When I started writing romance, I wanted to write a story with a hockey player hero, but hesitated because I kept hearing you shouldn’t write about heroes who are professional athletes. Athletes are big and muscular and strong. When they’re successful, they’re confident, wealthy and famous. Are these heroic qualities?
Well,
big muscles and a sexy smile are important for a romance hero, but qualities of
determination, passion, loyalty, dedication, sacrifice and courage are
important for heroes too. And don’t professional athletes have all those?
One Man Advantage, out today, is the
third book I’ve written with a hot hockey player hero. Logan Heller is the
younger brother of Jason (Breakaway) and Tag (Faceoff). While he’s a talented hockey player in his
own right, it wasn’t easy following in the steps of such superstar older brothers.
But
a hero is brave enough to face his insecurities and flaws and steps up when
life is difficult. In One Man Advantage, Logan gets traded to a new team and
even though he knows it’s part of the business and not personal, it still feels
like a punch in the gut. He’s faced with starting over, with a new team, in a
new city. He feels bitter and resentful and it would be tempting to let those
feelings out, to whine and complain. But that’s not the kind of guy Logan is.
And when he falls in love, he’s the kind of guy who sacrifices his career to
protect the woman he loves, even when she’s stomping all over his heart because
of her own insecurities.
Here’s the blurb for One Man Advantage:
After her ex trashes her reputation in front of the
media and it quickly goes viral, Nicole vows she’ll never get involved with
another hockey player. Too bad her job with the Minneapolis Caribou puts her in
contact with sexy hockey players on a daily basis, including the newly traded
center, Logan Heller. Logan’s pretty sure Nicole is the perfect woman for him
and he’s determined to have her—in and out of bed. Nicole is equally determined
to never date another hockey player. But Logan has a one man advantage...he
knows what she really wants.
Kelly Jamieson is a
best-selling author of over twenty romance novels and novellas. Her writing has been described as
“emotionally complex”, “sweet and satisfying” and “blisteringly sexy”. Where
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