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Fast Courting: When a Writer's Assignment Becomes an Intriguing Love Story with a Basketball Coach
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky entralls in this powerful novel first published in 1983, of a man, a woman, ans the exciting game of love.
Magazine writer Nia Phillips latest assisgnment is a feature on east Coast's five most eligible bachelors. But her research hits a snag when she meets number five, Daniel Strahan, the head coach for Boston professional basketball team. Daniel wants no part of the story , And though he refuses her interview request, he's instantly drawn to Nia's quick intelligence and dark beauty. As for Nia, she finds Daniel intriguing, but she knows that a man constantly on road, who lives and breathes basketball, isn't right for her. There's only one thing she's forgotten -- love doesn't play by the rules.
Magazine writer Nia Phillips latest assisgnment is a feature on east Coast's five most eligible bachelors. But her research hits a snag when she meets number five, Daniel Strahan, the head coach for Boston professional basketball team. Daniel wants no part of the story , And though he refuses her interview request, he's instantly drawn to Nia's quick intelligence and dark beauty. As for Nia, she finds Daniel intriguing, but she knows that a man constantly on road, who lives and breathes basketball, isn't right for her. There's only one thing she's forgotten -- love doesn't play by the rules.
368 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 1983
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About the author
Barbara Delinsky
312 books4,364 followersI was born and raised in suburban Boston. My mother’s death, when I was eight, was the defining event of a childhood that was otherwise ordinary. I took piano lessons and flute lessons. I took ballroom dancing lessons. I went to summer camp through my fifteenth year (in Maine, which explains the setting of so many of my stories), then spent my sixteenth summer learning to type and to drive (two skills that have served me better than all of my other high school courses combined). I earned a B.A. in Psychology at Tufts University and an M.A. in Sociology at Boston College. The motivation behind the M.A. was sheer greed. My husband was just starting law school. We needed the money.
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
Following graduate school, I worked as a researcher with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and as a photographer and reporter for the Belmont Herald. I did the newspaper work after my first son was born. Since I was heavily into taking pictures of him, I worked for the paper to support that habit. Initially, I wrote only in a secondary capacity, to provide copy for the pictures I took. In time, I realized that I was better at writing than photography. I used both skills doing volunteer work for hospital groups, and have served on the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and on the MGH’s Women’s Cancer Advisory Board.
I became an actual writer by fluke. My twins were four when, by chance, I happened on a newspaper article profiling three female writers. Intrigued, I spent three months researching, plotting, and writing my own book - and it sold.
My niche? I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers identify with my characters. They know them. They are them. I'm an everyday woman writing about everyday people facing not-so-everyday challenges.
My novels are character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship, and I’ve been blessed in having readers who buy them eagerly enough to put them on the major bestseller lists. One of my latest, Sweet Salt Air, came out in 2013. Blueprints, my second novel with St. Martin’s Press, became my 22nd New York Times bestselling novel soon after its release in June 2015. Making Up, my work in progress, will be published in 2018.
2018? Yikes. I didn’t think I’d live that long. I thought I’d die of breast cancer back in the 1900's, like my mom. But I didn’t. I was diagnosed nearly twenty years ago, had surgery and treatment, and here I am, stronger than ever and loving having authored yet another book, this one the non-fiction Uplift: Secrets From the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors. First published in 2001, Uplift is a handbook of practical tips and upbeat anecdotes that I compiled with the help of 350 breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. These survivors just ... blew me away! They gave me the book that I wish I’d had way back when I was diagnosed. There is no medical information here, nothing frightening, simply practical advice from friends who’ve had breast cancer. The 10th Anniversary Volume of Uplift is now in print. And the money I’ve made on the book? Every cent has gone to my charitable foundation, which funds an ongoing research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Connect with me on Facebook: facebook.com/bdelinsky
Look for my photos on Instagram: instagram.com/barbaradelinsky
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September 15, 2024
"Mâna destinului" este un roman în care autoarea Barbara Delinsky ne permite să fim martorii poveștii redate din punctul de vedere al eroinei, asistâmd la emoțiile și luptele interioare are acesteia. Astfel, ajungem să o cunoaștem cu adevărat pe Nia, să-i înțelegem temerile și reținerile.
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June 19, 2018
This was a fun book involving a pro basketball coach and a magazine print reporter. Certainly not deep or earth shattering, but readable and enjoyable.
October 4, 2014
Short and sweet romance, its got a small format feel where everything is just about their romance and an inevitable HEA at the end, but its written in Delinsky's lovely style, where love takes time to brew, characters are mature, their problems well-presented, their lives realistic. She also does emotion rather well, believable ups and downs, sexy manly men and their feminine counterparts. i enjoyed the first part more when tension is brewing.
September 1, 2008
It was ok- It is about a writer and a basketball coach who meet and fall in love. Even though it was a quick read, while I was reading it, it read like it was rushed to be written. At times there was not a good flow of things or chapter breaks. I was not impressed.
