Have you heard me
yelling and cheering from my living room? I’m soooooo excited. You may be
asking yourself why. Today starts my favorite sports event, the World Cup. I
LOVE soccer and will watch it for hours if I don’t have to go anywhere. During
the World Cup, which happens every four years, I have been known to get up
before the crack of dawn and then watch three or four games in one day. I
taught myself the rules of the game by watching games, listening to the
announcers and paying attention to different movements by the players.
Now you may be asking
yourself, “What’s to like?” First and foremost, it’s the men! They are H-O-T!
Okay, not all of them, but a lot of them are. Plus, they’re in great physical
condition since they have to spend up to an hour and half running up and down
the field. And every once in a while they’ll lift their shirts or take them off
completely and I get a great view of some sculpted abs. Of course, I also love
the whole game itself, the idea of kicking a ball around and working together
to shove it into a net. And watching the goalkeepers work so hard to protect
the net. And, unlike most other sports, soccer games don’t have fifty million
commercials.
Because I love soccer so
much, and I know how popular it is in most other parts of the world (not so
much in the US), I made one of my heroes a soccer coach. (Actually, I didn’t
decide. He told me he was a coach.
Bossy characters!) In Silent Surrender,
Quinn O’Connell has walked away from his team for a long weekend to find the
woman he had a wild fling with and who has never left his mind. I also added a
fun scene where Quinn and Meggie (the heroine) play a game of soccer with local
school boys.
Now I know not everyone
enjoys sports, so I didn’t spend a whole lot of time or words on soccer. But I
hope adding the touch of soccer I have into the book enriches the story. My
goal is to show soccer coaches (and players) can be fine heroes, too! Did I
reach my goal? You be the judge!
Thanks for hanging out with
me for a while today. I’m off to map out which games I cannot miss and then
I’ll be heading back to the TV to watch the 1st game of the 2014
World Cup!
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Meggie MacDougall often dreams of Quinn O’Connell,
the sexy Irish football coach who swept her off her feet in Dublin. But what
happened in Dublin must stay there. She has responsibilities at home, and she
refuses to fuel the gossip fires in Glenhalish.
Quinn has never forgotten Meggie and the explosive
weekend they shared. Overwhelmed by memories of her passion, beauty, and zest
for life, he jeopardizes his cushy career to find her and test the connection
between them.
When Quinn arrives in her Highland village, Meggie
is determined to ignore him. However, she isn't prepared for the claim he lays
on her heart with his sexy charm and his tender soul.
Will pride and fear keep Meggie from embracing
possibilities, or will Quinn's gentle persistence break down her defenses and
lead her to a silent surrender?
Excerpt:
Quinn came toward her,
the ball juggling between his feet. “Get him, Miss Meggie!” someone called from
across the pitch.
Her heart rate, already
soaring, tripped at the sight of her man. Her nerves tightened, her muscles
clenched. She rocked on the heels of her feet. She’d steal the ball for her
team.
He closed the distance
between them. Meggie pushed against his rock-hard abs and tangled with his feet.
He tugged on her ponytail, slid his foot between hers, and sent the ball to his
teammates.
Meggie yelped, her arms
flailing to her sides. Her feet remained tangled with Quinn’s, and she lost her
balance.
Quinn’s arms circled her
waist and twisted her so his body took the brunt of the impact with the
dirt-packed earth. She rolled to the side, still cradled in the crook of his
arm and with the pressure of his delicious body over every inch of hers. “Are
you all right?” He propped himself up and brushed her hair away from her face.
“Aye. Thank you for
taking the fall for us.”
“You’re down here with
me, aren’t you?”
“Aye, but you protected
me. Thank you, my Irish knight.”
“My pleasure, my lady.”
Aye, she was his lady
and she decided she rather liked it.
He leaned down and
claimed her mouth.
“Is she hurt?” one of
the lads yelled. The ground trembled beneath their feet.
“Aye, ye daft fool. He’s
giving her mouth-to-mouth,” yelled another.
Together they both
giggled and ended the kiss. “You should probably let me up before they call for
an ambulance.”
“Right.” He jumped to
his feet. “No worry, boys. She’s fine.” She missed the feel of him against her
body. As she propped herself on her forearms, he reached down and pulled her to
her feet.
Author
Bio:
Alexa
Bourne is a teacher by day and a romance writer by nights, weekends, and all school
holidays. She also teaches online classes for writers throughout the year. She
writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance and is thrilled to have the
chance to share her love of Great Britain with readers everywhere.
When she's
not concocting sinister plots and steamy love scenes or traveling and exploring
new cultures, Alexa spends her time reading, watching brainless TV and thinking
about exercising. She loves to interact with readers, so visit her web page,
follow her on Twitter or drop her a note at Alexa@alexabourne.com!
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1 comment:
I love the sweet excerpt! But something tells me the book is hot, hot, hot!
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