Thursday, October 1, 2015

Today's Special - - Kate Meader Playing With Fire Review Tour




Playing With Fire
Hot in Chicago #2
By Kate Meader
Publisher: Pocket Books
Release Date: September 29, 2015




Alexandra Dempsey has spent her life dealing with her firefighting, testosterone-laden, over-protective foster brothers and has learned to hold her own as the only female firefighter at Engine Co. 6. What she hasn't learned is how to find a guy who isn't scared off by her confidence and no-nonsense demeanor before the second date and after 34 first dates in ten months, she's beginning to wonder if he even exists.

Sexy, gorgeous and brilliant are words often associated with Chicago Mayor, Eli Cooper. None of those words would be used at the Dempsey dinner table. Eli has managed to make enemies of the entire family, their co-workers and the firefighter unions for his cuts to their pension program in an effort to bring Chicago's budget under control. Alex's problems with the mayor are more personal. There was that incident involving Alex's older brother, Luke (Flirting With Fire, Book 1), another involving Alex's unfortunate tendency to act before thinking, the fact that Mr. Mayor is a chauvinistic jerk who doesn't think women should be firefighters, and the sexual sizzle that snaps, crackles and pops any time Alex and Eli are in the same vicinity. Nobody is mentioning that!

When Alex rescues Eli from a fire at a downtown hotel and sparks fly between them at the press conference, Eli's campaign manager convinces him that "dating" Alexandra is exactly what he needs to resurrect his flagging re-election campaign. Eli is the consummate political animal and Alex's mouth has no filter. You have to know this is going to be fun. And it is! It breathes new life into Eli's campaign but he may have bent the truth a bit (okay, a lot) to convince (blackmail) Alex into agreeing to the scheme. The desire between these two is off the charts and once they start spending time together, their fake relationship starts to become all too real. And when they finally give in to all that pent-up desire? Well, let's just say there's a good chance they're going to set the whole city on fire. Her brothers are going ballistic, Alex's co-workers aren't any happier, and this wasn't at all what Eli's team had in mind. Then there's the little fact that Eli's been lying to Alex all this time. When the truth finally comes out, things get really hot in Chicago!

I am so enjoying Kate Meader's Hot in Chicago series! I've been anticipating Alex and Eli's story since they first hit the pages in Flirting With Fire and it's everything I had hoped for. These are two complex characters with multiple layers who are made for one another, in the bedroom and out. I love how they challenge one another. I appreciate the honesty between them. The rapid-fire banter sizzled and led to (fanning myself) some burn-the-sheets-up scenes that did not disappoint! But mostly, I like that they ultimately love and accept one another for who they are, flaws and all. Isn't that what we all hope to find?

If you like sassy, sexy, contemporary romance don't miss Kate Meader's Playing With Fire.

~PJ 




We are excited to do a Fire Giveaway today for Kate Meader’s PLAYING WITH FIRE blog tour.  The Fire Giveaway will include Flirting with Fire and Baby, It’s Cold Outside (which includes Kate Meader's Rekindle the Flame, the prequel Hot in Chicago e-novella which will publish November 30th for $1.99!) You can visit all sites on the blog tour to enter the Fire Giveaways – but keep in mind you can only win once! Leave a comment to enter the giveaway. U.S. only.

I'll announce the winner of today's giveaway at 7:00 pm EST. 

PLAYING WITH FIRE
A HOT IN CHICAGO NOVEL
KATE MEADER
Pocket Books
September 29, 2015
ISBN 9781476785929
$7.99

 The scorching-hot Dempsey siblings continue to fight fire with fire…

Her heart’s in his line of fire…
Heating up reading lists and leisure time long after the summer heat has cooled will be Kate Meader’s PLAYING WITH FIRE, which tells the story of rookie firefighter Alex Dempsey. She may be the only woman in Engine Company 6—and may have burned through thirty-four dates in the last ten months—but she’s got everything under control. At least until she rescues Eli Cooper, Chicago’s devastatingly handsome mayor, from a hotel blaze. These two have clashed before—Eli’s a brilliant politician, used to the spotlight, and Alex has no use for a man who can smooth-talk anyone into anything, including his bed. But after their headline-grabbing encounter, Alex is the one starting to sizzle…

...but first she’ll set his world aflame…
Eli Cooper has one goal: winning the next election, and Alex, his sassy savior, may be the spark he needs to light up his sputtering mayoral campaign. “Dating” the female firefighter who saved his life is political gold, but her total lack of filter makes Eli incensed—and more than a little hot and bothered. For the sake of ratings, their bickering will have to wait until they get some privacy…

And once these two are alone together, there’ll be no way to extinguish the flames in Kate Meader’s second sizzling installment in the Hot in Chicago series, PLAYING WITH FIRE!

About the Author:

Kate Meader was raised on romance. An Irish girl, she started with Catherine Cookson and Jilly Coooper novels, and spiced it up with some Mills & Boon. Now based in Chicago, she writes romances of her own, where sexy contemporary alpha heroes and strong heroines match each other quip for quip. When not immersed in tales of brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron or a fire hose, Kate lives on the web at katemeader.comTwitterFacebook,Goodreads and Pinterest.

Watch this interview with Kate Meader!



Hot in Chicago buy links:

Playing with Fire (9/29/15) is second in the series.

Rekindle the Flame is the prequel e-novella which will publish November 30th for $1.99!

Flirting with Fire (3/24/15) is first in the series.
Melting Point (8/31/15) is the mm romance e-novella from the series.

Kate Meader’s PLAYING WITH FIRE blog tour:

Week 1, three Fire Giveaways per day    


9/29:      A Book Whore’s Obsession
                Abigail Books Addiction
                Night Owl Reviews
                Mrs Leif’s Two Fangs About It Book Blog
                In Between the Pages
10/1:      Talk Supe
                The Romance Dish
                Four Chicks Flipping Pages
10/2:      Harlequin Junkie
                Bea’s Book Nook
                Collector of Book Boyfriends

Week 2, two and three Fire Giveaways per day  

                Fire and Ice Book Reviews
10/6:      Cocktails & Books
                Read-Love-Blog
10/7:      Bookish Temptations
                Art Books Coffee
                Lush Book Reviews
                WTF Are You Reading?
                Once Upon An Alpha
10/9:      Romance Obsessed Book Blog
                Fiction Fangirls
                Red Cheeks Reads

Week 3, one Fire Giveaway per day 

10/14:   The Book Enthusiast


10/16:   About That Story

7 comments:

  1. So hot love firefighters
    Thanks for giveaway
    Kimh

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  2. I love these kind of storie. All the gorgeous firefighters. :). Thank you for this giveway chance.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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  3. I love these kind of storie. All the gorgeous firefighters. :). Thank you for this giveway chance.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

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  4. This sounds like a fun and "hot" contemporary series.

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  5. Thanks for the giveaway. I haven't read this author yet, but the political plot sounds interesting.

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  6. Thank you for the giveaway! Loved Hot and Bothered (a friends to love themed story) I seem to read based on theme.

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  7. Thanks for this!! I've not read these!

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