New Book Release: A Novel Starring an Athlete
The Open Water Swimmer by Sabrina Devonshire
My romantic suspense, The Open Water Swimmer, was released by Extasy Books last weekend. Since there aren’t a lot of books out there starring athletic characters, I decided to write one myself! The male protagonist, Jeff Dickson, is an elite open water competitor, so if you’re craving a read starring a character with that competitive drive you have yourself, you might get a kick out of this. I wrote the book under the name of Sabrina Devonshire – my novel-writing pen name.
Here’s a link to Sabrina’s author web site www.sabrinadevonshire.com if you’d like to read the synopsis and an excerpt. Happy Reading!
actually there are quite a few books about swimmers/surfers as swimmers. most are non-fiction however.
Dana? As in Torres? ha!
This one was great fun to write. And a fun read that takes you to oceans all over the world! Dana just popped into my head. I wasn’t thinking of Dara Torres. This character is 20-something. And Dara is a sprinter – I don’t think 10k open water races are on her itinerary. But you never know!
I bet she could pop out a 10k in about an hour and a half or less! 🙂
That’s pretty unlikely, Cheryl. Sprint training doesn’t adequately prepare a swimmer for long distances, plus swimming in open water’s a whole new ball game compared to the pool (as you well know). Even the fastest women in the world barely break 2 hours. You can check online to see the Olympic results for the 10K.
I just threw that time out there…wasn’t being “serious”!