ONE GOOD MAN
by Emma Scott
Release Day: April 19
It’s spring, 1970. The Vietnam War has been raging for years
with no end in sight. Janey Martin, a California college student and aspiring
journalist is tired of writing puff pieces about her university men’s sports
teams. She wants to be taken seriously as a journalist and as a woman. With
riots at their doorstep, her wealthy father sends Janey to the Sorbonne in
Paris to finish her college education away from the chaos.
Janey is reluctant to leave the Big Story that is Vietnam,
but vows to prove herself. Much to her dismay, her first assignment is to
interview the hotshot star forward of a local soccer team. Janey is sure Adrien
Rousseau is going to be like every other playboy jock she’s ever dealt with,
but quickly learns there is much more to Adrien than meets the eye.
The mysterious, sexy footballer just might be the biggest
story of Janey’s life.
My review: 5 stars!
(Originally part of the Team Player anthology, now released as a novella) This is set in France in the early 70s- is there anything Emma Scott can't write? Sports romance is by far my favorite genre so I was so excited that one of my favorite authors added sports romance to her repertoire! Though short in length, this novella was packed full of so much heat and chemistry- it sizzled! Janey and Adrien were both such interesting characters and I absolutely tore through their story. So so so good!
BUY NOW
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2HMnq7K
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Hcjc85
Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2J5xo3g
EXCERPT
I reached over and pushed ‘stop’ on Janey’s tape recorder
and turned to her. “Saturday then?”
She coughed in surprise. “What happens Saturday?”
“We conclude the interview. You need to see a
football match firsthand or your article is going to sound like a bunch of
amateurish gibberish. You want to be taken seriously?”
She pressed her lips together for a moment. “Yes.”
“So do I. Saturday at noon at Stade Jean-Marc. We’ll finish the interview
after.”
“Antoine wants the article in two
days,” she said.
“Tell Antoine I said to wait.”
She took another long pull from the lemonade, her pride
not letting her say yes to me so quickly.
“Saturday then,” she said.
“For the article.”
“Right,” I said, holding her gaze. “For the article.”
She finished off the lemonade and set the glass down.
“Thank you very much, Sophie. It was just what I needed.” She gathered her
belongings and turned to me. “See you.”
“You have a drop of lemonade on your chin,” I said.
“Where?” Her hand flew to her mouth. “No, I don’t…”
I held out the cocktail napkin with my sketch of her, my
brow raised.
Janey dropped her hand from her dry chin, fuming. I expected
her to flounce away. But she snatched the napkin out of my hand, dropped it
into her bag, and coolly walked away.
I wasn’t in love with her, but in that moment, I knew
someday I would be.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Emma Scott is a bestselling author of emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy thoughtful, realistic stories with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy my novels.
