There was only one person in the world who smelled like that. Only one person with
that underlying scent of manliness. He swallowed and stared at the floor, gathering his
composure. Why would Dexter be here? Why? The conclusion he drew both terrified and
exhilarated him.
The hand over his mouth lifted and Felix had to make
himself not lick his lips.
“Brook?” It was him. Mark Dexter was standing in
front of him, one arm holding him tight. Felix had regretted not taking up the earlier, blatant
invitation with every fibre of his being. Castigated himself as an abject looby for not
responding with at least a smidgeon of sophistication and behaving like the insular, lonely
schoolmaster he was.
“You followed me.” He hadn’t a clue what else to
say.
“Is that what you think?”
Felix had to look up at that. “Well, why else are you
here?”
Moonlight shone through the window beside them, casting
a ghostly glow over Dexter’s head, making his hair look darker and his eyes gleam.
“Why else indeed,” Dexter whispered and stepped closer.
Felix’s instinct was to run, but he held his ground. This was probably the last chance he
would get to spend time with him. Who was he fooling? Spend time? He didn’t want to
spend time, he wanted to… Well, he didn’t know what in God’s name he wanted but it
involved Captain Mark Dexter in his rooms. In his bed, leaning over him, kissing him, feeling
the weight of him. Christ, he wanted him naked.
“Do you want me to leave?” Dexter was so close he could
feel the warmth from his body.
This was it. All he had to do was say ‘yes’ and he was sure
that Dexter would leave. He had done so last time.
“Mr. Brook?”
“My name is Felix,” he said, surprised at how deep and
rough his voice was.
A smile spread across Dexter’s sculpted features. “Felix,” he
whispered as though tasting the word on his tongue.
“You can’t be calling me Mr. Brook. That man was your
teacher.”
“And this man, Felix?”
Felix shivered as Dexter moved closer. He touched his nose
to Felix’s ear and the breath left Felix’s chest. His eyes fluttered closed, his mouth opened on
a soundless word, and he leaned into the contact.
Dexter’s hand slid around Felix’s waist, and he pulled him a
tiny bit nearer. He pushed his nose against Felix’s cheek and nuzzled. Felix felt the soft
warmth of his breath, the scent of his skin, and the latent strength in the body that stood so,
so close.
“Might this man, Felix, be my lover for tonight?”
About the Author
Ruby Moone lives in the wilds of Lancashire
with her husband and writes historical and contemporary romance. At school, her teachers
said that she lived with her head in the clouds and if she didn’t stop daydreaming she would
never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the
clouds, decided to write the stories down.
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