Title: Kissing Fire
Author: A.M. Hargrove
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: April 15, 2013
Synopsis:Preston Mitchell’s life as an undercover DEA agent has never allowed him to have a normal life. He’s never considered a relationship with a woman until he meets Avery Middleton.
To an outsider, Avery has it all…wealth, family connections and a great job. But things aren’t so great on the inside. She decides to take a chance and make a new start three thousand miles from home and steps right into the arms of hot and sexy Preston.
Unfortunately for both of them, Avery ends up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and is now running for her life. Fortunately, she has a gorgeous DEA agent protecting her. In the midst of all the chaos, they find themselves irresistibly drawn to each other. But Preston carries more than his share of mental baggage, courtesy of his job. Even so, Avery rocks Preston’s world because she is nothing like anyone he’s ever met and something extraordinary begins to happen between them. But can their love survive in this world, where danger, intrigue and deception lurk on every corner?
Guest Post:
Interesting Facts About Kissing Fire Part 2
By A.M. Hargrove
- I modeled all the hotels and restaurants in Vail Village after actual ones, but I put a twist on their names. For example, the restaurant and bar where Avery worked was called Tres Chicas. In reality, the one at the base of Gondola 1 in Vail is Los Amigos.
- EPIC in El Paso is the center where all the intelligence operations are performed for the DEA. But everything else about Preston’s activities were purely fictional.
- Melissa came from my utter and absolute desire to have a crazy friend like that. Who wouldn’t want to have a neighbor/bestie that was such a nutty character like her? I know I would. My sister comes pretty close, but not quite.
- I’ve always wanted to read about a character that wasn’t stick thin and perfect, hence Avery’s size. While she wasn’t tremendously large, in her mind she was inadequate and had major issues with herself. She was nowhere close to being a size 2. She had what many women deal with every day…curves. Her struggle, and Preston’s acceptance of her as she was and loving her that way, was a message for all women out there. Some men really do love curves.
About the Author:
One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager, A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on fast forward and if she didn’t do something soon, it would quickly be too late to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So, she rolled down the passenger window of her fabulous (not) company car and tossed out her leather briefcase. Luckily, the pedestrian in the direct line of fire was a dodgeball pro and had über quick reflexes enabling him to avoid getting bashed in the head. Feeling a tad guilty about the near miss, A. M. made a speedy turn down a deserted side street before tossing her crummy, outdated piece-of-you-know-what lap top out the window. She breathed a liberating sigh of relief, picked up her cell phone and hit #4 on her speed dial.
Boss: Hello
A.M.: Boss, is that you?
Boss: Why yes, A. M., who else would be answering my phone?
A.M.: Er… right. Well, I’m calling to let you know you can pick up my luxury Ford Focus at Starbucks near the interstate.
Boss: Why ever would I want to do that?
A.M.: Because I quit!
A.M. hit the end button and speed dialed her husband.
A.M.: Hi hubs, can you pick me up at Starbucks?
Hubs: Sure… Having some car trouble?
A.M.: Not at all. I don’t have a car to have trouble with because I just quit my job.
Hubs: WHAT?!
A.M.: It’s time for a new career and I am going to be a very famous novelist.
So began A. M. Hargrove’s career as a YA/NA and Adult Romance writer! Her books include Kissing Fire, Edge of Disaster, Shattered Edge, the series the Guardians of Vesturon (Survival, Resurrection, Determinant, Beginnings and the upcoming reEmergent) and Dark Waltz.
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(1) Print copy of Kissing Fire – US/Canada
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(5) eBook copies of Kissing Fire – International
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I’m so excited about this book! Love the cover and the blurb! Thank you for the chance to win a copy!
OMG! 🙂 I could just see that break up with your job scene as a scene in a Show/movie. I’m sure that someone will eventually come across it and write it into one of their projects. When they do, be sure to demand royalties. Thanks for sharing!
This looks so great! Thanks for sharing with us! I adore that cover as well.
Did the author have any say on the design of the book cover? Also, who in the author’s life encouraged them to sit down and write their first book?
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Sounds like a great book and I absolutely love the cover. Can’t wait to read it!
Super excited at a chance to win this!
Cool giveaway I have not read this yet but looks good thank you for the chance to win it