I'm talking all things Jilly

Please share a few Random facts about this book…

I asked readers at the end of my last book, GAME CHANGER, to vote in an online poll and tell me which member of the New York Kings they wanted me to feature next. Jilly won by a landslide, and that’s why GAME ON is his story. There’s a huge contingent of “Jilly Girls” out there. A few of them even posed in his #24 jersey for a fan collage to help me promote the book.

Please tell us a little about the characters in your book. As you wrote your protagonist was there anything about them that surprised you?

Jilly is the team’s star closer. He’s the one who comes in to pitch the ninth inning and secure the win. He’s ‘Mr. Reliable,’ the guy who comes through when the pressure’s on. But when it comes to his love life, he chokes. He can’t make the big, dramatic move when it counts. He allows his insecurities to hold him back from pursuing the girl of his dreams, until she tracks him down and makes him take a stand.

As you wrote your protagonist was there anything about them that surprised you?

Jilly’s childhood is a chapter that poured out of me spontaneously. It was one of those moments when my fingers were flying over the keyboard and I was channeling who this character was and why he thought he needed to be so self-sufficient and brave, when all he yearned for was to be loved just like everyone else.

The First kiss…

I love Jilly and Hailey’s first kiss in the rain! The whole time they were in high school, he couldn’t bring himself to do it, not wanting to screw up their friendship. Little did he know that she wanted him to kiss her just as much. When he finally lets go, and pushes her up against that brick wall, he kisses her hard and deep, holding nothing back—the way every woman wants to be kissed.

Did any scene have you crying or laughing (or blushing) while writing it?

Whenever, Jilly talks with his first baseman, Scott Harper, it makes me chuckle. Scott doesn’t even blush when talking about the most intimate topics, and Jilly can’t even say what he wants out loud. They’re total opposites when it comes to their approach to women, but I think that’s what makes their banter so hilarious.

Read that scene and the complete interview at http://harlequinjunkie.com/spotlight-giveaway-game-on-by-collette-west/