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Off the Record
Three seasoned editors. Three journalism interns. Everything else that happens is off the record.
Kent, Robby, and Iain are as different as three college seniors could be — and all three need to complete an internship with a real newspaper before they graduate.
Kent, a driven investigator, lands internship supervisor Max Goddard. Tattooed, abrasive, and reckless, Goddard has a bad track record for keeping interns around at his alt weekly — and can't seem to keep his hands off his freckled intern. When Kent unearths a scandal and finds that he's in over his head, the tension between the novice reporter and jaded editor heats up — and comes to a head in the middle of Goddard's kitchen.
Robby is timid, too pretty for his own good, and has a passion for community reporting. He's drawn to editor Matt Osborn, a community news editor who loves his job, is casually good-looking, and effortlessly talented. The underconfident reporter suddenly finds himself becoming an overachiever under Matt's guidance -- in more ways than one. When they find themselves alone in the office together, their chemistry becomes too much to ignore.
Iain is the total package, with great photography skills, a charming manner, and a British accent that makes it hard to say "no" to him. After he lands the most exclusive internship in town, he sets his sights on sports desk chief Dale Howard — and as usual, he won't take no for an answer. Dale and Iain bond after getting the cold shoulder at a gala, and Iain makes a move that lands them both back at his apartment.
Bundle includes a link to a FREE bonus chapter, where Kent and Max find themselves pushing the envelope of what they can get away with in the office.
Kent, Robby, and Iain are as different as three college seniors could be — and all three need to complete an internship with a real newspaper before they graduate.
Kent, a driven investigator, lands internship supervisor Max Goddard. Tattooed, abrasive, and reckless, Goddard has a bad track record for keeping interns around at his alt weekly — and can't seem to keep his hands off his freckled intern. When Kent unearths a scandal and finds that he's in over his head, the tension between the novice reporter and jaded editor heats up — and comes to a head in the middle of Goddard's kitchen.
Robby is timid, too pretty for his own good, and has a passion for community reporting. He's drawn to editor Matt Osborn, a community news editor who loves his job, is casually good-looking, and effortlessly talented. The underconfident reporter suddenly finds himself becoming an overachiever under Matt's guidance -- in more ways than one. When they find themselves alone in the office together, their chemistry becomes too much to ignore.
Iain is the total package, with great photography skills, a charming manner, and a British accent that makes it hard to say "no" to him. After he lands the most exclusive internship in town, he sets his sights on sports desk chief Dale Howard — and as usual, he won't take no for an answer. Dale and Iain bond after getting the cold shoulder at a gala, and Iain makes a move that lands them both back at his apartment.
Bundle includes a link to a FREE bonus chapter, where Kent and Max find themselves pushing the envelope of what they can get away with in the office.
105 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 26, 2016
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October 27, 2016
Off the Record is a collection of three short stories–“The Internship”, “The Overachiever”, and “After Hours”–featuring journalists and interns. After reading three of her novel-length stories, these didn’t do much for me. They weren’t bad, but I think she does better when her stories have room to breathe. Or perhaps I’m just greedy and only want more of her work to indulge in.
I don’t have much to say about the stories, though I think they are worth the read, but that doesn’t mean I don have anything to say at all.
Kay Decker also writes under the name Kay Simone (You’re the One That I Want, One Giant Leap, and The Aftermath). One of the things about Off the Record is that a lot of the names are very familiar from her Simone stories. There is Robby and Matt (“The Overachiever”) and Iain and Dale (“After Hours”) who are characters in You’re the One That I Want. Their personalities were also familiar–not exact, though, but easy enough to identify. There was also Max and Kent (“The Internship”) whose names didn’t initially pop any corks for me, but that was because they were part of a couple. However, Max is one of the college bus boys in You’re the One That I Want and Kent, his last name is Rhodes which is the same as Daniel Rhodes who is one of the leads in The Aftermath. Also, personality and circumstance-wise, the Max/Kent and Will/Daniel pairings were similar. Both Max and Will could be seen as kind of gruff (Max, especially) or, at the very least, difficult to approach, though for different reasons. They also had at least one arm that was tattooed down to their hands and neither fit the typical look for their job. Kent and Daniel were both enthusiastic about the subject that connected them to their co-lead, though Daniel had to grow into his awareness. Circumstance-wise it was a matter of Max/Will being older than and in a position of authority over Kent/Daniel and how a relationship between them would be seriously frowned upon by the powers that be. I know the short stories were released before the novels (only by a couple months), but I’m going to assume that they were written before them as well.
I thought overlap/inspiration was really cute.
I don’t have much to say about the stories, though I think they are worth the read, but that doesn’t mean I don have anything to say at all.
Kay Decker also writes under the name Kay Simone (You’re the One That I Want, One Giant Leap, and The Aftermath). One of the things about Off the Record is that a lot of the names are very familiar from her Simone stories. There is Robby and Matt (“The Overachiever”) and Iain and Dale (“After Hours”) who are characters in You’re the One That I Want. Their personalities were also familiar–not exact, though, but easy enough to identify. There was also Max and Kent (“The Internship”) whose names didn’t initially pop any corks for me, but that was because they were part of a couple. However, Max is one of the college bus boys in You’re the One That I Want and Kent, his last name is Rhodes which is the same as Daniel Rhodes who is one of the leads in The Aftermath. Also, personality and circumstance-wise, the Max/Kent and Will/Daniel pairings were similar. Both Max and Will could be seen as kind of gruff (Max, especially) or, at the very least, difficult to approach, though for different reasons. They also had at least one arm that was tattooed down to their hands and neither fit the typical look for their job. Kent and Daniel were both enthusiastic about the subject that connected them to their co-lead, though Daniel had to grow into his awareness. Circumstance-wise it was a matter of Max/Will being older than and in a position of authority over Kent/Daniel and how a relationship between them would be seriously frowned upon by the powers that be. I know the short stories were released before the novels (only by a couple months), but I’m going to assume that they were written before them as well.
I thought overlap/inspiration was really cute.
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