November 18, 2012
This book first published in 1983, while a little out of date, is still an entertaining tale about two people drawn together in spite of their not "being right" for each other. I'm not a sports buff, so the basketball angle was not to my taste, but I did enjoy the read.
September 21, 2021
Fun, interesting short read with perhaps too many sexual scenes for my personal tastes. Wasn't trashy but followed storyline well enough as not to be unnecessary per se -- if one is inclined to read romance novels; I am not, though.
August 31, 2008
This book was a quick read and quit enjoyable.....a person can overcome past relationships and end up happier in the end.
April 7, 2013
2/2013 In Arizona Tried a new author. Ok story but was pretty steamy. The title should have told me.
May 23, 2014
A favorite. Have read it a couple of dozen times and always come back to it!
April 5, 2016
it was ok. predictable.
November 7, 2014
An older reprint. It read quickly and was fine. The only place the "age" showed was during the sex scenes.
October 22, 2023
While this isn't my preferred genre, it was an interesting read, considering it is a romance novel written forty years ago. It was refreshing to not have awful language, woke characters, and no texting or email or social media references. At the same time, it's still a romance novel and they will never be my favorite.
September 25, 2011
Okay book about a reporting doing a story on most eligible bachelors. One is a basketball coach and she hates basketball because of her ex-husband.
July 29, 2012
Better the first time. Should have stopped there.
May 10, 2018
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La journaliste Antonia Phillips, Nia pour les intimes, est chargée par sa rédaction d’écrire un article sur les cinq célibataires les plus en vue de la côte Est. Rien d’insurmontable a priori… sauf pour Nia qui a tiré un trait sur l’amour depuis son divorce et qui voit ce sujet d’un très mauvais œil. Néanmoins, professionnelle jusqu’au bout des ongles, elle s’attèle à la tâche… et tombe sur un os en la personne de Daniel Strahan. Son refus catégorique d’apparaître dans l’article, loin de la décourager, lui donne envie de connaître cet homme… d’en savoir plus sur lui. Pourtant, une petite voix lui souffle qu’il n’est pas pour elle, mais comment résister à son charme et ses manières de gentleman ?
Barbara Delinsky nous offre ici une romance des plus classiques. Certes, l’ensemble est un poil niais et prévisible, mais on assiste à une jolie histoire d’amour qui se tisse entre Nia et Daniel – même si, décidemment, ils tombent vraiment trop vite amoureux. Daniel a de quoi faire rêver car en plus d’avoir un corps de rêve, il se comporte comme un vrai chevalier servant. En effet, pour une fois, nos deux protagonistes ne se sautent pas dessus dans une étreinte sauvage dès les premières pages. Au contraire, on assiste à une vraie cour, à une parade de séduction qui se joue entre eux deux… Ce romantisme fait du bien !
Enfin, d’un point de vue linguistique, j’ai bien fait de choisir ce livre pour me remettre à la lecture en anglais. Le vocabulaire y est très accessible – sauf certaines parties liées au monde du basketball, mais c’est minoritaire et assez peu gênant…
En conclusion, une romance dont le côté « vieux jeu » m’a beaucoup plu. Même si l’histoire n’est pas surprenante, j’ai passé un bon moment et apprécié ce petit bout de chemin fait en compagnie de Nia et Daniel.
La journaliste Antonia Phillips, Nia pour les intimes, est chargée par sa rédaction d’écrire un article sur les cinq célibataires les plus en vue de la côte Est. Rien d’insurmontable a priori… sauf pour Nia qui a tiré un trait sur l’amour depuis son divorce et qui voit ce sujet d’un très mauvais œil. Néanmoins, professionnelle jusqu’au bout des ongles, elle s’attèle à la tâche… et tombe sur un os en la personne de Daniel Strahan. Son refus catégorique d’apparaître dans l’article, loin de la décourager, lui donne envie de connaître cet homme… d’en savoir plus sur lui. Pourtant, une petite voix lui souffle qu’il n’est pas pour elle, mais comment résister à son charme et ses manières de gentleman ?
Barbara Delinsky nous offre ici une romance des plus classiques. Certes, l’ensemble est un poil niais et prévisible, mais on assiste à une jolie histoire d’amour qui se tisse entre Nia et Daniel – même si, décidemment, ils tombent vraiment trop vite amoureux. Daniel a de quoi faire rêver car en plus d’avoir un corps de rêve, il se comporte comme un vrai chevalier servant. En effet, pour une fois, nos deux protagonistes ne se sautent pas dessus dans une étreinte sauvage dès les premières pages. Au contraire, on assiste à une vraie cour, à une parade de séduction qui se joue entre eux deux… Ce romantisme fait du bien !
Enfin, d’un point de vue linguistique, j’ai bien fait de choisir ce livre pour me remettre à la lecture en anglais. Le vocabulaire y est très accessible – sauf certaines parties liées au monde du basketball, mais c’est minoritaire et assez peu gênant…
En conclusion, une romance dont le côté « vieux jeu » m’a beaucoup plu. Même si l’histoire n’est pas surprenante, j’ai passé un bon moment et apprécié ce petit bout de chemin fait en compagnie de Nia et Daniel.
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