Blurb:
Seven days to go from lethal immortal assassin to Prince
Charming? Not likely.
Demigod Andrus Gray may look like every woman’s dream, but
when it comes to charm, he sees no point pretending: He has none and makes no
apologies for it. Behaving nicely hasn’t made him the deadly assassin he is
today. But is that really the reason he’s still single?
The Goddess Cimil—owner of Immortal Matchmakers, Inc.—thinks
yes. So when she foresees a mate in Andrus’s near future, she’s determined to
make the match happen. That means hiring aspiring actress Sadie Townsend to
help the barbarian “act” a little more civilized.
But are seven days really enough? And why does the idea of
seeing Sadie everyday excite him more than meeting his mate?
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Excerpts:
Excerpt 1
She pressed her ear to the door.
Groan.
The sound was deep and throaty, almost like the sound of a
man…well, getting off.
He cupped her hands over her mouth. I can’t believe this
guy. The clock was ticking and it was really rude to keep someone waiting so he
could wank it.
She gave the door another hard knock. “Listen, buddy, if
you’re doing anything but dying, you’d better open this door, or I’m leaving.
And I’m pretty sure you don’t want that.”
The man groaned again, but this time the sound was so deep
and hard, it sent shivers up her spine and down to her nether region. His voice
was just so damned sexy.
What? Sadie. What’s wrong with you?
“Oh. Come on, buddy!” Knock. Knock. Knock. “Can’t you do
that later?”
She suddenly heard some rustling and then the sound of
something large thumping on the floor. The door flew open and a huge man,
wearing partially unzipped leather pants, stood panting in the doorway, no
underwear, his pants barely holding to his hips and slung low on his muscular
torso. She could see a dark patch of hair and the base of his cock, which
looked hard as hell, straining against the inside of his pants.
She gulped. The man was hung.
Her eyes moved up over the snug fabric of his black T-shirt,
the muscles of his chest and arms stretching it to its limits. She was sure
this guy was some sort of weight lifter or martial arts enthusiast. Or the next
Thor. Just like Bob had said.
When her eyes finally got to his face, two intense turquoise
eyes burned right through her, stopping her breath for several heartbeats until
her brain registered the fact that it was the same face who’d visited her the
last two evenings in two unwelcome, very erotic dreams.
“So we meet again, meat wench.” His sinful lips flashed a
smug little smile. “Why am I not surprised to see you here begging for more?”
Excerpt 2
She turned the corner and slammed right into something warm
that smelled like sinful manly deliciousness—leather and freshly cut wood and
some other floral notes she couldn’t pinpoint.
When her gaze traveled up, up, up, two bright turquoise-blue
eyes stared down at her with amusement.
“Oh God,” she said. “I’m so sorry.” She jerked her hands
back from the man and watched a devilish smile form on his two sexy lips. With
the short black beard he sported, his mouth looked like a sexual centerpiece,
created for serious adoration.
“No worries,” he said, with a slightly accented voice as
deep as the ocean and as silky as her black panties.
Panties? What panties? Hers had just melted off.
Sadie tried to pull her eyes away, but looking at his face
was addictive. He’s so goddamned beautiful. Slightly high cheekbones, square
jaw, straight nose with a faded scar across the bridge. That short dark hair
was kind of a mess, like he’d just showered and dried it with a towel, but the
rest of him looked like sleek sex in a dark suit—tall, lean, and muscular, with
an air of old-world sophistication. Or maybe not sophistication as much as it
was…well, she couldn’t put her finger on it.
“Eh-hem,” a woman nearby cleared her throat, knocking Sadie
back to reality.
Reluctantly, Sadie peeled her eyes from the gorgeous, tall,
godlike man and found a slender brunette with long hair, bulgy eyes—sort of
like a reptile might have—wearing a skimpy black dress, and hanging on his arm.
How embarrassing. She’d totally been caught drooling over
this woman’s date.
Mimi Jean’s bio:
Mimi Jean Pamfiloff is a New York Times & USA Today
bestselling author of Paranormal and Contemporary Romance. Her books have hit the Amazon and B&N
top-100 lists multiple times and have been #1 genre sellers around the world.
