My
friend and critic partner, Joselyn Vaughn, is a runner. I don’t understand
runners but I respect that she fits running in between writing fantastic
sweet romance books, managing a household with three preschoolers, and doing
volunteer work. I imagine the solitariness of running is the only time she
can think up new plot lines. But that is only my guess.
Today
her latest is out but it is a bittersweet release. The Boston Marathon bombing
hit her hard. With her running, she would have been due to finish about the
time the devices exploded and been training for a marathon closer to home. That coupled with her latest romance release is about running. Climbing Heartbreak Hill is about Ryan, a professional runner at a crossroads because
of an injury. He returns home and meets Tara, who he met years earlier. She is
trying to finish the last of tax season’s filings when her boss goes into labor
early. Can they coach each other into believing
in their future filled with romance? Or will the tax Grinch have them running
from an audit?
Because
of her compassion for the families affected by the Boston bombing, Joselyn is
donating a portion of the proceeds from Climbing Heartbreak Hill to One Fund Boston. Her books can be read
in any order but many characters make appearances from book to book. Her first book, CEOs Don’t Cry, was just an Amazon best
seller in Great Britain. I suspect Courting
Sparks, her second book, will soon follow.
Tara
Mansfield who is the main character in Climbing
Heartbreak Hill has a small appearance in CEOs Don’t Cry. Here is the official
book blurb for Tara and Ryan:
Professional
runner, Ryan Grant, blows out his knee training for another attempt at the
Boston marathon and the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. Ryan retreats home, not
looking for anything more than a fast recovery, but he finds solace in the arms
of his tax preparer, Tara Mansfield.
Tara’s cheerleading career ended
abruptly and she faces an upward climb beating the stereotype as dumb blonde in
her new calling as an accountant. Framed with defrauding the IRS during the
last weeks of the tax season, Tara’s tentative confidence is shaken, but Ryan
coaches her in ensnaring the true perpetrator. She cheers him on in discovering
his identity as a coach rather than an athlete.
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