A Shot At Love
by Peggy
Jaeger
Be sure to read where Peggy goes for inspiration.
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Nothing’s impossible when love is on the menu. In Peggy Jaeger’s
luscious series, the only thing more tempting than a delicious meal is a truly
delectable romance . . .
Look for exclusive recipes in each book!
Photographer Gemma Laine is looking for arresting faces on the streets of Manhattan when her camera captures something shocking—a triple murder. In that moment, she becomes a target for the mob—and a top priority for a very determined, breathtakingly handsome, FBI special agent. With deadlines to meet and photo shoots on her calendar, Gemma chafes at the idea of protection, but every moment she spends under his watchful eye is a temptation to lose herself in his muscular arms . . .
With two of his men and one crucial witness dead, Special Agent Kyros Pappandreos can’t afford to be distracted. But Gemma is dazzling—and her connection to Kandy Laine’s high-profile cooking empire makes her an especially easy mark for some very bad people. Keeping her safe is much more pleasure than business, but as the heat between them starts to sizzle, Ky is set to investigate whether they have a shot at love . . .
Look for exclusive recipes in each book!
Photographer Gemma Laine is looking for arresting faces on the streets of Manhattan when her camera captures something shocking—a triple murder. In that moment, she becomes a target for the mob—and a top priority for a very determined, breathtakingly handsome, FBI special agent. With deadlines to meet and photo shoots on her calendar, Gemma chafes at the idea of protection, but every moment she spends under his watchful eye is a temptation to lose herself in his muscular arms . . .
With two of his men and one crucial witness dead, Special Agent Kyros Pappandreos can’t afford to be distracted. But Gemma is dazzling—and her connection to Kandy Laine’s high-profile cooking empire makes her an especially easy mark for some very bad people. Keeping her safe is much more pleasure than business, but as the heat between them starts to sizzle, Ky is set to investigate whether they have a shot at love . . .
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Where are five places you might visit for inspiration for
your books?
Food is a universal…thing. All cultures around the globe
cook their special brands of cuisine. Since I write a romantic cooking series, WILL COOK FOR LOVE, I need a pretty
broad view of culinary tastes from which to cull recipes and story lines. In my
books, food is love, so, in that vain, I might just need to jet off to these following
places SOON to grab some local color and boost my recipe file.
My first stop is going to be TUSCANY. Ever since I read Under
the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, I have wanted to take a month long
sabbatical to Tuscany, tour the countryside and take cooking lessons from old
world master chefs. The vibrant, fresh taste of tomatoes picked from the vine
right before cooking; the home made pasta using eggs lain in, and gathered from,
the backyard chicken coup; learning how to make the traditional Lampredotto sandwich to perfection. You
know, maybe a month isn’t enough. Let’s increase it to eight weeks, or even 12!
A train ride later and I’ll be in ROME. I can roll a
pretty tasty meatball, but I want to learn from the best, so it’s off to an
authentic Roma restaurante, where the
chef d’cuisine will show me how it’s done. The finest of meats, the softest of
cheeses, and everything else that goes into making the perfect polpetta.
After basking in the wealth of Italian tastes, it’s off to the GREEK
ISLES. I want to learn how to make Baklava
that will make grown men cry when they taste it. I want to perfect my Tzatziki recipe
and learn the nuances of the perfectly layered Moussaka. And I really want to swim in the Mediterranean sea!
A quick flight later and I’ll be in IRELAND, home of my ancestors. I make a pretty kick-ass Guinness
stew if I do say so. But eating a true lamb stew made by a native of Eire would
be a delight to the taste buds! My Irish Soda bread is mouthwatering (again, if
I do say so myself!) but having a slice made from fresh buttermilk and stone
ground flour – and learning how to roll the dough just right – would be
something I’d invest time, effort, and a great deal of taste testing in!
An over night flight will bring me to the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS where a plethora of
mixed island foods prevails. Purple Yams, sweet potatoes, Poki just to name a
few. Spices that can bite the tongue and sooth the palette.
By the time I get home I’ll probably be 15 pounds heavier and
have a cookbook of recipes in my head. Now I just have to surround those
recipes with romantic storylines……
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EXCERPT
A woman stood next to the
vehicle, a cell phone at her ear, her back to him. Tall, maybe as tall as him,
and slender, her back tapered down to a miniscule waist, her legs clad in
tight, faded jeans. When she turned Ky almost stopped midstride, the questions
he intended to grill her with jumping out of his head. His breath caught as he
simply stared at the loveliest woman he’d ever seen.
