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DON'T READ THIS BOOK

I mean it. Don’t read TOUCH OF FIRE. It’s contentious, blasphemous and oozing with violence and unsafe sex. I spend most of my time running from people with pitchforks and flaming torches. If I had known publication would increase my aerobic capacity, I would’ve written this book sooner.

TOUCH OF FIRE is the kind of book that raises eyebrows, blood pressure, and umm…other body parts. It’s scandalous. It makes you want to cozy up in a corner where no one else can see you because let’s face it, people would talk.

It’s presumptuous drivel. It’s anti-liberal, anti-conservative. Heck, even the Wiccans are giving it a wide berth. (That’s okay. I’m getting back at them in the sequel.)

But it’s your money. And some of you will buy it despite my warnings. You are the gamblers. Yes, I’ve seen you at the 7-11s buying your Lotto tickets and your Mountain Dew. I’m the person right behind you in line. (grin)

And you hedonists of sweet confections. Polite society calls you chocoholics. Ha! You indulge in so much decadent goodness you’ve sent all of Lady Godiva’s children to college—and her little dog too.

Exhaustive research (in the back alleys of racetracks and chocolate factories) has proven gamblers and addicts are the only qualified people to enjoy TOUCH OF FIRE. The rest of you would be hit or miss.

Even if you don’t bet on the ponies or go to chocolate conventions, buy it out of vengeance and give it to the sister-in-law who borrows all your “good” books, or the neighbor who barges in unannounced and stays for hours. Give them a copy of TOUCH OF FIRE, and you may never see them again.

And yet, try as I might to be controversial and irreverent to decent society, some people did like this book. Go figure.

Jacqueline Ward over at The Romance Studio said this:

“Ms. Zannini has created a wonderfully vibrant world full or details and robust characters. Readers are given a look into a possible future for our world. The plot is intricately detailed and full of suspense. Touch of Fire has all the elements of a great epic story. There is so much love, loss and sacrifice. This story had me laughing, then crying, sad, then ecstatic. The emotions are pouring off the pages so much that you can’t help but feel them too.”

And the notorious Mrs. Giggles said this:

“Touch Of Fire is definitely one memorable story, mostly because I find the setting to be a very interesting one and I would definitely love to pay the world another visit.”

It’s possible these unfortunate people are both gamblers and chocoholics, but it’s not for me to judge.

If you are a decent, law-abiding citizen who never runs yellow lights and does the family ironing in high heels and pearls, don’t read this book. You probably won’t like it.

The rest of you…

Be sure to write me and let me know what you thought of TOUCH OF FIRE, and I’ll send you the schedule for the next chocoholics convention.

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On a more serious note:
By the time you read this, I will be under the surgeon’s knife, getting my corneas tweaked one more time. Oy vey! This is my third surgery in as many months.

I have been legally blind since I was a child, and eye surgeries are no stranger to me, but I always get nervous when someone gets that close to my eyeball with a scalpel.

I’d love it if you would leave a message here, but it will be many days before I’ll be able to see well enough to answer.

You can also email me offline. Go to my blog or website for the email address.

Visit me 24/7 at: http://mariazannini.blogspot.com/ and at my website at: http://www.mariazannini.com/.

And if you’re really reckless, buy TOUCH OF FIRE here:
http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/shop/product.da/touch-of-fire

You’ve been warned.

Thanks for indulging me. We now go back to our regularly scheduled programming.