After writing baseball players, hockey players and even a
Formula One race car driver, I guess I’ve developed a passion for sports heroes in my romances.
So I was really thrilled to sell a series to Harlequin
Desire where the heroes are football players or guys otherwise attached to the
sport—an owner, a coach, a couple of competing QBs. Meet the Bayou
Billionaires this winter when my good friend Catherine Mann and I kick off our first
joint series for Harlequin Desire.
For me, the sports arena recreates the medieval battlefield
that I love so much. Athletes are a new breed of warrior, their battles a
different kind of fierce. But I admire the heart and soul that go into the competition.
The desire to win fuels alpha males from all walks of life—from
the boardroom to the playing field to the battlefield. In the Bayou
Billionaires series, Cathy and I get to explore that hunger to win from a
variety of perspectives. Her first hero, the owner of our fictional NFL team,
is a former athlete who channels his knowledge of the game into strategy that
helps him acquire the right weaponry to win. It’s up to Gervais Reynaud to
combine the best personnel to get the job done in Catherine Mann’s His
Pregnant Princess Bride.
Set in the Big Easy, the Bayou Billionaires books are all
available for pre-order… perfect timing for that Amazon gift card you got for
Christmas, right? I hope you’ll consider checking them out and seeing what kind
of series Cathy and I created. In the meantime, here are a few of my favorite
athlete heroes—real and fictional!
Bobby Tom Denton- if you haven’t read Heaven, Texas by Susan
Elizabeth Phillips…. go grab it right now.
Cal Bonner- I’ll never forget that Lucky Charms scene in
Nobody’s Baby But Mine—also by the phenomenal Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Wade O’Riley – Jill Shalvis can’t write a bad hero and her
baseball guys are no different… check out Slow Heat in her Pacific Heat series.
Tyson Reed- I didn’t know how much I’d love MMA until I read
Jennifer Snow’s new Beyond the Cage series, and in particular, Tyson’s book-
Fighting the Fall. This is a new author to watch!
Harley Handleman- Lori Foster made me a fan with her
Buckhorn Brothers and I haven’t stopped reading her since. Check out her SBC
Fighters series, especially Hard to Handle.
Luc Martineau – See Jane Score by Rachel Gibson shows a
hockey player in all his sexy glory.
Other favorites- Dierdre Martin, Elle Kennedy, Jaci Burton,
Tracy Solheim and Kat Latham…. All must-reads for me!
What about you? What books are you looking for with your
Christmas gift card? Share with me on the blog today and I’ll give one random
poster a BONUS Amazon gift card for $5 so you can snag yourself an extra book!
