Brett Kerrigan is a smaller than average cruiserweight wrestler who loves to entertain the crowds, giving it all for his fans throughout the world. In spite of his size, Brett proves he can be as strong, quick and fierce as his larger competitors. Away from the spotlight, he struggles with being taken seriously as a wrestler, backstabbing co-workers, and power hungry management.
Pittsburgh-based sports journalist Karen Montgomery has followed wrestling since her teens. An acclaimed article printed one year earlier won a prestigious sports press award, and, when several attempts to arrange a personal interview with Brett are thwarted, she almost gives up attempting to meet her idol without the help of her editor, Greg Sullivan. One fateful night after a wrestling event, Karen has an unexpected encounter with Brett in a hotel lounge - ending in getting her sought-after interview with him.
Throughout the following year, a special friendship - and then romance - blossoms between the unlikely pair, despite the loss of Brett’s lucrative contract, long distance living between him and Karen, the differences in their ages, and an unexpected personal event Karen never considered in the present stage of her life.
fiction, ebook, romance
About Me
L. Anne Carrington is a writer whose previous work has covered topics from fiction to news stories, human interest features, and entertainment reviews. She wrote The Wrestling Babe internet column for seven years, is a former music reviewer for Indie Music Stop, and pens several other works which appears in both print and Web media.
Currently a staff member of Authors on Show, a literary website which showcases new authors as well as features news and information by and for aspiring and published writers, Ms. Carrington is a former cosmetologist, actress, and retail employee/manager whose upcoming first novel, The Cruiserweight, received an Honorary Mention in the 2010 Paparazzi Publishing Sports Theme Book Awards in the Best Book - Misc. Sports category. She also received the 2010 Paparazzi Publishing Best New Sports Author Award.
The Cruiserweight is scheduled for paperback release through Night Publishing in late 2010/early 2011, and in electronic and ebook media in Fall 2010.
Ms. Carrington resides in Pittsburgh, PA, where she continues to write and a guest contributor for various websites, and will host the upcoming Book and Author Talk on BlogTalkRadio. Plans are underway for a second book, The Meaux Book of Cat Tales.
Testimonials
Simon & Schuster author Karen Hillard Good, Reindeer Christmas and The Very Best Pumpkin (to be released August 2010):
“I really like your character Brett and I'm hoping things work out for him with Karen. Good luck with this!”
Simon & Schuster author Lisa Adams, Lords of War, Teen Queens and Has-Beens and The Princess of Pop:
“Ok, so if ever there was the antithesis of "The Wrestler," this is it. I learned more about the sport of pro wrestling than I ever have the umpteen years of the sport's existence. I like the extensive use of dialogue instead of the blocks of narrative with a little dialogue thrown in. You have picked an obtuse subject matter, but you have handled it well. And Karen's character drew me in because female sports journalists are on the rise.”
Angela Brown, Wild Child Publishing/Freya's Bower:
"Your story has potential. Your storyline seems to be solid."
Gerry McCullough, Belfast Girls:
"I have to begin by confessing that, like a lot of women, I'm not a big fan of wrestling. Nevertheless, this book gripped me from the start. Okay, it's a love story, but Karen and Brett don't even meet until Chapter 3. But the descriptions of the wrestling really work. And Brett's character, and Karen's, are so well drawn that at once we want to know more about them. For those who like a love story, as well as those who enjoy wrestling and are interested to read about it, this should be a very successful book."
Phillip Crippen, Emerluvly:
"I get a very strong visceral sense of Hemingway--and I mean this as an absolute compliment. The fact is, you are handling a subject that contains violence, romance, machismo, and rebirth in a very minimalist way (and with perfectly ironic tag-team dialogue). It adds so much to the sweat and grit and warrior lifestyle that permeates your story."
S.A Stone, Eden Falls:
“I can so see this as a movie. I really like the few chapters I’ve read so far. Good characterization and dialogue. I also like your vivid descriptions. Your writing style was easy and fun to read.”
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