Blog Tour: (Review + Guest Post + Giveaway) Hands On Me By Kim Carmichael

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Blog Tour: (Review + Guest Post + Giveaway) Hands On Me By Kim Carmichael

I would like to welcome Kim Carmichael to The Avid Reader today. Thanks for stopping by Kim Carmichael. Please be sure and check out Kim Carmichael's short story: Hands On Me. Check out my review of Hands On Me and Kim Carmichael's guest post: Female Spies. Oh and be sure you enter the giveaway before you leave.

Book Title: Hands On Me

Author: Kim Carmichael

Series: Tramp Stamp

Book Number in Series: #1

Genre: Contemporary romance with some suspense elements.

Publisher: Keith Publications

ISBN: 978-1-936372-46-1

ASIN: B0098LICZ2

Number of pages: 17

Word Count: 5000

Cover Artist: Elisa Elaine Luevanos

PURCHASE

Hands On Me

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

Hands On Me

Agent Gwen Fredricks is a living target. Captured after a failed mission, the code to crack a safe has literally been permanently hidden on her. To free herself, she must retrieve a final key.

All Agent Colin Alexander has to do to avoid a desk job is get a code said to be on an enemy agent. He never dreamed it would actually be on the agent, especially Gwen.

The simple shoot-and-swoop mission takes a turn for these two sometime-lovers and full-time rivals when they call a truce to give into their desire. Now with the promise to keep both hands on each other at all times, they share a night together. Loyalties are tested when Gwen manages to swipe the key away, and Colin discovers the code carefully embedded into Gwen's tramp stamp tattoo in a glow of UV light. When morning comes they must decide if what they feel for each other is worth betraying their agencies.

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EXCERPT

Hands On Me

"Stop!" A man yelled.

The barrel of another gun met her inches from her face. She tensed, not from the gun, but from the familiar inflection in his voice. The position of both their weapons hid the man's face.

"Get in and lower your gun, or we'll both lose."

"Back up and lower yours, or you won't have a hand left." No one told her what to do, not ever again. The click of her cocking her weapon echoed around them.

He stepped back. "Get in and close the door."

With her gun still raised, she stepped and waited for her opponent to flinch first.

"Now." He moved a fraction of an inch.

She did the same, and with the silent acknowledgement they would both comply, they lowered their guns in unison. She almost shot herself in the foot at the sight of the man who greeted her. Before she made a mistake, she de-cocked her gun and shook her head.

"Colin?" Her body betrayed her by trembling. Was this her punishment?

"Gwen." He shoved the gun in his waistband. "You're the one. I would have never guessed."

Think. She screamed at herself to remember her training, and not allow him to best her or distract her. She glanced around the room, giving her time to not look at him. Agents were supposed to be everyday people and blend in, but Colin Alexander stood out. From the moment she quite literally fell into his lap through a two-story ceiling three years ago, she wasn't sure why his agency chose such a standout. She supposed his combed-back black hair and golden eyes were some bizarre form of female torture.

GUEST POST

Female Spies

I've always loved female spies. I think there's something so intriguing about being able to change your persona, know secret governmental secrets, and then being able to kick some serious ass that has always made me want to work undercover. I love writing spies, almost like paranormal, you can truly make up your own world, even the most unbelievable situations can become believable with a spy, espionage and intrigue.

Here is my homage to my top five female spies:

5. Mata Hari - she is actually the only true spy on my list. But she was beautiful, she did a million things, including being an exotic dancer and courtesan, and a museum in the Netherlands devotes and entire room to her. She was executed for being a

spy in World War I, but I think her beauty and mystery will always come through. What is one country's villain is another's hero - or heroine.

4. Anna Devane - In the world of General Hospital, Anna Devane arrived on the scene right when I would set my VCR to record this show every day. It was in the time of Frisco and Felicia, and I couldn't get enough of GH, but I digress. Anna Devane came back to Port Charles toting Scorpio's love child and a ton of secrets. She was a top spy for the WSB. She ended up falling in love with Duke in one of the sweetest love stories, but in the end she was always a bad ass.

3. Annie Walker - From the show Covert Affairs. I watched this show religiously for the first season, but then real life got in the way, but while I watched it, I loved this take on the female spy. This one is always getting beat up, but wins in the end. She joined the agency after being a jilted lover and is confronted at with him at the end of the season where, of course, their love never died. Now that I think about it, I want to go back to this. Hopefully it's on Netflix!

2. Sydney Bristow - From Alias. I love this spy. I watched this show for years and held my breath as Sydney's life as a spy became more and more miserable. She was a chameleon and could change her looks, she was bread to be a spy, and she had parent issues - she was the personification of a female spy to me, and she could kick like a mother!

1. Maggie Hayward - Point of No Return - This was the story that started my love of female spies. She is a horrible monster put up for death row, and is reinvented as a top spy. She is trained to be a lady (playing into my own personal My Fair Lady love) and during her tenure as a spy does everything from blow up a building to fly down a laundry shoot. The woman can put together a gun in two seconds and kill someone and then go to a Mardi Gras party like nothing happened. She is delivers (or repeats) one of my favorite lines ever…."I never did mind the little things."

Who is your favorite female spy and why?

REVIEW

Hands On Me

The following review is my opinion and not a paid review. I was given a copy of Hands On Me from the author for a review via Bewitching Book Tours.

Gwen and Colin are agents but the thing is they don't work for the same people. They are enemies. But through the years when ever they do happen to meet or run into each other they can't seem to keep their hands off of one another and usually end up in bed together.

They are both sent on mission, one to find a key and the other to find a code. Imagen their surprise when they meet and learn that the other one has what they were sent to retrieve. Oh and guess where they end up? In Colin's hotel room which is actually where Gwen was told to meet him.

Gwen and Colin are enemies but they care a lot about each other. Now they may have a decision to make about their future. Will they put aside their differences or will they choose their jobs over each other? Hands On Me is a short story and very good read but I would like to know more about Gwen and Colin. Why were they not together as a couple? I would also like to know more about their jobs and who they worked for.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kim Carmichael began writing eight years ago when her love of happy endings inspired her to create her own. She has a weakness for bad boys and techno geeks, and married her own computer whiz after he proved he could keep all her gadgets running. When not writing, she can usually be found slathered in sunscreen trolling Los Angeles and helping top doctors build their practices.

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GIVEAWAY

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6 prize packs filled with vintage harlequin novels, a necklace, skin care, and bookmark

2 prize packs with vintage harlequin novels, skin care and a bookmark