Hair the color of midnight,
straight as a board, fell to just below her shoulders, blowing back from her
face in the gentle afternoon breeze. Blunt, chopped bangs, fringed a pair of
large, bright blue eyes. Plump, coral colored lips moved as she spoke into the
phone and for a brief, hot second, Ky wondered if they’d taste as delicious as
they looked.
Her gaze stayed on him as
she spoke.
“I’ve gotta go,” she said
into the phone. “Yeah. I’ll call when I’m done. Love you, too.”
“Miss Laine?”
She tucked the phone into
her back pocket.
“I’m Special Agent
Pappandreos. I need to speak with you about what you saw.”
“Special Agent?” Those
delicate brows furrowed under her bangs. “Like, FBI?”
Jesus, where does a woman
get a voice like that? Whiskey laced with honey and rolled into one smooth
pitch.
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Peggy
Jaeger is a contemporary romance writer who writes about strong women, the
families who support them, and the men who can’t live without them.
Family
and food play huge roles in Peggy’s stories because she believes there is
nothing that holds a family structure together like sharing a meal…or two…or
ten. Dotted with humor and characters that are as real as they are loving,
Peggy brings all topics of daily life into her stories: life, death, sibling
rivalry, illness and the desire for everyone to find their own happily ever
after. Growing up the only child of divorced parents she longed for sisters,
brothers and a family that vowed to stick together no matter what came their
way. Through her books, she has created the families she wanted as that lonely
child.
Tying
into her love of families, her children's book, THE KINDNESS TALES, was
illustrated by her artist mother-in-law.
Peggy
holds a master's degree in Nursing Administration and first found publication
with several articles she authored on Alzheimer's Disease during her time
running an Alzheimer's in-patient care unit during the 1990s.
In 2013, she placed first
in two categories in the Dixie Kane Memorial Contest: Single Title Contemporary
Romance and Short/Long Contemporary Romance.
In 2017 she came in 3rd
in the New England Reader's Choice contest for A KISS UNDER THE CHRISTMAS
LIGHTS and is a finalist in the 2017 STILETTO contest for the same title.
A
lifelong and avid romance reader and writer, she is a member of RWA and her
local New Hampshire RWA Chapter.
Amazon Author page:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00T8E5LN0
Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmj122687/
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION:
Peggy Jaeger will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC
to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Be Sure to Visit the Other Blogs On The Tour
September 25: Christine Young
September 26: Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
September 27: Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
September 28: The Reading Addict
September 29: Romance Novel Giveaways
September 29: Inside The Mind of an Avid Reader - review only
October 2: Danita Minnis
October 3: Up 'Til Dawn Book Blog
October 4: Hearts and Scribbles - promo
October 4: Nickie's Views and Interviews
October 5: Notes From a Romantic's Heart
October 6: Fabulous and Brunette
October 6: Two Ends of the Pen
October 9: Independent Authors
October 10: K.T. Castle
October 11: It's Raining Books
October 12: Read Your Writes Book Reviews
October 12: Rachel Brimble Romance
October 13: T's Stuff
October 16: Queen of All She Reads
October 17: Readeropolis
October 18: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
October 19: Mixed Book Bag
October 20: Long and Short Reviews
13 comments:
Thank you so much for hosting me today and letting me indulge in my bucket list of travel locales!
I enjoyed reading the excerpt to get to know your book; Hope the tour is a fun one for you, and thanks for the chance to win :)
Sounds like a great culinary adventure!
I really enjoyed reading the guest post, thank you!
I haven't read the book yet so I'm asking a dumb (sort of) question: how did you develop the recipes, or where did they come from, that appear in the series?
Lisa - you're welcome and good luck!
Joanne - we should go together!
Nikolina - you're very welcome. Thanks for stopping by
Karen - all the recipes come from my very own family recipe book that i've been developing for 30+ years - ever since I got married. I don't share all of them because my family wants some to just be for us!
Sounds like a good book.
Sounds like a book I'll enjoy reading!
I have really enjoyed following this tour and look forward to checking out this book!
Enjoyed your excerpt and it was great having you visit my blog.
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