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Buddy Carruthers, Wide Receiver Blog TOUR!

Title- Griff Montgomery, Quarterback

Series- First & Ten # 1

By- Jean C. Joachim

Genre- Sports Romance

He wants to find a wife. She doesn’t want to marry again –ever. Not exactly a match made in heaven. Ten years ago, Griff Montgomery, star quarterback of the Kings and womanizer, became a stand-in father for his widowed sister’s kids. His happy family life collapsed when she and her new husband moved to California. Griff wants his own family. But where does a “player” go to find his ideal mate?

Having sworn off marriage forever, Lauren Farraday barely kept her life together after her divorce. With her career shaky and depression closing in, the last thing she needed was a courtroom battle with a sexy athlete.

Forced, by a judge, into an uneasy truce, the pair denied their growing chemistry. Wary of Griff’s reputation with women, and hiding a secret, Lauren keeps him at arm’s length. Determined, Griff marches toward his goal. Can the quarterback handle the truth or will he walk away, like he always has in the past?

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Title- Buddy Carruthers, Wide Receiver

Series- First & Ten #2

By- Jean C. Joachim

Genre- Sports Romance

Known for his record-breaking stats and womanizing ways, wide receiver, Buddy Carruthers, would give it all up for one chance to win the only woman he ever wanted, Emmy Meacham. Hard-won games, and traveling half the season kept Buddy from pursuing his secret passion. Even if he managed to corner her for a moment, would she still care?

Now a rock star known as Emerald, Emmy lived her life on the road with no time for love. In her dreams, she longed to turn back the clock and spend another night with Buddy. But lies and deceit had kept them apart for five years. Would a chance meeting wash away those years or cause old wounds to resurface? Could two lives traveling in opposite directions make room for love or would they continue to spin, out of sync, and always alone?

How does music affect your writing?

Music is a big part of writing for me. Sometimes I listen to classical music as I write, though most often I prefer silence.

A song can influence me. In one o,f my first romance books, the song, “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers, became the theme song. It’s funny but once I began to play it when I wrote certain scenes, especially love scenes, it sparked a connection with Calllie, my heroine. Then I began to hear the song everywhere I went, in elevators, at the nail salon. I took that as a sign that the book would do well. And it did.

The next over-the-top influential song was ”Kokomo”, by the Beach Boys. I was writing Love Lost & Found with Ben Tanner. Much of the book takes place on St. Thomas. So the song, about a tropical paradise was perfect. While I most often prefer silence when I write, I kept playing “Kokomo” over and over and never got tired of it. It helped me visualize the island, smell the salt water and feel the hot sun.

My current book, Pete Sebastian, Coach in my First & Ten football series grabbed it’s theme song, “I Can’t Smile Without You” by accident. I was listening to music on iTunes while designing a promotion piece and when this song came on, it was like a flash of lightning. While I know how the book will end, I didn’t have the mechanics worked out. Once the song played, the final scene became completely clear in my mind. And that song will play a part.

I like to use song titles for book titles, too, whenever it’s appropriate and the title isn’t overused.

Seems to me the connection between music, which champions love is so many songs, has a kinship to romance novels and love stories. The connection is seamless.

If you keep your mind open, you never know when a song will strike you with an idea for a book, an ending or even just a scene.

Jean Joachim is a best-selling romance fiction author, with books hitting the Amazon Top 100 list since 2012. The Renovated Heart won Best Novel of the Year from Love Romances Café. Lovers & Liars was a RomCon finalist in 2013. And The Marriage List tied for third place as Best Contemporary Romance from the Gulf Coast RWA. To Love or Not to Love is a finalist in a 2014 contest held by the New England Chapter of Romance Writers of America. She was chosen Author of the Year in 2012 by the New York City chapter of Romance Writers of America.

Married and the mother of two sons, Jean lives in New York City. Early in the morning, you’ll find her at her computer, writing, with a cup of tea, her rescued put, Homer, by her side and a secret stash of black licorice.