July 2011 Newsletter

Fourth and Goal is now at distributors:

BUY LINKS:

http://www.jamidavenport.com/index.htm

Barnes and Noble Nook: Coming Soon

Fourth and Goal Reviews:

Wendi, The Super Librarian--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."

Night Owl Romance--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 Litte at Goodreads

"The ending was heartrending and I loved reading my way through the football season with a player who had lost his mojo."

Jane at Dear Author

"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."

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

What I’m Working On

Right now, I’m finishing the sequel to Fourth and Goal. It’s Tyler’s story titled Forward Passes. I’m over halfway done. After that, I’m working on a new series, tentatively titled, Small Town Saturday Nights. I’ve been wanting to write a series based in the small town I grew up in, which I’m calling Gold River located in Okanogan County, Eastern Washington.

I hope you have a wonderful summer and discover some great beach reads!

May 2011 Newsletter

I’m very happy to announce that my football hero romance, Fourth and Goal, is now available. If I have a book of my heart, this book is it. I started writing this book close to a dozen years ago. When I become more serious about getting published, everyone told me “sports romances don’t sell” so I abandoned this book. Yet, I always knew I’d return to it some day.

If you know me personally, you know I love football.

Over the past few years I became frustrated with the football hero romances currently being published. In the vast majority of them, the heroine did not like or understand football, the hero often gave up the game for the heroine, and/or football was merely an afterthought. You could have changed the hero’s career and nothing in the story would change.

So I asked myself: What if? What if the heroine is not only a fan, but she wants a career in football? What if she’s more knowledgeable about the game than most men? What if the hero isn’t a big star but a struggling third stringer attempting to resurrect his career? What if I write this book for women who truly love and understand football?

So I dusted off my old football hero romance, rewrote the entire book, and here it is years and years later. I think the wait was well worth it, and I hope you do, too.

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Fourth and Goal

Book 1 in my Seattle Lumberjacks Football Series

By Jami Davenport

Available from Loose Id

BUY LINK: http://www.loose-id.com/Fourth-and-Goal.aspx