Ask the Author: Kate Meader
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Kate Meader
Hi Geeky Author - thanks for your question. Right now the plan is to have a mix of kids from the OG series and the Rookie Rebels series, which take place a few years apart. OG series kids that will get a story in the Chicago Players series are Franky (Bren's daughter in Hooked on You) and Rosie (Violet, Cade, and Dante's daughter). Other stories will feature the kids of Theo Kershaw, who is the hero in Instacrush, Book 2 of the Rookie Rebels series. Hope that answers your question!
Kate Meader
Hi David, sorry for taking so long to answer this - it was hidden from me by Goodreads! I think you might have reached out to me on Facebook with this same question, but I'll answer again in case anyone else is interested. Thanks so much for the book love. I'm so proud of my m/m books, and I especially love that they've brought some readers to m/m romance who wouldn't have otherwise tried them, all because they are part of bigger series featuring both m/f and m/m couples. I don't have plans to write more m/m in the near future but I'll definitely come back to it further down the road. Maybe an entire series instead of one book among other m/f books. Thanks again!
Kate Meader
Hi Dawn - thanks for your question! There's a cameo of one of the Hot in Chicago couples in one of the Chicago Rebels books, but it's brief and has no bearing on the story. So feel free to read the series in any order.
Kate Meader
Hi Lee,
Yep, Melting Point, one of my faves for sure. Love Gage and Brady :) Right now, I'm busy with my new hockey series and all the planned couples are m/f. However, I have one secondary character who is gay, so I might try to write his story. I have to get the contracted m/f ones done first, though!
Yep, Melting Point, one of my faves for sure. Love Gage and Brady :) Right now, I'm busy with my new hockey series and all the planned couples are m/f. However, I have one secondary character who is gay, so I might try to write his story. I have to get the contracted m/f ones done first, though!
Kate Meader
Thanks so much, Anjali - thrilled you enjoyed uptight Brody and not-so-reformed bad girl Emma. I'm working on Flynn's story right now and his girl will be Brody's sister Olivia. It'll be a "friends/now enemies/best friend's little sister" story. Lots of juiciness there, especially as last we left them, Flynn just got dumped by his fiancee and Olivia's about to get married. Like the day after the TAKING THE SCORE epilogue! Needless to say, something interferes with that wedding :) I'm hoping for a July release date.
Kate Meader
Hey, Goodgirl918 -- thanks for your question! I haven't planned exactly how the "why" of Sam's hatred for Sean will be revealed, but rest assured that it will come out before the end of the series. We have Wyatt's book next year, and I'm thinking of writing a short freebie read to span the gap between releases. So one of those will tell all!
Kate Meader
Hi Dani, thanks SO much for getting in touch and saying such nice things. You've made my day! Yes, yes, yes, there will be more Tall, Dark, and Texan books. I just turned in Book 2, which is Brody and Emma's story, a boss/employee workplace romance, aka "PA by day/T&A by night" - there's a clue in there about Emma's mysterious other life when she's not playing at personal assistant to the tycoons. That's scheduled for release in Feb 2016. Then Flynn, the remaining Texan hottie will get his story. Hunter and Tess's story was the first one, so you haven't missed anything in the series so far!
I do have two other series you might want to check out: a sexy chef trio in Hot in the Kitchen, and a hot-as-all-get-out family of firefighting foster siblings in the Hot in Chicago series. Maybe those can tide you over until next year! Thanks again for reaching out :)
I do have two other series you might want to check out: a sexy chef trio in Hot in the Kitchen, and a hot-as-all-get-out family of firefighting foster siblings in the Hot in Chicago series. Maybe those can tide you over until next year! Thanks again for reaching out :)
Kate Meader
Hi Krista - thanks for your question! Well, we have Gage/Brady next, then Eli/Alex, and Wyatt/Mystery Woman, so by the time they all get their happily-ever-afters, it might be time to check in with Luke and Kinsey. I'm pretty sure Luke wants kids and Kinsey being the die-hard career woman she is, might want to wait on that... perhaps a Christmas novella would wrap things up for them nicely ;)
Kate Meader
Edited 3/24/15 to add: Gage and Brady *will* get their own book, a novella that will come out in late summer 2015!
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Hey, Chris, thanks for your question! Gage will get his own turbulent romance spread over three books in the Hot in Chicago series. In the first book, FLIRTING WITH FIRE, coming March 2015, he'll meet Brady, a gruff ex-Marine chef who'll knock his world of its axis. Subsequent books will follow their ups-and-downs, love and drama. So each book will have two romances for the price of one ;)
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Hey, Chris, thanks for your question! Gage will get his own turbulent romance spread over three books in the Hot in Chicago series. In the first book, FLIRTING WITH FIRE, coming March 2015, he'll meet Brady, a gruff ex-Marine chef who'll knock his world of its axis. Subsequent books will follow their ups-and-downs, love and drama. So each book will have two romances for the price of one ;)
Kate Meader
April 2019: The next generation of Chicago Rebels! The first book in the spin-off series is about a female sports reporter trying to make her mark and a former Green Beret drafted after his discharge from the military. These two have a little history--and it's not what you think :)
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