Author: Amy Patrick
Series: (20Something #1)
Publication date: August 12th 2014
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
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22-year-old Heidi Haynes is almost one year into her “real life”. She has her first reporting job, her first apartment, and a comfortable relationship with her college sweetheart. But for some reason she’s not as eager to talk about walking down the aisle as he is.
Heidi secretly longs for big cities, big-market breaking news, and real independence from her way-too-close-by helicopter parents. Problem is, the last time she left the security of home for new places and new people, things didn’t go so well. Disastrously, in fact, and she came running back to a local college and a “safe” boyfriend.
Aric Serrano is definitely not safe.
He’s six-feet-four-inches of missing-Hemsworth-brother-hotness and plans to stay in small-market-Southern-Hell just long enough to grab a cup of coffee and put together a kick-ass “escape tape”. He’ll serve his one-year contract, then he’s taking off for a higher rung on the TV sports ladder—alone—the way he likes it. Then he meets his new co-anchor.
Heidi would be so much more comfortable if she could simply ignore Aric. He’s just her type—the type she’s so careful to avoid these days. But that becomes impossible when she's forced to work closely with him on the weekend newscast. Now the attraction between them is growing even faster than the ratings, and what happens behind the scenes is the real news.
1- Your main character in CHANNEL 20 SOMETHING, Heidi, is a
first-year TV news reporter/anchor. You were also a TV news reporter, right? Is
Heidi anything like you? Well, she’s definitely not me,
but I did give her some of the same struggles and experiences I had as a newbie
reporter/anchor. And like me, she grew up in a small Mississippi town. We also
shared the same *unfortunate* nervous-stomach issue.
2-
Did you actually throw
up in front of the governor of Mississippi one minute before going on live TV
like Heidi did? Why yes. Yes I did. Nothing like rookie reporter nerves. J Happy to report I did
eventually get over that little problem and can now appear on television
without any threat of my lunch reappearing.
3-
Do you have a favorite
character in CHANNEL 20 SOMETHING? It’s really hard to choose. I really relate to
some of Heidi’s passion and confusion and mistakes. I love her sister Jane
Elaine. But I’d have to say Aric is my favorite. I mean, what’s not to love?
Ultra-hot guy who’s also funny and kind? Yes please.
4-
Do all the 20 Something
novels take place in the South? As you know, book 1, CHANNEL 20 SOMETHING, is
set in Mississippi, where Heidi gets her first job. Book 2, STILL YOURS, takes
place in Providence, Rhode Island, the news market where Heidi’s friend Mara is
starting a new job (and running into the ex she hoped she’d never lay eyes on
again). Meanwhile, Heidi’s other best friend Kenley has moved to Atlanta and is
starting a job at WNN. We’ll hear her story in Book 3, STILL ME.
5- Beyond being a writer, what’s going on in your life? I narrate audiobooks for
other authors, and I’m in the middle of a fun small-town mystery series for
author Sandra Balzo. I have a small recording studio in my house where I lay
down my tracks, then I send them to a sound engineering for post-production. I
also have two boys who are about to go back to school, so we’re making
preparations for that while trying to squeeze in a bit more summer fun. It goes
so fast!
6- What’s one crazy fact about you that most people who meet you
probably wouldn’t guess was true? I used to be a professional singer. I’ve sung in
several bands and did background vocals on a smooth jazz album. I also sang the
theme song for SAS Airlines years ago. “Welcome aboard… to the skies… of S-A-S…
where you’ll find… happiness.”
The girls from the
station were spinning and showing off, thrilled to find a guy who would
actually dance, and Aric served as a sort of group-partner for us all. Though
we were all together, every time I glanced up at Aric’s face, he was watching
me. He studied how my body moved, responding to my motions, matching them with
moves of his own. We didn’t touch at all, but it felt like we were… connected somehow.
After another song or
two, I grew used to the feel of his eyes on me, grew to like it. And the
focused attention made me brave. I sang along with a song I knew, closing my
eyes and moving to the hypnotic beat, as Michael advised me to let the madness
and the music get to me.
“It’s fun to watch you
dance.”
The nearness of Aric’s
voice jolted me out of the moment. My eyes opened, and I took a step back, the
seductive warmth of his breath still caressing my ear. “Um… you too. You’re
good.”
He leaned in close again
to be heard over the pounding music, his fingers gripping my shoulder lightly. “No.
I mean I really like watching you.”
I stopped cold, right
there on the dance floor. Literally feeling cold, as if someone had poured a
post-game Gatorade bucket over my head.
“I’m—going to the
ladies room.” I spun around and headed for the lighted sign in the back of the
club as if the hounds of hell were at my back.
I’d recognized him. Not
him, of course. But I knew what kind
of guy he was—I’d met his breed before. The elite players, the sexual Heisman
candidates, genetic freaks who produced bionic pheromones capable of turning
even the smartest girl stupid, at least temporarily.
How could I not have
seen it right away? The beautiful face, the enticing scent, the self-assured
way he walked and talked and danced. If I could’ve left the club right then, I
would have. But I’d promised to drive Kenley and Mara home. I couldn’t strand
them. I fled to the restroom and gave myself a narrow-eyed look in the mirror. Not going there, girlfriend. I did not
return to the dance floor.
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