Spotlight & Giveaway: Fanged Love by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff & Kylie Gilmore

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome authors Mimi Jean Pamfiloff & Kylie Gilmore to HJ!

Hi Mimi & Kylie  and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Fanged Love!

 
Hello, it’s Kylie here, and I’m so excited to share!
 

To start off, can you please tell us a little bit about this book?:

Fanged Love is a hilarious, sexy, Vampire Romance about the girl next door and an ancient prince who’s lost when it comes to modern women.
 

Please share your favorite lines or quote(s) from this book:

“I am a fierce, deadly vampire. And last time I checked, being an alpha-male never goes out of style.”

What inspired this book?

It was inspired by another vampire Mr. Nice. Ha-ha. He’s a nutty vampire from Mimi’s vampire mystery series, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant. Mr. Nice becomes obsessed with a fictional vampire romance series, Fanged Love, and after so many requests, Mimi asked me if I’d like to co-write it with her to make it a reality.

How did you ‘get to know’ your main characters? Did they ever surprise you?

We knew from the start that Boz was a conceited ancient vampire bewildered by the modern world. As we wrote more of the story, his deep sense of honor and good heart were revealed, especially as he fell for Stella.

Stella is the girl next door—a list-making, super planner woman. And then here comes Boz, not only turning those plans upside down, but changing her perception of reality. Her newfound joy in her relationship with Boz showed a whole different side to her.

What was your favorite scene to write?

Hands down, the scene where Box tries Stella’s wine. It’s so rude! And so Boz…

He sips and spews the wine back in the glass. “Horse piss!”
I gasp.
He shoves the glass away, grimacing. “Horse piss mixed with putrid fish entrails.”

What was the most difficult scene to write?

When Boz realizes he must give up the woman who could be his soul mate…

I walk to my window and look across the road to Stella’s home bathed in moonlight. She and her beloved family all work together for their livelihood. One that I will only destroy by taking her from them. “My presence will only corrupt.” I turn at her silence. “She is an innocent. A rare untouched beauty I must admire from afar.”

Would you say this book showcases your writing style or is it a departure for you?

I write steamy romantic comedies, so the big departure for me was having a vampire in it! I was like when do the fangs emerge as the romance commences? Eep!

Mimi’s style shines through with her humor and the plotting twists and turns. She’s a natural storyteller.

What do you want people to take away from reading this book?

I hope it brings readers joy and all the feels! Boz’s take on the modern world is a lot of fun and surprisingly insightful. Also, even when someone seems at first like our complete opposite (and dare I say, oddly eccentric), it’s worth taking the time to get to know them for a deeper connection.

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

I’m working on a new steamy romantic comedy series, Unleashed Romance, where dogs are part of the family! Book one is Fetching!

Fetching

Wyatt
I’m a self-made billionaire with a soft spot for damsels in distress, so when I move to the quirky lakeside community of Summerdale, I immediately zero in on the woman I most want to…ahem, rescue. Only the stubborn woman refuses to cooperate.

Sydney
When Satan moves to town, aka Wyatt Winters, I do my best to be welcoming as the owner of the historic restaurant and bar that he won’t stop showing up at, despite criticizing nearly everything about it. Deep breath. I might’ve lost my cool and made a rude gesture in his direction. And told him off. How was I to know he was considering investing in my place?

Did I mention I’m in debt up to my eyeballs and every bank has turned me down?

Still, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell I’d ever work with him. Or admit he fires me up in every way.

And then a snowstorm traps us together and—

I’m melting.

For buy links: https://www.kyliegilmore.com/books/unleashed-romance/fetching/

NOTE: A portion of Fetching’s first month’s preorders and sales will go to Pets for Vets, a nonprofit that trains shelter dogs to be therapy companions for military veterans with PTSD.

Mimi’s next release is in her vampire mystery series, the Librarian’s Vampire Assistant book 5.

She’s a librarian with a dark secret.
He’s the broken, cold-hearted vampire king.
Together, they have to solve one more mystery if they want to survive.

FOR BUY LINKS AND MORE:
http://www.mimijean.net/lva5
 
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

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Excerpt from Fanged Love:

Gong! Gong!
My eyes pop open. Someone is at the front door. I am sure Neli will get it. I cross my arms over my chest, which is now back to its gloriously muscular shape along with the rest of me. The silver speckles have returned to my dark eyes too. Even my long black hair has regained its lustrous shine. I am once again the grand stallion of the night, worshiped by every female who lays eyes on—
Gong! Gong!
Dammit. What does a prince of the night have to do around here to get his beauty rest? I push on the lid of my wobbly coffin. “Cornelia!”
Silence answers me. Where is that girl? She has forgotten her place. I am her master, never to be disobeyed or displeased.
The door gongs for a third time. That does it. Someone must want to be my bedtime snack.
I hop from my coffin, zip up the stairs, and go to the front door, giving it a hard yank to yell at whatever merchant is peddling their wares at such an ungodly hour. “What the devil do you…” My voice trails off.
Standing before me is the woman I saw through my window earlier. Her potent, sweet floral scent slams into me like a mallet to the face. It is painfully delicious.
I step back and pinch my nose. Otherwise, I will have to pull her inside and devour her—not the wisest decision when I am now a stranger in a strange land. Killing so close to home in such unfamiliar surroundings may prove problematic, if I am to heed Neli’s warnings.
The young beauty with her silky dark hair and wide inquisitive eyes looks up at my face. Her gaze then begins the journey south until she realizes I am in my nightclothes. “Oh! Oh, God! You’re naked!”
“Yes. As you can see,” I say, still holding my nose, “I am a man, and real men do not wear garments to bed. Now what may I do for you?”
Cheeks red, she closes her eyes and holds out an odd-looking container of pastries. “I, uh…uh…just came by to introduce myself. I’m your neighbor from across the road, Stella Baker. I brought homemade cupcakes.”
A baker at a vineyard? “I do not eat sugar, but I thank you all the same.” Suddenly, I realize two things. One, pinching my nose is completely useless. Her sweet, virginal scent is still entering my lungs and calling to me. And second, I am nude, which is normally no concern of mine—I am a man and modesty is for women—but for some odd reason my shaft is beginning to thicken.
Must be due to my five-century slumber. I have not made love to a woman in a very, very long time. Otherwise, I am always in complete control of my body, including my generous manhood.
“Very nice to make your acquaintance, but I am a busy man who needs a nap. Good day.” I slam the door in her face and glance down at my firmly standing erection.
“Who was at the door…” Cornelia appears, her eyes glued to my nether region. “Boz! Seriously? Please tell me you did not answer the door naked with a giant boner.”
I frown and grumble an ungentlemanly word. “Next time, answer the goddamned door.”
There is a knock on the door. “Hello? Are you still there?” That persistent baker woman is still outside.
Neli’s big green eyes go wide. “Who’s that?” she whispers.
“A neighbor,” I reply, “coming to poke her nose around, under the guise of good tidings and offering baked goods she calls cupcakes.”
“Oh great. And you just had to answer the door naked before slamming it in her face?”
I shrug unapologetically. “It is my castle. I will do as I please.”
Neli narrows her eyes at me. “We need to act like normal people running a normal winery. You don’t understand how quickly rumors spread these days.”
“Hello?” The woman knocks once again.
My, my. She is a persistent little thing. “Answer the door,” I whisper to Neli. “Tell her if she wishes to see another sunrise, she must never return.” My growling stomach takes no prisoners, and at the moment, it is painfully aware of the delectable treat just on the other side of that door.
Neli gives me a look. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
I mouth the word virgin and point to the door.
Neli’s eyes go wider, and she shakes a pale finger at me. “You keep your fangs off her. I am not picking up this castle and moving again because you can’t keep ’em in your mouth!”

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Book Info:

WANTED: MODERN WOMAN WHO APPRECIATES TRADITIONAL COURTSHIP WITH FANGS.

Greetings. My name is Prince Bozhidar, and I am an eight-hundred-year-old vampire.

Correction.

I am an eight-hundred-year-old, virile, confident, and very sexy vampire—so I’m told. I have wealth, looks, and everything an immortal man could ever want.

Well, except love. But no matter. I am not a one-neck sort of man.

Yet the virginal woman across the road sets my senses afire. And she needs my help with her family’s failing winery. My own is quite successful.

My honor demands I help this enchanting female, and when I do, my heart begins beating anew. She is my mate. Strangely, my gifts of seduction do not seem to work on her.

Perhaps I need to fit in with modern dating customs to win this modern woman.

And then there’s the small matter that she doesn’t believe in vampires.

There is no fighting destiny, sweet Stella. You will be mine.

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Meet the Author:

Kylie Gilmore is the USA Today bestselling author of the Unleashed Romance series, the Rourkes series, the Happy Endings Book Club series, the Clover Park series, and the Clover Park STUDS series. She writes humorous romance that makes you laugh, cry, and reach for a cold glass of water.

Kylie lives in New York with her family, two cats, and a nutso dog. When she’s not writing, reading hot romance, or dutifully taking notes at writing conferences, you can find her flexing her muscles all the way to the high cabinet for her secret chocolate stash.

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MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF is a New York Times bestselling author who’s sold over one million books around the world. Although she obtained her MBA and worked for more than fifteen years in the corporate world, she believes that it’s never too late to come out of the romance closet and follow your dreams.

Mimi lives with her Latin lover hubby, two pirates-in-training (their boys), and their three spunky dragons (really, just very tiny dogs with big attitudes) Snowy, Mini, and Mack, in the vampire-unfriendly state of Arizona.

She hopes to make you laugh when you need it most and continues to pray daily that leather pants will make a big comeback for men.

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