Some may or may not know that Ava Gray is Ann Aguirre, author of the Romantic Science Fiction series:  Sirantha Jax and of the Urban Fantasy series: Corine Solomon.

Writing as Ava Gray, Skin Game is Ann’s first foray into paranormal romance and the first book in the Skin series.

Blurb taken from the Ava Gray website:

A beautiful fugitive—wanted dead or alive.
Kyra is a con woman and a particular kind of thief. She steals with a touch, but she only takes one thing: her target’s strongest skill. Which means she can be a fighter, an athlete, a musician, an artist—anything she wants… for a limited time. Heartbroken, she turns her gift toward avenging her father’s murder; with deadly patience, Kyra works her way into casino owner Gerard Serrano’s inner circle. After pulling off the ultimate con, she flees with his money and his pride.

A hit man who never misses the mark.
Reyes has nothing but his work. Pity for Kyra, he’s the best and mercy never sways him once he takes a job. He’s been hired to find out where Kyra hid the cash—and bring her back to face Serrano’s “justice.” Dead will do, if he can’t locate the loot. He’s never failed to complete a contract, but Kyra tempts him with her fierce heat and her outlaw heart. So Reyes has a hell of a choice: forsake his word or kill the woman he might love.

Doesn’t that sound bad-ass? It sounds bad-ass to us!

At The Book Pushers, we are going to be having a Bad Boy week – featuring heroes in books who can truly claim that title.

Skin Game rocked the socks off Has (pending review will be up soon), so we are going to have a giveaway. We are giving away a copy of Skin Game via The Book Depository to where ever they can ship too as soon as it’s available.

To be in for a chance to win, let us know in the comments below:

Who do you think is the ultimate bad-ass hero?

We have created a poll  featuring a selection of male characters that we think fit the term: Bad-ass. We’ll leave the poll running until next Tuesday, 10th November and at the end we will reveal who is the winner of the poll – along with the winner of the giveaway.

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