Patricia McLinn | The Games

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"THE GAMES is your ticket behind the cameras and inside the hearts of the Winter Olympics." ~ Carla Neggers, New York Times bestselling author

THE GAMES

Medals can be won, careers can be made and hearts can be lost in the sixteen days of the Winter Olympics.

Tess Rutledge, once an Olympic champion figure skater, returns to the Games as a coach, encountering her first love -- and only heartbreak – and testing her ability to forgive. Alpine skier Kyle Armstrong has made a terrible mistake that could cost her a shot at Olympic gold as well as any hope of reconciling with the man she loves. Biathlete Rikki Lodge thinks she's just happy to be at the Games, until she meets a hockey player who demands that she do what she’s never done before: put it all on the line.

In The Games, longtime sports journalist and best-selling novelist Patricia McLinn takes you inside the Winter Olympics. Patricia’s award-winning books have gained fans around the world. Of her most recent releases, Booklist said: “beautifully written, richly emotional love stories that are a joy to read.”

Let The Games begin!

THE GAMES
Patricia McLinn
ISBN: 0-9765185-1-1
Delphi Books / trade paperback
Publication date: December 2005

Read an Excerpt of THE GAMES

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Order THE GAMES

THE GAMES is available now at:

Delphi Books (P.O. Box 6435, Lee’s Summit, MO 64064, phone 1-800-431-1579)

Or you can order THE GAMES from your local independent bookstore (click here for a printable page that makes ordering easy.)

Also request that your local libraries add THE GAMES to their collection (click here for a printable page that makes submitting your request easy.)

Ordering THE GAMES beyond the U.S.:

Canada: Indigo/Chapters Bookstores can order it from Ingrams (see printable page above for more information.) Libraries can order it through Ingrams. Also available through www.amazon.ca.

UK: Ask at any bookseller or library. It’s available through Lightning Source/Ingram. Also available through www.amazon.co.uk.

France: Available through www.amazon.fr.

Germany: Available through www.amazon.de.

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Author’s Notes from THE GAMES:

(To learn more about many of the people Patricia acknowledged in her Author’s Notes, click here)

The Author gratefully acknowledges:

First, those athletes who demonstrate the grit and grace of striving.

In particular, I am extremely grateful to the following people for answering so many questions and for giving such wise answers (any errors are mine, not theirs):

Nancy Johnstone, U.S. Olympic biathlete; Joan Smith Miller, U.S. Olympic biathlete; Wendy Fisher, U.S. Olympic Alpine skier; Robert Kyle Wieche, U.S. Olympic Alpine skier; Kirsten Culver, U.S. Olympic speed skier; Jenny Stone, U.S. Olympic Committee sports medicine and training; Maurice W. Stillwell, past-president U.S. Figure Skating Association; Jeff Cravens, U.S. Olympic Committee media relations at Albertville; Jim Johansson, U.S. Olympic hockey team; Rocky Marval, U.S. Olympic figure skater; and Rachel Mayer Godino, U.S. Olympic figure skater.

They were invaluable in bringing The Games alive.

Dave Shultz, who sent a rookie reporter out to cover figure skating, cross-country skiing and ski jumping -- and got me hooked.

Scott Hamilton, who even all those years ago at the Wagon Wheel in Rockton, Ill., was a gracious champion.

Christine Brennan, who was always encouraging. And colleagues in sports departments at the Rockford Register-Star, Charlotte Observer and Washington Post, who let me handle lots and lots and lots of winter sports stories. Especially Mike Doyle, Sherri Winans Glennon and Kay Coyte.

Athletes and coaches from the Rockford, Ill., area, who taught me many lessons about competition, sportsmanship and people.

My family, who got me started on sports in the first place.

A long list of writing buddies who heard about this story over the years. You know who you are because now you’re hearing about new stories. A special thanks to Patricia Lewin, Ann Majors and Debbie Pfeiffer, who gave me a stern talking to in a bar in New Orleans.

Fran Baker, who turned belief into reality.

Thank you all. Let the Games begin.

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