Book Tour & Giveaway (US/Int): Flirting With Danger author Claire Baxter on astrology and the signs of love
Please help me welcome Claire Baxter to GraveTells today!
I’ve always been fascinated by astrology, but a little embarrassed to admit it. I think my fascination stems from the fact that every description I’ve ever read of the Taurean character fits me perfectly. I couldn’t possibly have been born under any other sign.
So this being the case, what about compatibility based on zodiac sign? I don’t know what to make of it. I certainly never checked my astrological compatibility with anyone I dated before I met my husband, but now I’m wondering…could there be something in it?
I have a book that I bought as research for characterization. It contains a section titled The Signs in Love, which is a summary of compatibility between all the possible combinations of sun signs. The author points out that a full comparison of star charts would be needed to really see the compatibility or otherwise of two people, but of course, I read the compatibility of Taurus with Libra (my husband), and I have to say, it is spot on.
So then I checked Taurus with other signs, those I can remember from my dating days, and guess what? Completely accurate descriptions of our relationships.
Even with this knowledge, I’m sure I would never go as far as to break up with someone because of their star sign.
Would you let a person’s sign influence you in choosing them over someone else? Or vice versa? Have you had a successful, long-term relationship with someone you shouldn’t be compatible with?
Now I’m off to share some Belgian chocolate with my hubby. The book says it’s our favorite way to spend an evening – and it’s right!
Flirting With Danger
To be together is dangerous. To stay apart is impossible.
Firefighter Jasmine Mackinnon has always just been one of the guys. So no one’s more shocked than she is to find herself kissing fellow firefighter and all-around sinfully handsome playboy Aaron Parkes after a friend’s wedding. Jasmine knows she can’t risk an emotional connection with a colleague—a potentially dangerous entanglement when fighting fires together—and nothing’s more important to her than her job.
Aaron never noticed how beautiful Jasmine was until he saw her out of her firefighter duds, but there’s something about the fiery woman that tempts him. Though he knows pursuing a real relationship is out of the question for a serial dater like him, when their casual flirtation builds into something more serious, it’s not just their jobs or their safety on the line. It’s their hearts.
About the author
Claire Baxter writes contemporary romantic fiction of all lengths. Her short stories have been published in commercial women’s magazines around the world, while her novels have been translated into 20 languages and have been nominated in the Romance Writers of Australia’s Romantic Book of the Year Award, the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Awards, and the Cataromance Reviewers’ Choice Awards (Winner, Best Harlequin Romance).
Before following her passion to write full-time, Claire was an award-winning corporate communications manager. Earlier, she worked as a translator and a PA.
Claire grew up in Warwickshire, England, but for more than 20 years has called Australia home. She considers herself lucky to live near one of Adelaide’s beautiful metropolitan beaches where she loves to walk and think up stories.
Connect with Claire at her… Website |Â Facebook | Twitter | GoodreadsÂ
Giveaway
Claire is giving away one $25 Amazon gift card and charm necklace tour-wide! To enter to win, leave a comment answering Claire’s questions, then fill out the Rafflecopter below. Good luck!
Would you let a person’s sign influence you in choosing them over someone else? Or vice versa? Have you had a successful, long-term relationship with someone you shouldn’t be compatible with?
I really don’t believe in the whole sign thing.
I wouldn’t base my life choices on my horoscope, but sometimes it seems to be amazingly accurate.
Sounds like a good book can’t wait to read it Thank you for the great giveaway.
I haven’t read a good firefighter romance book in a while…looks like I’m ready to end my dry spell!
I don’t really pay attention to what a person’s sign is.
I’ve never paid that much attention to how signs affect relationships, but I was amused when I realised my ex’s sign conflicted with mine 🙂
I am a Libra through and through, but I don’t really use the signs as a judgement before I date someone. I might look once we started dating, but I wouldn’t end it because it.
Horoscopes & Numerology are just for fun.
I never put much stock into horoscopes and that kind of thing. I think they are fun and can sometimes offer a bit of insight, but i would never make any huge decisions based off of them!
Thanks for the comments! And thanks for hosting me, DVK!
Loved having you! Thanks for stopping in to chat! <3
Thanks for sharing Flirting With Danger and the giveaway. Sounds like a great book and I have added it to my TBR. evamillien at gmail dot com
I don’t let the person’s sign influence me. I do however look the person’s sign up when the relationship frizzle.
It’s not something I typically consider, probably because I felt my sign never really described me.
I don’t believe in astrology, although I toyed around with it as a teenager 🙂 So it wouldn’t influence my choices at all 🙂
A person’s star sign doesn’t matter specially since my star sign doesn’t describe me.