Both traditionally and independently published, Mimi has sold over 500,000 copies
since publishing her 1st title in 2012, and she plans to spontaneously combust
once she hits the one-million mark. Although she obtained her international MBA
and worked for over 15 years in the corporate world, she believes that it’s
never too late to come out of the romance-closet and follow your dreams.
When not screaming at her computer or hosting her very
inappropriate radio show, (Man Candy on Radioslot.com!), Mimi spends time with
her two pirates in training, her loco-for-the-chili-pepper hubby, and her rat
terrier, DJ Princess Snowflake, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
She continues to hope that her books will inspire a leather
pants comeback (for men) and that she might make you laugh when you need it
most.
Interview Questions:
Where do you do most of your writing?
I mostly write in my office at home. It’s a separate studio
with its own entrance, so it has everything I need (super comfy!) with a view
of my palm tree. The only downside is
that I have to vacate when we have guests. If I’m not writing there, I’m in my
backyard since we have great weather in California most of the year.
What rituals help you get into “writing mode”?
Drinking coffee. Or wine if I’m writing sex scenes
(LOL). But I don’t have any real rituals
other than getting a very basic outline figured out (which I end up chucking
away). Maybe the chucking part is my ritual.
Hmmm…
Are you an early-bird or a night owl?
Early bird 98% of the time since my kids get me up early
anyway. By the end of the day, I’m
toast.
What career other than your own would you most like to try
for a year, if anything was possible?
Nothing else. I had a corporate career for 15 years, and now
I’m doing exactly what I love. Even if I won the lottery, I’d still do this!
What is the hardest part about writing supernatural
characters? What is your favorite part?
The hardest part is remembering all of the crap I’ve made up
and ensuring it all knits together. Over time, especially for the longer
series, it gets harder and harder to keep it all straight. My favorite part is that the only limit is
your imagination. The other thing I love
is using a reader’s own expectations of the paranormal genre to surprise them. What I mean is that most of us paranormal
fans read a lot, and I know what you’re reading! I can figure out an angle that will surprise
you because I know how to make a part of my story feel like you’re going down a
path you’ve gone down before and then…BAM! Let’s go somewhere else. It’s so
much fun.
Of your cast, who would you most like to meet for drinks?
It would be a toss-up between King (because he’s so evil and
sexy), Votan (because he’s the God of Death and War and could tell me about all
of the other gods from his own POV), and Bennett Wade (you’ll get to meet him
August of 2016, but he’s the sweetest jerk I’ve ever written—I want one!).
Do you do lots of outlining when you write, do you wing it?
I do a little outlining, but then I let the creative process
flow. It is SO much fun, and it’s so exciting to know we’ve got to go from
point A to point B in a story, but not how the characters will get there.
Surprises always pop up along the way that are much better than anything I
could pre-plan. I’ve found that detailed outlining takes the fun out of
writing—I need to feel some suspense along the way since every story is like
watching a movie someone else has written. I’m just trying to capture
everything I see. Sounds strange, but
it’s true.
If you were casting your dream team for an Immortal
Matchmakers film, who would play Andrus? What about Sadie?
Oh boy. I love this game. But! I can never decide. For
Andrus, I really see him as that guy on my cover. But I have two other dudes on my Pinterest
page. https://www.pinterest.com/mimijeanromance/men-from-my-books/
For Sadie, I guess I see her as cute, thin, athletic
brunette—maybe like a Nina Dobrev (“Elena” from Vampire Diaries) or slightly
younger Jennifer Connelly, but honestly? Who the hell cares? It’s the hunky
hero that matters! (Plug self into heroine slot and call it a day.)
If you could have one bloodthirsty (but totally obedient!)
invisible pet, what would it be?
OMG. LOL. So this unicorn thing is hysterical. I can’t
remember why I put Minky, the invisible unicorn, into the Accidental Series (I
think I thought it would be funny if the crazy goddess Cimil had one), but it
cracks me up how much readers love her despite never really appearing in the
books or playing any kind of role. Anyway, I constantly receive (and LOVE)
unicorn paraphernalia from fans now, SO…I would definitely choose to have my
own Minky: an invisible, rhino sized, unicorn that thinks it’s a vampire. No
one would ever mess with me and I’d save a ton on travel expenses.
You’re facing down ten evil vampires. What’s your weapon of
choice?
Minky.
What music gets you in the mood to write about badass
immortals?
