cover interview: In A Fix by Linda Grimes

Every Friday, I bring you a new cover interview and hope to introduce you to books you want to read, or the very least make you more excited for the book. This week's pick is... 

In A Fix by Linda Grimes

September 4, 2012 by Tor

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The start of an original new urban fantasy series starring human chameleon Ciel Halligan

Snagging a marriage proposal for her client while on an all-expenses-paid vacation should be a simple job for Ciel Halligan, aura adaptor extraordinaire. A kind of human chameleon, she’s able to take on her clients’ appearances and slip seamlessly into their lives, solving any sticky problems they don’t want to deal with themselves. No fuss, no muss. Big paycheck.

This particular assignment is pretty enjoyable... that is, until Ciel’s island resort bungalow is blown to smithereens and her client’s about-to-be-fiancé is snatched by modern-day Vikings. For some reason, Ciel begins to suspect that getting the ring is going to be a tad more difficult than originally anticipated.

Going from romance to rescue requires some serious gear-shifting, as well as a little backup. Her best friend, Billy, and Mark, the CIA agent she’s been crushing on for years—both skilled adaptors—step in to help, but their priority is, annoyingly, keeping her safe. Before long, Ciel is dedicating more energy to escaping their watchful eyes than she is to saving her client’s intended.

Suddenly, facing down a horde of Vikings feels like the least of her problems. 

This book is so fantastic--I absolutely LOVED it and am dying for book two. Every once in a while you fall for a new series and MAN, did I fall hard for In A Fix by Linda Grimes. I need more Ciel!

I absolutely love your cover and how FIERCE Ciel looks. Definitely one of my favorite adult covers. What is one cover that you absolutely freaking love (beside your own)?

Thanks! I love Ciel's don't-mess-with-me attitude on the cover. It's exactly how she likes to to think of herself.

As for a cover I absolutely freaking love -- I adore the cover of Vicki Pettersson's first novel in her new Celestial Blues series. It's called THE TAKEN, and the cover is cool--totally noir and moody, and so pretty! Plus, I just love the dress. The book is a great read, too.  

 

Well, I'm sold on THE TAKEN. Added it to the neverending TBR pile. If you had to pick, what is your favorite part about your cover? I know we talked about her outfit, which I have to say is one of my favorites part of the cover. I would kill for her boots. And her jacket.

Duh. The Diana Gabaldon quote. *grin* It still blows me away to see her name on my cover. It's a dream come true.


But the jacket and the boots rank right up there. I've been scouring online sites, trying to find something similar. No success yet, but I haven't given up! Oh, and I also love that they got the Viking helmet right. Real Viking helmets don't have horns. 

(Oops. Looks like I have a tough time narrowing things down...)

Did you have any say in your cover?

I filled out a cover concept questionnaire for the Art department, and they took it from there. Funny (er, in retrospect; not so much at the time) thing was, one of the early cover concepts got released to online sites by mistake while my editor was in Europe. I ... um, didn't think it worked at all for the book. (Okay, I hated it. Well, as a cover for my book. It might have worked fine for another book.) Thank God my editor got the problem taken care of when she got back. But, man, I sweated it for a few days.

Yikes! When you saw your cover, what did you do?

The real cover? I wept with joy and relief that I wasn't going to have to pretend to like the first one that slipped out. *grin*

Describe your cover in three words.

"Girl With 'Tude."

I so agree with that. Describe In A Fix in three words.

Fast, fun, and sexy!

AND that. I love teasing because it’s always fun to watch people squirm—can you say anything teasing about In A Fix? 
 

Don't let your English teacher catch you reading it in class. ;)

Bahaha--thanks, Linda, for allowing me to interview you!

What do you think of this cover? Are you excited for In A Fix? Good news--it's out next Tuesday!