Man of the Year

Behind the Series

It’s actually a bit of a stretch to call this a series, as there is no overlap in characters or even location!

Instead, both of these books have the same set-up: a famous guy is named “Man of the Year,” and the label forces them to take a look at who they really are beyond their fame.

The first is Robert, the mayor of NYC (I promise, he’s a good politician, because this is a fairy tale). The second is Carter, a professional baseball player.

Simply put, I was inspired a few years ago after People named another one of their Sexiest Men Alive, and I had the thought, “I wonder what that’s like … getting that title when all you wanted to do was be minding your own business, following your dreams…”

So I decided to write a book about it :) People magazine became the fictional Citizen magazine, and Sexiest Man Alive became Man of the Year.

I simply used the set-up as an excuse to write two classic, old-school love stories with no agenda beyond “banter and happily-ever-after.”