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Kate Meader | Five Things You Donโ€™t Know About Chicago

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  1. Millennium Parkโ€™s Hidden Garden is a hidden gem. Separated from the city bustle by a 15-foot-high hedge of conifers and trees, the Lurie Garden is the perfect spot for sneaking in a few chapters of your favorite book or meeting your summertime fling.
  2. The best cupcakes are from Sweet Mandy Bโ€™s. This is a fact. (And in 1930, the Twinkie was invented in Chicago. This is also a fact.)
  3. The Chicago River flows backwards. In the late 19th century, the river was reversed to empty into the Mississippi River instead of Lake Michigan, so all the garbage wouldnโ€™t contaminate the lakeโ€”source of the cityโ€™s drinking water.
  4. Chicago banned paying public toilets in 1973. So all public restrooms are free โ€“ now good luck finding one!
  5. theWit has a Rooftop bar and itโ€™s amazing. You can check it out in winter (curl up by the fireplace) or summer (look at those views!). Hanging out here one night with author Abby Green, I was struck by an idea: two people have a sexy dalliance on adjoining hotel balconies in the dark. No names, no faces, no touchingโ€”each other. And so IN SKATES TROUBLE, the Chicago Rebels prequel novella was born.

IRRESISTIBLE YOU by Kate Meader

Chicago Rebels #1

Irresistible You

Hot in Chicago series author Kate Meader returns with her all new, scorching Chicago Rebels hockey series, featuring her signature โ€œsteamy sex scenes, colorful characters, and riveting dialogueโ€ (Romantic Times). Three estranged sisters inherit their late fatherโ€™s failing hockey franchise and are forced to confront a manโ€™s world, their familyโ€™s demons, and the battle-hardened ice warriors skating into their hearts.

Harper Chase has just become the most powerful woman in the NHL after the death of her father Clifford Chase, maverick owner of the Chicago Rebels. But the team is a hot messโ€”underfunded, overweight, and close to tapping out of the league. Hell-bent on turning the luckless franchise around, Harper wonโ€™t let anything stand in her way. Not her gender, not her sisters, and especially not a veteran player with an attitude problem and a smoldering gaze designed to melt her ice-compacted defenses.

Veteran center Remy โ€œJinxโ€ DuPre is on the downside of a career thatโ€™s seen him win big sponsorships, fansโ€™ hearts, and more than a few notches on his stick. Only one goal has eluded him: the Stanley Cup. Sure, heโ€™s been labeled as the unluckiest guy in the league, but with his recent streak of good play, he knows this is his year. So why the hell is he being shunted off to a failing hockey franchise run by a ball-buster in heels? And is she seriously expecting him to lead her band of misfit losers to a coveted spot in the playoffs?

Heโ€™d have a better chance of leading Harper on a merry skate to his bedโ€ฆ

Romance Sports [Pocket Books, On Sale: August 29, 2017, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781501180880 / eISBN: 9781501168550]

About Kate Meader

Kate Meader

Originally from Ireland, Kate cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Mills & Boon thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron or a fire hose, and sheโ€™s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with alpha heroes and strong heroines who can match their men quip for quip.

Hot in the Kitchen | Hot in Chicago | Tall, Dark and Texan | Chicago Rebels

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Re: Kate Meader | Five Things You Donโ€™t Know About Chicago

I don't know this! I love hidden parks and the backward
flowing river is fascinating! Thanks.
(Kathleen Bylsma 1:10pm August 17, 2017)

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