1. Deirdre Martin - Ice Hockey.
2. Power Play by Erica DeQuaya - Ice Hockey
3. Susan Phillips - Lady Be Good - Golf. It Had to Be You - Football
4. Crystal Jordan - Full Swing - golf.
5. Lisa Renee Jones - Hard and Fast - baseball.
6. Love Match – Keira Andrews - tennis
7. Riding Partner – Mary Winter - showjumping.
8. Lorelei James - rodeo - including Long Hard Ride, Rode Hard, Put Up Wet and Cowgirl Up and Ride
9. NASCAR - Harlequin - including Back on Track by Abby Gaines.
10. Pat White - wrestling
11. Bend it Like Beckham - football (soccer)
12. Polo by Jilly Cooper
13. And because it makes good sense to promo, here’s some of mine: Issy’s Infatuation, Best Man, Playing to Win by Shelley Munro - rugby. And coming soon - Cat and Mouse with a rodeo theme, New Zealand-style.
Do you like romances with a sports theme? Have I missed any of your favorites?
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I love romances with a sports theme. I would add Carly Phillips’ Hot Zone series.
by Jane April 10th, 2008 at 1:36 amRugby, eh?
You’ve piqued my interest… Now I’m wondering just how Rugby comes into play… so to speak.
Ciao!
by MsMenozzi April 10th, 2008 at 1:38 amI just adore Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ football stories!
by jennifer shirk April 10th, 2008 at 4:06 amBut, yes, I do like all sports themes in books.
I see that racketball isn’t taken. Maybe I’ll try to write that. LOL!
Oh oh, Jenna Bayley-Burke has a great golf romance coming out in July–Par for the Course, from Samhain.
by Imogen Howson April 10th, 2008 at 4:12 amI like neither sport in general nor golf, but the book is fabulous!
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It always cracks me up when someone quotes from The Rules: “No romances about sports.”
SEP’s my first comeback. I just love the entire Chicago Stars series!
by Gina Ardito April 10th, 2008 at 4:41 amInteresting TT!
by Tempest Knight April 10th, 2008 at 5:37 amVery kewl. Some seriously talented authors there. Happy T13!
by Adelle Laudan April 10th, 2008 at 6:09 amI’m not usually a sports fan, but I just might check out one or two of these. Thanks!
by Debora Dennis April 10th, 2008 at 6:24 amI love sports in books…just not in real life *lol*
Great list!!
by Debbie Mumford April 10th, 2008 at 6:49 amI am a huge NASCAR fan..Another good author is Pamela Britton..She does NASCAR books as well..
by Savannah Chase April 10th, 2008 at 6:49 amI love this list, Shelley.
by Jennifer McKenzie April 10th, 2008 at 6:57 amGreat list, but Patricia McLinn should be here too. Her first book - Hoops - is about basketball. One of her more recent - The Games - is about the Olympics.
by Alice Audrey April 10th, 2008 at 7:35 amGreat List! I loved Crystal Jordan’s Full Swing.
by R.G. Alexander April 10th, 2008 at 7:48 amR.G. dragged me over here to look–thanks for the mention!
I have to admit, I wanted to write about a woman sports star, and the only sport I know anything about is golf. I was on the varsity team in high school–mostly because it’s the only sport I could find that involves NO running.
by Crystal Jordan April 10th, 2008 at 7:51 amIce hockey, eh? You know I used to play and coach, pre-kids and destroyed body…
Cool way to pimp some worthy folks, Shelley. I’m learning from you!
by Susan Helene Gottfried April 10th, 2008 at 8:16 amWow, I love sports stories, but I’ve missed all these. Thanks for putting this together. And rugby men… yum!
by Nina April 10th, 2008 at 8:32 amInteresting! Don’t think I’ve ever done a story with a sports theme! Spanking isn’t a sport, right? LOL!
*hugs*
Paige
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by Paige Tyler April 10th, 2008 at 8:50 amAnne McCaffrey did one way back when about the horse show circuit. But I read mostly historicals, so some horse racing is the closest they come to real sports.
I will admit I’ve been trying to come up with something revolving around a martial arts studio, but nothing’s really gelled yet. ;)
Happy TT!
by Kaige April 10th, 2008 at 9:05 amhttp://impulsivehearts.wordpress.com
Alice, I was thinking of Pat McLinn, too — and HOOPS was even a RITA nom!
Great TT, Shelley!
by Heather April 10th, 2008 at 10:47 amWell, I have a charioteer, and there are some minor gladiator characters running around.
Chariot races were the formula 1 of Rome, as popular as football in the US and with more scandals than doping at the Olympics.
by Gabriele April 10th, 2008 at 11:11 amMs. Menozzi - In Best Man and Playing to Win the heroes are rugby players but the rugby is in the background. In Issy’s Infatuation the rugby is center stage.
Alice - I haven’t heard of Patricia McLinn. I’ll have to google.
Crystal - you’re very welcome.
Nina - I love rugby!
by Shelley Munro April 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pmPaige - spanking could be a new sport. What do you think????
Kaige - martial arts would be a good setting for a romance.
Gabriele - that definitely sounds like sports to me!
by Shelley Munro April 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pmWhat a fun list! Of course, NOW my reading pile got bigger. Hmph. But what a cool idea! Thank you! Happy TT!
by A. Catherine Noon April 10th, 2008 at 1:48 pmI love Phillips. :D good list.
by Morgan St. John April 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pmGreat list. I love sports. I haven’t read all of these, so I’ve added them to my TBB list.
Thanks!
by Chloe Devlin April 10th, 2008 at 3:36 pmChloe
chloedevlin.blogspot.com
Pretty much anything with David Beckham (particularly shirtless) is okay with me.
I also love Dierdre Martin’s ice hockey books and Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s football and golf books.
I think we need more sports themes, definitely. Athletes are HOT!
by Dana April 10th, 2008 at 5:38 pmCool list, I’ll have to check some of those out.
by Ann April 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmI don’t think I’ve read a single sports story romance. Happy TT.
by pussreboots April 10th, 2008 at 7:57 pmHey, this is a great list, Shelley! I’ll definitely be reading some of these. Thanks for checking out my blog today!
by Pamela April 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmI had no idea there were so many sports themed stories. Cool!
by Kathleen Oxley April 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmNow that’s amazing — I would never have been able to pull that list together.
by Robin L. Rotham April 10th, 2008 at 10:30 pmLOL - it was easy, Robin. I’m a sports nut and always grab a romance with a sports setting.
by Shelley Munro April 10th, 2008 at 10:43 pmShelley - I’m woefully behind on post TT, but I do pop by and read yours and lo and behold…I’m on there this week - yay!
Thanks darlin’ :)
by Lorelei James April 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm