Two for the Road

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SUMMARY: 

She can break his heart as easily as she broke his leg.

After a failed relationship with a network executive, Hollywood TV reporter, CLEO JONES is sent packing from LA to the entertainment wilderness of Brisbane, Australia. It’s a temporary assignment before her foreign correspondent role in London, England.

When an accident causes Cleo to break the leg of Australian elite triathlete, HAYDEN O’LOUGHLIN, she finds herself his driver and all-around gofer as compensation. Hayden is the World Number Two, and aiming to make the Australian Olympic team—his ticket to major sponsorship. A broken leg is the last thing he needs—along with a new relationship with a woman who could break his heart as easily as she broke his leg.

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SOME RESEARCH PICS:

Reading up so I know what to ask my triathlete contacts, Shawn Burke and Blain P. 🙂

Road trip to Mooloolaba, Queensland

The swim leg – Mooloolaba Triathlon

The run leg – Mooloolaba Triathlon

The bike leg – Mooloolaba Triathlon

The finish line – Mooloolaba Triathlon

The Japanese restaurant scene

Ollie – the heroine’s dog

Ninja – the hero’s dog

Theme Song While Writing: “Can’t Fight This Feeling” by REO Speedwagon

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I began writing this book in 2007 and got about 100 pages in before it got too difficult. In 2014, I decided it was time to pick it up again and write till it was finished.

Thank you to my critique partner, Heather Ashby, not only for reading my chapters and giving me encouragement and feedback, she also found me two real-life triathletes to help me with the research. Thank you to Shawn Burke and Blain P. for their invaluable information about the life of a competitive triathlete, for answering ALL of my endless questions, and their generosity with their time. They even read this little contemporary romance and gave me feedback! Any mistakes re: triathlon are totally mine!

Thank you also to my cousin, Manille for hooking me up with Katy Smith, who worked in television news .

Also, thank you to my beta readers, Justine Ormsby, Michelle Owen and Thorndyke Law for their feedback; and Elise Lewerenz of Peachy Art and Design for doing a great job in making my cover concept a reality.