Pittsburgh Author Shoots and Scores With ‘Power Play’

PITTSBURGH - Oct. 7, 2015 - PRLog -- Palm Tree Books announces the release of Amazon bestselling author L. Anne Carrington’s hockey-based novel, Power Play, on October 8, 2015.

Power Play reveals the story of Alexandra “Alex" Galloway, a struggling actress who grabs the attention of Pittsburgh Rebels captain Troy Talmadge after he visits the set where Alex is filming a small yet important role. He is taken by her proficiency in ice hockey and designates himself as her mentor. Troy intends to have Alex drafted into a Women’s Hockey League team, but their mutual agent, Glenn Collins, steers her toward becoming the fictional American Hockey Conference’s - an all-men’s league - first successful woman star after she’s drafted by the Rebels.

“Female hockey players eventually appearing in the NHL (National Hockey League) full time is not exactly farfetched,” Ms. Carrington said. “There have been at least two who played alongside their male counterparts, albeit temporarily.  Manon Rhéaume, an Olympic silver medalist goalie in Nagano for the Team Canada women's hockey team, was goaltender for the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning during its 1992 and 1993 pre seasons. On a more recent note, Sochi Olympic silver medalist defense player Anne Schleper practiced with the Tampa Bay Lightning in October 2014.”

“I enjoy creating female protagonists as strong women,” Ms. Carrington added. “While Power Play features romance, I wanted to also create the ups and downs of Alex being a pioneer in the AHC.  She travels a rough road during the early stages of her newfound career, which include hazing by a few teammates and initial clashes with Troy. She soon develops strong friendships with other players and proves she’s proficient as they are on the ice, if not better in some cases.”

Power Play claimed Amazon’s Hot New Releases’ #1 spot in the United States and Canada on several occasions during its pre-order period. The novel will be for sale worldwide in Amazon Kindle format. No trade paperback is planned at the present time.

The official book trailer is located at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojZpIKqFlvY


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

L. Anne Carrington is an Amazon bestselling author and freelance writer/journalist whose previous work covered topics from fiction to news stories, human interest features, and entertainment reviews. She wrote The Wrestling Babe Internet column for seven years, a former music reviewer for Indie Music Stop, former book reviewer for Free Press (an imprint of Simon and Schuster), and pens several other works which appears in both print and Web media.

One of her freelance articles, An Overview of Causes of Hearing Loss and Deafness, was bought by Internet Broadcasting Systems, a company that co-produced NBCOlympics.com for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics in addition to being the leading provider of Web sites, content and advertising revenue solutions to the largest and most successful media companies.

Her acclaimed work in both fiction and nonfiction include The Cruiserweight Series, Power Play, and Billy Kidman: The Shooting Star.

She resides in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Her web site is www.lannecarrington.com.