The Cutting Edge meets Friday
Night Lights in a sizzling new hockey romance from bestselling authors
Kelly Anne Blount and Lynn Rush!
In the Penalty Box
by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne
Blount
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: January 5, 2021
Entangled Teen
Summary:
Willow: Figure skating was supposed to be my whole world. But one unlucky injury and now I’m down...but I’m definitely not out. I just need to rehab—a boatload of rehab—and who’d have thought I could do it on the boys’ hockey team? Of course, the infuriatingly hot captain of the team seems to think I’m nothing but sequins and twirls. What’s a girl to do but put him in his place? Game on.
INSPIRATION BEHIND
WRITING THIS BOOK AND YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS:
Welcome to the IN THE
PENALTY BOX release festivities! I’m so excited to be here today and grateful
for the chance to talk to you about the sweet YA romance novel I co-wrote with Kelly
Anne Blount! We love blog tours! Have you been hitting all the tour stops? Be
sure to, because there are lots of fun prizes to try for and adventures to be
had.
Lynn Rush here. In case
you don’t know me, I’m one of the writers of IN THE PENALTY BOX. Kelly Anne and
I met through our agent, Nicole, at The Seymour Agency. We clicked right away
and one day, Kelly said, “Hey, we should write a book together.”
I was all about that. I
really enjoyed Kelly’s writing and her personality. She’s pretty freaking
awesome, so yeah, I agreed right away. Kelly and I had been involved in high
school and college sports, so it felt pretty natural to go that route with a
book we would write together.
Normally I’m a seat of
the pants type writer, but when we started planning out what we might write
about, it was evident we’d need to do some plotting, so that was a fun
experience. Now I kind of like plotting books out. Don’t get me wrong, I still
love the rush of staring at a blank word document with no idea what I’m going
to write out. I don’t think I’ll ever lose that, but I’ll keep that more to
what I write on my own.
Since the first trilogy
I’d ever released was written from the male point of view, first person, it
seemed fitting that I write that POV in our novel. And since Kelly enjoyed
writing the female point of view, we had a starting point to get our first
novel up and running.
While I normally write
demons, vampires and scientifically modified humans, we decided this one would
be a small town, contemporary high school sports romance. And no, the star
hockey player couldn’t be a vampire. :)
We went on to write over
100,000 words in about four months. The story just seemed to flow. Oh, and it
was so much fun. I love writing, absolutely love getting lost in different
worlds, so this was just plain awesome.
Writing Brodie, a kid
who seemingly has it all: he’s good looking, has amazing hockey talent, and is
rich...he was really fun to write. Even though making him a vampire wasn’t an
option, I enjoyed creating and delving into his family dynamics and the
dysfunction of it. Showing his vulnerabilities along with his fears, strengths,
and convictions.
One thing about Brodie
that inspired me was his loyalty. To his friend Preach and his other, more
difficult to love friend, Pax. The brotherhood and commitment to his family of
hockey players...it makes me smile.
WHAT MUSIC IS ON WILLOW
AND BRODIES’ PLAYLIST?
Hi! We’re so excited to be here with you today!
Thank you so much for featuring IN THE PENALTY BOX and allowing us to chat with
you about our character’s favorite songs!
Music lovers
unite!
Hey everyone, Lynn Rush
here. I LOVE talking music because it plays a pretty big role in my life,
specifically my athletics. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m big into
athletics and exercise. I played tennis in high school and then in college.
After that, I jumped into competitive inline speed skating, mountain biking and
now I’m into endurance running. Specifically ultra trail running.
Music has followed me
through all my sports. Most specifically on my trail running. I’ve been known
to be out there for four or five hours, so I need tons of songs. Especially
amazing pump me up songs that’ll get me up to that 12,000-foot summit or
through that 30-mile run. It’s amazing how a good song can really change a
mood.
Kelly Anne Blount, my
co-author, and I incorporated that into our characters, too. I wrote Brodie’s
point of view, so we came up with an eclectic playlist that would keep him
motivated during his training sessions yet show a little insight into his
personality.
I’ve got them listed
below. And we even made a Spotify list, so head over there and give it a
like. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wKzF0Iyv6CbIxnVRj6bJb
Here are a few from that
list:
Let’s Go Crazy by Prince. Hey, I used to live in MN, how can I not put
Prince on my list?
Stand in the Fire by Mickey Thomas: Youngblood theme-song because it’s the
best hockey movie out there per Brodie. It’s old, but it’s good!
Thunder by Imagine Dragons
Smooth
Criminal by Alien Ant Farm
Fireworks by The Tragically Hip
What are some of your
favorite songs? Maybe Brodie will add a few to his list…
Willow’s musical tastes
definitely vary! She loves everything from old school hip hop and rap to
country music. Willow has a nice selection of music to get her pumped for ice
domination and a few songs that hit at the core of her feelings for Brodie.
Check out Willow’s playlist over on Spotify and give it some love! Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sx42wkN7sfVpLSvq6oUMd
WILLOW’S TOP FIVE MUSIC
LIST:
- Fight For Your Right – Beastie
Boys
- Just a Friend – Biz Markie
- We Are the Champions – Queen
- We Will Rock You – Queen
- The Champion – Carrie Underwood
About the Authors:
Lynn Rush: New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author, Lynn Rush, is a full-time writer, wife, and trail runner living in the Sonoran Desert, despite her fear of rattle snakes. Known as #TheRunningWriter, Lynn can’t resist posting epic sunrise pictures while running in the desert with her trail sisters, even if she has to occasionally hop a scorpion.
When she’s not running or writing, she’s watching movies that fuel her everlasting love of superheroes, vampires, and all things Supernatural. The books she reads usually carry the same theme, but this former college athlete loves reading sweet sports romances as well.
She’s madly in love with her Ironman husband of 20+ years who is the inspiration for what true love is. You can find her on social media as @LynnRushWrites and her website is: www.lynnrush.com
Two of her Wattpad works, including Captured (seventeen-million reads), have been optioned for film by Komixx Entertainment, and she is regularly invited to present seminars about social media at author events.
Stop by any of Kelly’s social-media platforms (@KellyAnneBlount) and stay tuned to this website for announcements and information about upcoming releases and events.
Kelly Anne Blount is represented by Jennifer Wills (jennifer@theseymouragency.com) and Nicole Resciniti (nicole@theseymouragency.com) of The Seymour Agency.
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