Nickie's Views and Interviews: In Pursuit of Perfection

Please welcome author Jacki Kelly today. Jacki's doing a virtual book tour for In Pursuit of Perfection, a romance available since August 1st from Intrigue Publishing. This tour will run from August 5th to August 30th.

Jacki Kelly will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes&Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Please use the following link to place your comment:
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/28e4345f3118/

Blurb

The next man in Macy Rollins’s life must be perfect. She’s had enough impostors and isn’t willing to settle for anything less. All she has to do is get through the company contract negotiation season and she will get that promotion she has been working so hard for. Avery Malveaux – one of Philadelphia’s most eligible bachelors – has been hired to work with her as legal counsel for the company. From the moment they are forced to work together tensions are high and expectations are low. He questions her ability, she questions his intentions. After Macy is suspected in an accounting shortage, she accuses Avery of betraying her confidence. Has she once again been deceived by a man she thought she could trust? Can she clear her name and win her job back? And can there be any hope for Macy’s pursuit of perfection

Excerpt

Macy rubbed her forehead. Right now, wasn’t the time to fire Michelle and start interviewing for a new assistant. The world needed to stop spinning for just a few moments. Her job depended on finding that money. She picked up the phone and dialed accounting.

“Connie, I need your help,” she said. “Can you run monthly balances on my account, starting with January?”

“You want everything? That’s a lot.”

“Yeah. How soon can you get it to me?”

“Give me a day or two.”

“Connie, one more thing. I’m seeing a lot of new accounts. Several that I don’t recognize. I know we’re going after market share, but I didn’t expect this many. If I send you a list of the names, what information can you provide on them?”

“Well, I can tell you when the account was set up, by who, and purchasing activity. What else would you need?”

“That’s a good start. Thanks.”

Macy ended the call, but the nagging didn’t subside.

I asked Jacki why she chose romance as her genre? Here's her answer:

For years Romance novels have been looked down on in the Publishing industry. There have been times when I tell someone I write romance and I heard snickers. But I am a firm believer that romance is in more books, movies, and television shows than we realize. Even in the most action-packed drama, many times there is a love story going on behind the destruction of the building or the exploding car. There are more romance books sold each year than any other genre. There used to be a time when women hid the fact that they read romance novels, they hid them under book covers so that others couldn’t pass judgment. Those days are behind us now. Romance has experienced a renaissance.

In life what humans want most is someone to care for and someone to care about them. And I am no different. Writing romance is easy for me. I write what I enjoy. I love the magic that happens when two people find love.

I’ve always been an optimist so books with happy or satisfying ending appeal to me. When a reader picks up a romance novel, there is a guarantee that the story will end happily. This is true for all types of romance, paranormal, suspense, historical, inspirational, young adult and erotic. Where else can you get a guarantee like that?

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Author bio and links

Men and women have always sought the promise that only love can offer. Jacki invites you into an intriguing world where romance abounds around every corner and down every street. You’ll be amazed at the crazy things we do and don’t do for the promise of love.

Jacki has been writing since her fourth grade teacher made her keep a journal for a grade. Now she does it to keep track of all the fascinating and heartbreaking moments that life throws our way. Poetry, personal essays, short stories and novels have all occupied space in her heart and her hard drive.

Jacki lives in the northeast where the winters are too cold and the summers are warm. But, she wouldn’t trade it for anywhere else, well maybe for a fabulous house on the sunny sands of Miami Beach in February. Her loveable husband and adorable floppy eared dog endure her long periods behind the computer creating happy-endings for her amazing hero and heroines. Romance makes the world go round and Jacki is enjoying the ride.