On My Radar: Even the Score (Tall, Dark, and Texan #1) by Kate Meader

Even the Score (Tall, Dark, and Texan #1)

by Kate Meader

Release Date: July 21, 2015 | Entangled Publishing

He’ll make her an offer she can’t refuse…

Actress Tess McKenzie is performing in the Tenth Circle of Showbiz Hell—dinner theater. All she really wants is to start a theater of her own. Then Tess receives an offer she can’t refuse. She’ll get her funding…if she pretends to be the fiancée to her nemesis, Texan property tycoon Hunter Dade. If she’s going to pull this off, she’ll need all the luck she can get.Break a leg, indeed.

On the verge of a big business deal, Hunter needs to hire a fiancée. He hasn’t quite forgiven Tess for ruining his wedding, but when their chemistry goes from combative to straight-up lust, the “no sex” clause in their mutually beneficial arrangement is tested. Which is a serious problem, because if Tess isn’t careful, she’ll go from breaking a leg to breaking her heart…

Originally from Ireland, Kate cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Mills & Boon thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron or a fire hose, and she’s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with alpha heroes and strong heroines who can match their men quip for quip.

Kate is represented by Nicole Resciniti at The Seymour Agency.

FUN FACTS ABOUT KATE

She got married in a tenth century castle nestled in the hills of Florence, Italy. Read all about it.
She hates peanut butter, pretzels, and ketchup. These dislikes are enough to label her “un-American” by her husband.
She’s been known to bitch slap people who say “irregardless”, “supposably”, and “for all intensive purposes.” Not really, she would never resort to violence. Instead she will glare at them until they become very, very uncomfortable.
She didn’t write any fiction until well into her thirties, proving it is never too late to follow your dream.
She is a dual citizen: Irish and American. When she became an American citizen, her husband played a prank on her that was 17 years in the making. One day, she’ll share that story but for now, it remains locked in the vault!