Honestly, I get sick of music quickly, so I usually create
new playlists for every book. But since I can’t spend all day looking for cool
new music, I ask my readers for stuff.
Check out the list they gave me for Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. (in the
back of the book). Some good tunes in there!
How would you decorate your own matchmakers’ office?
So, believe it or not, I got the idea for the series after
watching Millionaire Matchmaker. I’d been looking for a spinoff series idea for
all of my Accidental characters that didn’t get to hook up. So, for anyone who’s watched that show, Patty
is totally a Cimil-type person, so I could see their office looking like
that—bright, modern, and open. However, since my agency would have immortals of
every kind, I would add some things to make them comfortable (and I will!):
- Vampire
yoga room
- Full
bar, including blood (for Minky, of course)
- Stripper
pole for Cimil to do her exercise
- Weapons
closet (in case they need to kill something evil that wanders in)
- And
maybe a foosball station
Where would you go on your first date with seven feet of
delicious demigod man meat?
My bed.
How would you describe Andrus in one sentence?
He’s a sweetheart in a foreskin. What? LOL.
That didn’t work. I was going for a play on the wolf in a sheepskin
phrase, because he’s really this very sweet, protective, caring guy (who really
does know how to kick some ass), masquerading as a giant, cocky, dickhead
badass.
How would you describe Sadie in one sentence?
Sadie is a fighter who thinks she’s got it all figured out,
but knows deep down that she doesn’t.
Who is your favorite character to write and why?
Any and all Alpha males. I just love, love, love trying to
capture that inner male strength that can make any guy the sexiest thing alive
and that turns us ladies into putty, yet also pisses us off!
What's your weirdest writing habit?
I don’t think it’s weird, really, but when I’m in the middle
of writing story, I don’t stop to add much detail or look things up. It breaks
my flow. Instead, I insert a note to “ADD here” so I can go back at the very
end and add whatever. Usually it’s clothing, setting related, or more detail
about the scene. But I plow right through like a freight train until that dang
plot is hammered out.
What's the most common question fans ask you?
“When’s the XYZ book coming out?”
What book have you read that somehow changed your life and
how?
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is a book I always come
back to because it speaks to one truth: you can’t live in the past because it’s
over, and you can’t live in the future, because it hasn’t happened yet. So all
you’ve got is the present. Make it count.
For me, that book really changed my life because it helped
me to let go of things I can’t change and to stop worrying about things that
haven’t yet happened. It’s very freeing to just live in the moment. Of course,
that doesn’t mean I don’t learn from my mistakes or plan for the future, but I
focus on what I can do in this moment versus always being somewhere else that
doesn’t exist.
TMI…I know!
Who is your favorite author?
Me!!! Just
kidding…Umm…I don’t really have a favorite anymore, but my top two are Anne
Rice and Charlaine Harris. I think both were instrumental in shaping who I am
as a writer.
Do you have any books you re-read over and over?
Reading? What is reading?
I don’t think I know that word. I eat, sleep, write, and raise two kids.
Nope. No reading happening here.
What one piece of advice would you give to aspiring writers?
You CANNOT- and I really mean this- you CANNOT write for
anyone but yourself. This doesn’t mean you can’t take advice or learn or
improve. What it means is that it must be a self thing for you and you alone,
an act of pure joy and fun for your entertainment. The moment you start writing
for someone else, you’ll get lost and you’ll feel like crap because you can’t
make everyone happy. Even if your book
doesn’t sell, you’ll have created something you love.
What’s your favorite thing about being an author? Least
favorite thing?
My favorite “thing” are my readers. I love their emails,
messages, mail, Tweets, reviews, whatever. I just feel so damned grateful every
time one of my stories lands in someone’s hands and it makes them happy for a
few days or hours. What do I hate? The
mean people. Yeah, you know who they are. They get sick joy and a sense of
importance out of telling other people how much they suck. The honest truth is
that those people add no value to this world, and I think they know it. I feel
sorry for them.
Giveaway:
One Grand Prize Winner will receive copies of the five
Accidentally Yours books and Immortal Matchmakers, Inc. plus this gorgeous tote
from Saddleback. http://www.saddlebackleather.com/simple-leather-tote
Four Winners will receive a signed copy of Immortal
Matchmakers, Inc. plus a bookmark and a magnet.
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