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Fourth and Goal is now 20 percent off at Barnes and Noble and Amazon:

B&N Nook:

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Reviews for Fourth and Goal

Wendi, The Super Librarian--B+ and Recommended Read

"I really enjoyed this story... I got sucked into this book. I mean, hook line and sinker sucked in. I was deeply invested in these characters. Not just Derek and Rachel, but all of them. Even Derek's asshole cousin, Tyler, who cannot string a sentence together without dropping the F-bomb half a dozen times. Hooked folks, I'm positively hooked."-- Wendy, The Super Librarian

Night Owl Romance--4.75 Stars and Top Pick

"I am thoroughly impressed with Ms. Davenport's ability to instill escapism in her story. For the duration, I was consumed with her tale of two friends to lovers intertwined with football." -- Yadira, Night Owl Reviews

Jane at Dear Author and via Goodreads

""Fourth and Goal displayed a deep and comfortable knowledge of football but strangely enough it wasn't the on field shenanigans that I enjoyed the most, but the off the field relationships that the characters developed. ...I was captivated..."

Blackraven's Reviews--4.5 Ravens

"Romance so real that you feel you are there will keep you wanting more as you fall in love with Derek and Rachel. You will laugh and cry with them as you find yourself entrapped in an amazing story of love and life."--Trixie, Blackravens Reviews

 

Manic Readers--4.5

"A good beach or airplane read and you don’t have to know a lot about football to enjoy the story."-- Alberta, Manic Readers

Guest Blogger: Lynn Shurr: Bad Good Advice

I'd like to welcome Lynn Shurr, a fellow football hero romance writer. Lynn has written two entertaining romances which are centered around the Sinners football team.

Fourth and Goal at Amazon

Fourth and Goal is now available at Amazon for Kindle. You can buy it here:

http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-and-Goal-ebook/dp/B0058OISKC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1309397788&sr=1-1

Jami at Smutketeers

On Saturday, I’m blogging at Smutketeers.

http://www.smutketeers.com/

Stop by and find out why I love sports heroes in romance novels.

Where I'm at This Weekend

Stop by and leave me a comment. You can find me this weekend at:

Saturday:

Jeanne St. James

http://jeannestjames.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-release-by-guest-jami-davenport.html

Sunday: The Steam Room

http://www.michelezurlo.com/apps/blog/

Where to Find Me

Here's my schedule for the next week. Drop in and say hi!

Date Description


5/1     Destiny Blaine: http://destinyblaine.blogspot.com/

5/3     Kate Davies: http://kate-davies.blogspot.com/

5/3     Loose Ends: http://looseidauthors.blogspot.com/

5/6     Jeanne St. James: http://jeannestjames.blogspot.com/
5/8     The Steam Room: http://www.michelezurlo.com/apps/blog/

5/11   Cup of Porn: http://cupoporn.wordpress.com/

Fourth and Goal-- Available Now

Fourth and Goal

Seattle Lumberjacks Football Series Book 1

Available from Loose Id

In a game played on and off the field, only one of them will emerge the winner.

Armed with an uncanny ability for evaluating football talent, a dogged determination to succeed in a man’s world, and an empty bank account, Rachel McCormick agrees to help struggling wide receiver Derek Ramsey get his game back. Rachel believes Derek, her former best friend and lover, knows the truth behind a points-shaving scandal which ruined her father. She vows to expose the secret even if it destroys Derek in the process.

When Derek’s coach suggests sex as an excellent tension reliever the night before a game, Rachel takes one for the team. The next day, Derek has the best performance of his not-so lustrous pro football career. As Derek and Rachel rack up nights in bed and other places, the team racks up wins on the field. Rachel is torn between her loyalty to her father and her growing affection for Derek. Now it’s fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Their hearts are on the line. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?

Read the first chapter here

Coming on May 3rd--Fourth and Goal--from Loose Id

In a game played on and off the field, only one of them will emerge the winner.

Armed with an uncanny ability for evaluating football talent, a dogged determination to succeed in a man’s world, and an empty bank account, Rachel McCormick agrees to help struggling wide receiver Derek Ramsey get his game back. Rachel believes Derek, her former best friend and lover, knows the truth behind a points-shaving scandal which ruined her father. She vows to expose the secret even if it destroys Derek in the process.

When Derek’s coach suggests sex as an excellent tension reliever the night before a game, Rachel takes one for the team. The next day, Derek has the best performance of his not-so lustrous pro football career. As Derek and Rachel rack up nights in bed and other places, the team racks up wins on the field. Rachel is torn between her loyalty to her father and her growing affection for Derek. Now it’s fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Their hearts are on the line. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?

Read First Chapter

Fourth and Goal Cover

Fourth and Goal

Available on May 3rd from Loose Id


It’s fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Derek and Rachel are racking up points in bed. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?

Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs

Coming Soon Page

I now have a "Coming Soon" page for Fourth and Goal at Loose-Id. The countdown is on. F&G will be available on May 3.

My book page is at: http://www.loose-id.com/Fourth-and-Goal.aspx

I'm so excited about this book. It's my first Jami book in over two years. I'm hoping to have the sequel done and released also this year.

Sneak Peak of Fourth and Goal

I'm excited to annouce that Fourth and Goal is out of the editing stage and moving on to final copy edits. Tentaive release date is the first week of May.

Click here to read the first chapter and wet you appetite for more.

A Different Kind of Sports Hero

Check out my post at the Loose Ends blog at http://looseidauthors.blogspot.com/2011/02/different-kind-of-sports-hero.html

Fourth and Goal Publication Date

I'm in the final edits for Fourth and Goal. My release date is sometime in May. I can't wait. I've been busy working on the 2nd book in the series titled Forward Passes.

Check back for more information. I'll post it as soon as I hear more.

Sport Romances and Dear Author

Check out this post on Dear Author regarding the Super Bowl and Sports Romances:

http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2011/02/08/a-sonnet-or-two-to-the-packers-by-sarah-wendell-poetess/

My Thanksgiving Present: Fourth and Goal has a Home

I am VERY happy to announce that I've contracted with Loose Id to publish my football hero romance, Fourth and Goal, the first book in my Seattle Lumberjacks Football Series. Finally, a new Jami book will be out next spring or early summer (tentatively).

While I don't personally believe in "books of my heart" (as every book should be the book of an author's heart if she's putting her soul into the book), but this book comes close to being that book. Fourth and Goal has been floating around in my head for close to fifteen, maybe twenty years. I've written and discarded pieces of it over the years, put it on a back burner when I found out NY pubs believe sports hero romances don't sell, and a few years ago decided to drag it out. To heck with what does or doesn't sell. After all, I also write equestrian romances, and those don't "sell" either.

I love football, and I know other women love football, too. According to statistics, an estimated 45 percent of NFL fans are female. So do NY publishers think these women don't read? And don't read romance novels? I beg to differ.

The few football hero romances currently published annoy me because the heroines usually hate football and/or know nothing about it. I wanted to write a romance novel series for women who love football, have a decent knowledge of the game, and want to read about a heroine who knows her football.

Rachel, my heroine, grew up in a football-crazed family with a coach dad and football player brothers. She has an uncanny eye for evaluating football talent and diagnosing a player's strengths and weaknesses. She aspires to be a pro football scout.

The book follows Derek, an almost washed-up football player, through his and his team's journey from basement dwellers to Super Bowl contenders.

I'm hoping there's a market for a book like mine. Time will tell, but I'm putting my faith in all those female NFL fans.