Adapting the Windy City series for television
Tomforde agreed to develop a television adaptation of her Windy City series with Premeditated Productions and Amazon Studios because the team were genuine fans who knew every detail of the books.
Liz Tomforde
Liz Tomforde is a New York Times bestselling contemporary romance author and flight attendant for an NHL team, best known for her Windy City Series. Her novels focus on sports romance and depict healthy relationships filled with witty banter, found family dynamics, and plenty of steam.
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In Liz Tomforde's own words
Author Liz Tomforde visits the House of Maher podcast to chat about her writing process, her transition from flight attendant to romance author, and the upcoming TV adaptation of her Windy City series.
Uploaded by Power Hour with Ilona Maher | House of Maher, 2026 · Watch on YouTube ·
Background behind upcoming book Cardinal Rule
Tomforde explains that her series Wilderwood kicks off with Cardinal Rule, shifting the setting to Northern California and revolving around four athletic siblings and a best friend's sister romance.
Real-life inspiration for Mile High
Tomforde spent roughly a decade working as a flight attendant on private Boeing charter flights for a professional hockey team, directly inspiring the premise and technical accuracy of Mile High.
Avoiding sports romance while drafting
Tomforde strictly avoids reading sports romance books while writing in order to ensure other authors' ideas or tropes do not subconsciously influence her stories.
Prioritizing emotional buildup over early sex scenes
Tomforde loves writing slow burns and dragging out the tension, often waiting until deep into a novel before characters become physically intimate.
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Caught Up
Coming soon
Caught Up is the third installment in Liz Tomforde's Windy City series, a contemporary romance set against the backdrop of professional baseball in Chicago. The novel follows Kai Rhodes, a single father and starting pitcher who resists outside help with his son, and Miller Montgomery, a celebrated p
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Play Along
Coming soon
Play Along centers on Kennedy Kay, an athletic trainer working for a fictional Chicago professional baseball team called the Windy City Warriors, and Isaiah Rhodes, the team's shortstop. After a chance encounter in Las Vegas leaves the two accidentally married, they negotiate an arrangement to remai
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