About Perfect Match
Secrets can derail even the most powerful attraction.
Logger Sven Larson has never found a man worth publicly coming out of the closet for. But his family has other plans. As a thirtieth birthday gift, his mother hires the online dating service Perfect Match to find Sven the love of his life. To say Sven isn't thrilled is an understatement, but it's too late to cancel, and Jayden Calver arrives.
Perfect Match's success rate is unsurpassed, but they don't come by it honestly: if a client can't be matched, the agency uses a stand-in to fulfil their guarantee and protect their profit.
Tough luck has left Jayden in debt, and playing Perfect Match's deceptive game is his only option. So he travels — sparkling toenails and all — to a remote camp deep in the mountains to meet Sven Larson and pretend to be his perfect match for a few days.
Sparks fly on first contact. But as the two men get closer, Sven grows more and more suspicious of Jayden, and Jayden struggles with guilt over his deceit. They both want a future together, but first they must find the courage to be honest with themselves and each other.
How did you come up
with the idea for Perfect Match?
Most of my story ideas start early mornings stuck in
bumper-to-bumper traffic on my way to work. While my car is on autopilot
navigating Boston rush hour, my mind dreams up crazy love stories. Ironically,
I guess I have to thank my very ugly commute for Perfect Match.
Perfect Match
started with two questions:
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What happens if someone who is just not a very
convincing liar is forced to lie?
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What happens if someone who should be pissed
about being lied to, falls in love instead?
My answer to question one was Jayden Calver. Jayden is in
financial trouble and is forced to sell his body as part of a romance scam. And
Jayden, well, he is just a lousy liar. Everything goes wrong from the very
start. But, Jayden is also a fighter and not willing to give up easily.
My answer to question two was Sven Larson. A sexy logger
with a strong protective streak who is completely blown away by his instant
attraction to the city kid who stumbled into his isolated, secluded home in the
mountains in the middle of a rain storm.
It started with the characters for the book, but very
quickly Perfect Match—the online agency that simply fakes matching profiles if
a customer is hard to match from their database—took over my morning commute
musing with a vengeance.
The How? Why? And Who? suddenly became as important as
telling Sven and Jayden’s story. Perfect
Match answers some of these questions: Nicolas Carter, the owner, finds
young men in financial trouble, buys up their debt and then sends them on
Perfect Match assignments with a clear mission: Keep the customer happy and
distracted for ten days, and then get kicked out.
But, there was so much more to tell about Nicolas Carter and
the agency and just like that, Perfect
Match turned into a series. Each book a stand-alone love story, with Sven
and Jayden being the first couple to find their happy-ever-after, and each book
also tells the reader more about the agency’s back story and its elusive owner.
I hope readers enjoy the first book, Perfect Match. Jayden and Sven are tangled up in lies and secrets
and have to find the courage to be honest with themselves and each other. Life
has thrown them together under tough circumstances and, even at the end, it
takes a leap of faith to trust that they are indeed a Perfect Match.
About AG Meiers
Eighteen years ago, AG Meiers came to the US for adventure and stayed for love. Currently, she lives in New England with her husband and two awesome kids—balancing work, friends and family, and writing.
When she has some free time, her favorite thing to do is travel and visit new places. Her past trips have already brought her to a variety of countries on four continents. She never passes up an opportunity to experience different cultures, diverse people and amazing locations.
Even though she has been dreaming up stories all her life, she has only recently started to write them down and share them with the world. As a writer she loves to put her characters through a lot of challenges, conflict and heartbreak, before she allows them to find their happy-ever-after.
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Thank you for sharing how you came up with the idea for the book/characters!
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