Interview with Sarina:
Q: Is Harkness College from the Ivy Years
series based on Yale?
A: Heck yes! But it’s based on a Yale which has gone soft
and fuzzy in my mind, in all the best ways. So I’ve fictionalized it to avoid the
errors and inaccuracies that I’d be likely to make if I tried to get everything
just right.
Q: So what parts of Harkness are the
Yaliest?
A: The architecture! The turrets and gargoyles, the Harry
Potteresque dining halls, the slate footpaths and the creaky oak doors. The
iron gates. The courtyards. The window seats, where you perch while you wonder
if you’ll find true love. (Or just do your homework.)
Q: Why did you decide to write a book about
two guys this time?
A: In the first place, I didn’t really
decide, so much as the idea for Graham’s struggle
surgically implanted itself in my brain and would not let go. And when I
pictured the two of them meeting up again in a locker room after five years of
silence, I just got the chills. This became the book that I cheated on all my
other books to write. (If my editors of other projects are reading this… sorry!
I’ll get back to work now. Probably.)
Q. Why college hockey?
A. Because… duh! Hockey players are hot. And hockey is a
fast-paced game where whining is categorically disallowed. Interestingly,
fighting is not legal in college hockey, either. At the college level, it’s all
about the game. I love that!
Q: How many Ivy Years books do you have
planned?
A: Five, if you’re counting the novella. After Rikker and
Graham’s book, Bella is going to need her own book. What, you haven’t met Bella
yet? Just wait. She steals quite a few scenes in The Understatement
of the Year. She is a kick-ass chick in much the same way as Corey,
Scarlet and Katie. You’ll love her. You can read a bit more about all the
titles on The
Ivy Years page on my website.
Q: How did you come to write
romance?
A: I’ve always loved novels—all kinds of novels. And my goal
is to make the reader do three things when she’s reading my book: cry, laugh,
and sigh. Romance is the best vehicle for that goal, and I’ve really enjoyed
the ride.
The Understatement of the Year
Synopsis:
What happened in high school stayed in high school. Until now.
Five years ago, Michael Graham betrayed the only person who
ever really knew him. Since then, he’s made an art of hiding his sexual
orientation from everyone. Including himself.
So it’s a shock when his past strolls right into the
Harkness College locker room, sporting a bag of hockey gear and the same slow
smile that had always rendered Graham defenseless. For Graham, there is only
one possible reaction: total, debilitating panic. With one loose word, the
team’s new left wing could destroy Graham’s life as he knows it.
John Rikker is stuck being the new guy. Again.
And it’s worse than usual, because the media has latched onto the story of the
only “out” player in Division One hockey. As the satellite trucks line the
sidewalk outside the rink, his new teammates are not amused.
And one player in particular looks sick every time he enters
the room.
Rikker didn’t exactly expect a warm welcome from Graham. But
the guy won’t even meet his eyes. From the looks of it, his former… best friend
/ boyfriend / whatever isn’t doing so well. He drinks too much and can’t focus
during practice.
Either the two loneliest guys on the team will self destruct
from all the new pressures in their lives, or they can navigate the pain to
find a way back to one another. To say that it won’t be easy is the
Understatement of the Year.
Warning: unlike the other books in this series,
this heartbreaking love story is about two guys. Contains sexual situations,
dance music, snarky t-shirts and a poker-playing grandmother.
Previous books in the series:
Sarina Bowen Bio:
Sarina Bowen makes her home in the Green Mountains of
Vermont, where she lives with her family, eight chickens and a large pile of
skis and hockey equipment. She is a graduate of Yale University.
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