RELEASE
BLOCKED
By
Jennifer Lane
New Adult Contemporary/Sports Romance
Released
October 21, 2014
College freshman
Lucia Ramirez has a secret crush on Dane Monroe. He’s a tall drink of water —
blond, brash, and one hell of a volleyball player. Hijole. Lucia hopes her
volleyball scholarship to his school will make him notice her.
Too bad what’s
noticeable is Dane’s obvious hatred for Lucia. Her family’s politics contradict
everything he stands for. And politics are front and center in both their
families. Dane’s mother is about to face Lucia’s father in the race for US
President.
When Secret
Service throws them together, Dane can’t deny his frustrating attraction to
Lucia’s athletic curves and sweet faith in the world. Amid the intense pressure
of college athletics and presidential politics, can opposites not just attract,
but overcome overwhelming odds to be together? Or do their differences block
their match from the start?
Here's an excerpt for you:
Here's an excerpt for you:
Sweat poured off Dane in a
steady stream, but he didn’t even look like he was breathing hard. I started
sweating just watching him. His muscular forearm glistened as he clutched his
water bottle. I couldn’t believe a man
that tall could run so fast. I hoped he wouldn’t be around to witness me sprinting
at practice, because my jiggling butt would probably repulse him.
When
Maddie came to sit on my left, I pried my gaze away from Dane and strived for
nonchalance. “So, uh, why did the coach call him GD?”
“It’s
his nickname,” she answered as she tugged kneepads over her shoes. “Great
Dane.”
“Oh.”
I lifted my arm overhead and stretched my triceps muscle, simply to have
something to do. Great was certainly one word for him.
A
teammate I didn’t know yet chuckled from the other side of Mad- die. “Or God Damn,
as some of us call him. As in goddamn, he’s fine.”
Maddie
grinned as she tilted her head toward the end of the bleachers. “Better not let
Nina hear you say that.”
“Why
not?” I asked.
The other teammate shrugged. “Last year — ”
“Ladies!”
Coach boomed as he stormed away from the men’s coach. “We’re taking over the
gym. We’ve got priority here. Madison, get us started on warm-up.”
Maddie
ran to the net, and when my teammates followed her, I jogged over too. I snuck
a glance at Dane to find him positively murdering me with those eyes. Oops.
He was mad at me again? How was it my fault our practice times got
messed up?
A
male voice boomed, “Hold it!” and I halted mid-step. I turned to see Dane point
at the gym floor in front of me a second before he loped over, clutching his
towel. Would he strangle me with it? My eyes darted to Allison at the sideline,
but my Secret Service agent didn’t seem to be on alert. I braced myself as he
neared, but my fear turned to surprise when he dropped to the floor and wiped
it with his towel.
“Close
your mouth, Ramirez,” he said as he popped back up and stood inches from me. How
does he smell so yummy despite his soaked shirt? It was a manly scent, tinged
with some sort of aftershave. “I sweat like a cow.” His angular body towered
over me. Not a bovine in sight.
His
eyebrows knitted together as I stared up at him. His eyes were so pretty, so
deep. “I didn’t want you to fall and break your ankle,” he continued. “At least
not because of me.” His insult barely registered over the blood rushing in my
ears. When I continued to stand mute in his presence, his head tilted. “I know
you can speak...” One corner of his mouth perked up. “You’re not going to call
me bitch again, are you?”
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About the Author
Get psyched for
romance with psychologist/author (psycho author) Jennifer Lane! By day she
witnesses growth in her psychotherapy clients, and by night she wrangles
misbehaving fictional characters as she writes sports romance and romantic
suspense with a psychological twist. She can’t decide which is more fun.
A swimmer and
volleyball player in college, Jen wove some of her own experiences into Streamline—a
military mystery about swimmers. And readers can dip their toes into Jen’s
world of swimming romance by sampling her free New Adult novella Swim
Recruit.
College volleyball
romance Blocked is Jen’s newest release,
launching 10-21-14. Peek inside big-time college sports and even bigger
national politics when the offspring of two presidential candidates find out
whether opposites really do attract, or their match is blocked from the start.
Stories
of redemption interest Jen the most, especially the healing power of love. She
is also the author of The Conduct Series, a romantic suspense
trilogy that includes With Good Behavior, Bad Behavior, and On
Best Behavior. Ultimately, whether writing or reading, Jen loves stories
that make her laugh and cry.
In
her spare time she enjoys exercising, attending book club, hanging out with her
plus-size, “I’m not fat, I’m big-boned” Izzie cat, and visiting her sisters and
their families in Chicago and Hilton Head.
