DREAM
CAST FOR FOOLISH GAMES
This is
always my least favorite question.
Here’s why: At a writer’s
conference once, Bob Mayer told the audience that Jennifer Crusie had based one
of her characters on the Xena Warrior Princess character. Well, I was reading that particular book at
the time and Lucy Lawless was NOT who I pictured when the heroine popped on the
page. Not even close. In fact, his revelation kind of ruined the
rest of the book for me. For that reason,
I try really hard not to base my characters on “real” people. That’s the best part about reading a book;
you can make a character look like whomever you want, regardless of the
author’s description. When I polled my
beta readers for their answers to this question, the cast they each came up
with couldn’t have been more different from one another—and from mine!
That being
said, here’s my “dream cast”:
Will Connelly Channing
Tatum
Julianne Marchione Mila
Kunis
Brody Janik Chris
Hemsworth
Annabeth Connelly Julianne
Moore
Hank Osbourne Chris Meloni
Sophie Osbourne Liz Morgan
What? You haven’t
heard of Liz Morgan? You will. She’s starring in the motion picture The Remaining due to be released in
2014. She’s also my neighbor and I might have based Sophie’s looks on
Liz’s.
About Foolish Games:
SOMETIMES THE BEST DEFENSE IS A STRONG OFFENSE….
Bridal gown designer, Julianne Marchione knows better than to
lose her head at a client’s wedding. But
much to her embarrassment, a mix of migraine medication and a smoking hot
football player lead to a steamy one night stand resulting in a surprise
pregnancy. Julianne has every intention of leaving her NFL hookup far in the
past until her son, Owen, is born with a life-threatening blood disorder that
requires a transfusion—and Julianne is not a match.
Will “William the Conqueror” Connelly grew up tough shouldering
the stigma of being a bastard child born on the wrong side of the tracks. He refuses to let any child face the same
discrimination. When he finds out about Owen, he’s furious that Julianne kept
his son a secret. But when he sees her again at the hospital, he realizes that
his feelings for her go far beyond anger.
Will insists that Owen recuperate at his home in North
Carolina, and he’s adamant that Julianne become his wife—even if it’s only a
temporary marriage in name only. But will their simmering attraction ever lead
to a real connection? Or are they just
playing foolish games?
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Author Bio:
Author Tracy Solheim has written her share of best sellers and
note-worthy books. Unfortunately most of them line the shelves of dusty
government offices around the world never to see the light of day. She hopes to
change that with her series of contemporary romantic fiction novels published
by Berkley Books.
“I guess you could say I’m a frustrated sports writer at heart,
but I love writing—and reading—books centered around sports. I can thank my dad
for that. He introduced me to Dick Francis novels when I was a teenager and I
was hooked. I am also a big fan of the happily ever after endings of romance
novels, so it was only natural that I combined the two elements in my fiction
debut.”
To find out more about Tracy Solheim, visit her at:
Giveaway details:
Tracy is giving
away a $50 Amazon gift card and signed copies of GAME ON and FOOLISH GAMES to
one random winner.
For a List of the Full Blog Tour Schedule:
Thanks for hosting Tracy!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Another pet peeve of mine is when the descriptions the author gives of their characters don't match those of the ones on the cover. I mean with the repository of stock images available and Photoshop, how hard can it be to get it right?
ReplyDeleteI do like creating my own mental picture of a character. I'm I am with Chanpreet on hating when the cover model doesn't come close to the character description in the book!
ReplyDeleteI read Game On and I am really looking forward to reading Foolish Games.
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