Get Lost With Kate Meader!

Folks, help me welcome Kate Meader to our lovely little blog. I'm excited for you to get to know her better, so let's get to it!

 

 

WHO IS KATE?

Kate Meader writes contemporary romance that serves up delicious food, to-die-for heroes, and heroines with a dash of sass. Originally from Ireland, she cut her romance reader teeth on Catherine Cookson and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Mills & Boons thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron, and she’s there. She has a bachelor’s in law (useless), a master’s in history (not as useless), and another master’s in library and information science (yay, using). When not writing about men who cook and the women who drool over them, she works in an academic library. Her stories are set in her adopted home town of Chicago, a city made for food, romance, and laughter – and where she met her own sexy hero. For news, excerpts, and recipes, check out her website at http://www.katemeader.com.

 

THE STORY BLURB

If you can’t stand the heat . . .
Photographer Lili DeLuca spends all her time managing her family’s Italian restaurant, instead of following her dream of getting an MFA. When famous British chef Jack Kilroy unexpectedly challenges her father to a cook-off, Lili decides she’s tired of playing it safe and vows to seduce the tempting Brit. But once a video of her and Jack kissing goes viral and her luscious butt starts trending on Twitter, Lili fears she’s cooked up a recipe for disaster . . .

Get into the bedroom
Jack Kilroy’s celebrity has left him feeling used and used up. While Lili’s oh-so-sexy moans when she tastes his delicious creations turn him on, he’s even more aroused by how unimpressed this beautiful, funny woman is with his fame. He knows they could be amazing together, if she could only see past his bitch fork-wielding fan base. Now, as he’s about to start a new prime time TV cooking show, can Jack convince Lili to realize her own ambitions – and turn up the heat in his kitchen?

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ALEXA: How often to you get lost in a story?

KATE: All the time! Both the one I’m writing and the one (or two or three) I’m reading. True story: Although I’ve lived in the U.S. for almost twenty years, I only became a U.S. citizen three years ago. The 2012 Presidential election was my first time exercising my right to vote, so my husband and I were standing in line to vote at a local community center with trapeze students swinging over our heads (long story…) and I was reading Kristan Higgins’ My One and Only on my phone. As we got closer to the voting room, I became so engrossed that I barely noticed my husband asking me “what’s wrong?” I was so lost in the story that I hadn’t even realized I had started crying. Feeling a touch foolish, I claimed that the emotion of voting in my first Presidential election had left me all verklempt! Sure, first time voting was meaningful, but probably not enough to make me tear up – Kristan Higgins will do that to me, though!

 

ALEXA: Where do you read and how often?
KATE: On the bus, on the sofa, in bed, at the dinner table, in line to vote – if I have a hand free to hold my phone or Kindle, I will be reading!

 

ALEXA: What sound or noise do you love?

KATE: Hey, I’ll never make it to Inside the Actors’ Studio but I feel like I have with this question. Those famous actor folks always say “children’s laughter” or “water tripping of a unicorn’s mane” but I’m not that sweet ;) So yes, James Lipton, I mean Alexa, I’m going to go with the clink of glasses in celebration!

 

ALEXA: Ah yes, clinking glasses is a GREAT sound! Now, Die Hard or Die Harder?

KATE: “Shoot the glass!” Hans Gruber all the way, baby! (That’s Alan Rickman in Die Hard, in case you’re wondering)

 

ALEXA: What was the first story you remember writing?

KATE: When I was about 11 years old, I wrote a time travel story that won first place in a contest at my local public library. The only thing I remember about it is that my heroine got back to her own time after a nasty fall down the stairs! Yep, traumatic brain injury will do it.

ALEXA: What's your favorite movie of all time?

KATE: I’m a big fan of the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s, such as His Girl Friday, and Hitchcock is a god (Cary Grant in North by Northwest is my favorite movie hero), but the one movie I will watch anytime I come across it on cable is An Affair to Remember, the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr version. Um, I’m seeing a pattern here. *Hi, my name is Kate and I’m a Cary Grant-aholic* That moment near the end when CG realizes why DK didn’t make their date at the Empire State Building turns me to a blubbery mess. Every. Single. Time.

ALEXA: How is it working with hot guys and sexy women all day?

KATE: Awful! I mean, they’re hot and all but they’re so needy with their deep-seated problems and their unrelenting sexiness. And they refuse to cooperate with their mistress who really knows what’s best for them. Oh, but I love them all the same.

ALEXA: Tea or Coffee? And how do you take it?

KATE: Despite my four years as a Starbucks barista, I’ve always been a tea person. I grew up in Ireland where 5-10 cups a day is not unheard of (my mother still lives in the old country and she’s a tea fiend). Now I stick to two cups a day, and my preference is for Earl Grey with a splash of skim.

 

ALEXA: My mom's English. I'm right there with ya on the tea! Which of your characters would you most/least like to invite to dinner, and why?

KATE: I’d love to invite Jack Kilroy, my uber confident, sexy celebrity chef to dinner but more than that…I’d want him to cook for me! Jack knows that the way to the heart of Lili, my heroine is through her stomach, and he’s not afraid to pull out all the stops to get there. One of the things I love about Jack is that he’s more emotionally well-adjusted than my heroine. He’s what I call a “happy alpha” – an ambitious, driven guy who sees what he wants and goes for it, and isn’t afraid to poke and prod to get at the real woman behind the smart mouth.

 

ALEXA: What’s up next for you, Kate?

KATE: ALL FIRED UP, Book 2 in the Hot in the Kitchen series will be released on August 6.

 

ALEXA: For those interested, Kate has an extra treat. Go ahead and tell us, Kate!

KATE: I will have a Rafflecopter giveaway during the Feel the Heat release tour. I’ll be giving away Feel the Heat foodie swag including kitchen utensils, magnets, recipe cards, and other fun extras!

 

Kate's grand swag bag of awesome!





Kate's mini-swag packs!



ALEXA: Thanks so much for visiting us today! Do you have a question you'd like to ask your fans?

KATE: FEEL THE HEAT is about a man who cooks and the woman who drools over his luscious…dishes. Has your significant other ever cooked a drool-worthy meal for you, and if, so what was it?

 

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