1--What is the title of your latest release?
SIMPLY THE BEST
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A hard-driving sports agent… A failed chocolatier… Her superstar football player brother… A quirky pink and purple food truck… And, to really screw things up, a very unfortunate murder.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
This is a Chicago Stars book, so… Chicago!
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Oh my goodness, yes! She’s quirky, impulsive, passionate about her work as a chocolatier, and she has a good heart, exactly the kind of woman who would fit in my friendship circle.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
See above. BTW, matching her up with driven, superstar sports agent Brett Rivers was kind of mean of me.
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I shocked myself by realizing I like cheap milk chocolate better than fine dark chocolate. Please don’t tell my heroine.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
Edit, edit, edit all the way through. There’s a reason it takes me 2 years to write a book.
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Ice cream. Always and forever.
9--Describe your writing space/office!
At home in Chicago, I have a beautiful, two-story office where I do “business,” but seldom write, preferring my screen porch. At our winter home in Southern California, the living room couch, or our balcony patio, depending on weather. If I have a choice, I prefer writing outside.
10--Who is an author you admire?
I don’t know where to start answering this question because I’m blessed to have so many remarkable writer friends in my life who constantly inspire me. In addition to being decent human beings, these women are smart and talented! (I stared to name them but fear I’ll leave someone out and never forgive myself. If you follow me on FB and IG, you can probably figure it out.)
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
Absolutely. I was a reluctant reader until second grade when Mrs. Martin read the class Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children. My life changed forever.
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
Check out my web site for the whole story because it’s long. Bottom line, racing across my New Jersey front yard and not believing what my collaborator was telling me!
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
Romance and non-depressing women’s fiction. I love books with great characters, people I want to spend time with.
14--What’s your favorite movie?
Probably Jerry Maguire or Bull Durham¾there’s a reason I created the sports romance¾although Crazy, Stupid Love knocked me off my feet.
15--What is your favorite season?
I love them all, but I do appreciate being able to escape Chicagoland’s icy sidewalks for walking Southern California winter beaches.
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
Cake and ice cream.
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
I’m a huge fan of the “How I Built This” podcast. “Reservation Dogs” on Hulu is the most interesting TV series I’ve seen in years, if you can make it through the first season. I adored “Barbie: and loved Kristin Hannah’s new book, “The Women.”
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
I like clean food, especially great salads. Is that a cuisine type?
19--What do you do when you have free time?
Read, walk, weekly yoga, jigsaw puzzles, daily Wordle, hiking, international travel when I can fit it in.
20--What can readers expect from you next?
One more (The last, I swear!) Chicago Stars book.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips returns with the next book in her Chicago Stars series where a successful sports agent and the sister of his biggest client engage in a take-no-prisoners battle of the sexes.
Take one hard-driving sports agent…
Throw in a failed chocolatier…
And her superstar football player brother…
Add a quirky pink and purple food truck…
Then, to really screw things up, mix in a very unfortunate murder.
Brett Rivers is the hottest sports agent in the business—fast and furious, swift and deadly. Failure? Not an option.
Rory Garrett is—let’s be honest—a disaster. She has a big heart, an empty bank account, a passion for making exquisite chocolate, and a huge inferiority complex from living in the shadow of Brett’s most important client, her football legend brother.
Brett and Rory should never have met, and they absolutely, positively should never have had to deal with the consequences of one stupid, drunken night…one disastrous lie…one career in jeopardy…one missing football player…and a very dead body.
It’s going to get messy…and dangerous…and heartbreaking…and sexy. To Rory, Brett represents skewed values and a devious mind. To Brett, Rory is forbidden fruit, off limits, do not disturb, and no entry—definitely no entry.
A woman who has succeeded at nothing and a man who’s succeeded at everything confront the challenge of their lives as they struggle with themselves and each other. When it comes to love—what price are any of us willing to pay to be simply the best?
Romance Comedy | Romance Contemporary [Avon, On Sale: February 13, 2024, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9780063248564 / eISBN: 9780063248595]
Sports agent meets his quirky match in a footballer’s sister
Opposites Attract in Newest Chicago Stars Release
The title gives you a hint on just how wonderful this story is
Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a perennial New York Times and USA Today bestselling author whose books have found enthusiastic fans all over the world. She’s the only four-time recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious Favorite Book of the Year Award and a recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award. Among her many other accomplishments, Susan created the sports romance. She lives in the Chicago suburbs.
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