The steamy Nashville summer just got a lot hotter.Nick Field’s motto is “live free.” The huge promotion he just got at work is great, but producing a pop star’s debut album isn’t going to change his life or anything. There’s always room for unwinding and having fun. Mel Thomas works 24/7 as the media manager to America’s newest heartthrob. Building his image and writing her career make-or-break … make-or-break article are the stories of the summer. There’s no room to go off script. Ten years ago, Nick and Mel were high school sweethearts. Reunited by chance, what should’ve been ancient history reignites into a passionate present. Too bad there’s no future in it.
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Off the Record is book 2 in the Anti-Belle series, but it can be read as a standalone if you haven’t get gotten your hands on book 1 (which I highly recommend you do, check out my review here). I am going to attempt (but I make no promises) to contain all my gushing in this review because… guys… Nick is literally everything.
Don’t believe me?
Listen, my man Nick has scruffy facial hair (and my love for facial hair is well known) and GLASSES (glasses are beyond sexy) and he plays music. Literally my catnip all rolled into a gorgeous, grumpy package. Yeah, I kinda like grumpy guys too. Don’t judge me.
Here’s the thing with Nick: Our man is living his best life, producing music, and living his dream complete with the snazzy sports car. That is right up until the company he works for lands a mega huge deal with the latest up-and-coming-reality-show-winner superstar. Should be the icing on his happy cake except this superstar has a girlfriend that Nick knows all too well.
His high school love.
Yeah, did the bottom of your gut fall out the way mine did? Totally warranted. Not only do Mel and Nick still obviously want each other, Nick is a bit of a softy under the gruff exterior and he is still madly in love with Mel.
Mel is… an enigma. To put it mildly. She makes bad decisions for all the right reasons, but even she can’t resist Nick for long and soon they find themselves wrapped up in a bit of a clandestine hook-up.
Don’t feel too bad for Mel’s superstar boyfriend. Just… trust me. There are REASONS. Ones I will not divulge because they are totally spoilers. Just trust me on this one people. REASONS!
As always from Ms. McDonald, there are absolutely page burning sex scenes that will manage to make you fall even harder for Nick. Like this boy has taking care of his woman on lock, let me tell you.
If you need some steamy sexy times to warm up your winter with all the feels and heartache and longing that can only come from Music City herself, grab a copy of Off the Record today!
Ok … so I am loving this series thus far…lol…it’s only the second book and I can’t wait for more. They are romantic, steamy and mess with a lot of feelings while we’re reading it. I loved it.
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I started this thinking it would be a fun in-between read. I was doubt-full at first but this did not disappoint! Definitely was worth the all-nighter I spent finishing it! If I hadn’t already read it I would have this on the top of my Christmas list!
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This is about Nick who is a music producer, and Mel who is in charge of media. The other major player is Jessie he is the up coming new star. Nick and Mel were sweethearts in school they were each other’s firsts. Then they never thougth they would cross paths again. Nick got a promotion and needs for Jessie’s recording to go flawlessly. Mel needs to make sure she keeps up Jessie’s reputation, and she is his girlfriend. So there is no way Nick and Mel should get together. This is a wonderful story and the characters were great and the story plot was great and it is unique it is own special way. I loved it and it hooked me from the start.
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Took me a while to warm up to:
Nick and Melody were friends in high school and when they unexpectedly ran into each other years later things were initially tense between them. It also didn’t help that she was pretending to be singing sensation Jesse’s girlfriend and they were both effectively working for him. It took me a while to warm up to them both as individuals and as a couple. I guess I struggled a bit to form a connection especially as they themselves were so up in the air and took a while to establish themselves.
This story was more cemented in the rock star world than the first book which I personally didn’t fancy that much. I still liked the strong friendships and the theme of letting go and being brave enough to live an unscripted life. That being said, I wasn’t drawn in as much as the first book in the series and only really became invested in the story towards the end.
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I picked “Off the Record” when it was on sale, and it was worth every penny and more. I adore this story. It grabbed me from start to finish. Seriously I couldn’t put it down. Now, I NEED to go back and read the first. From what I gathered, each book is a standalone in the series, but the characters know each other. I’m a huge fan of this format and can’t wait to read the first book, and the third that is due to release soon!.
If you love steamy contemporary romance, this book is for you. It most certainly was for me!
Off The Record by Skye McDonald is a contemporary second chance romance.
This is the second book in the Anti-Belle series that are standalone novels about sassy girls raised in the south that are learning to love themselves before they can claim their happily ever after.
I absolutely love Skye’s books! She does an amazing job pulling you into the story. You can’t help but fall in love with Melody and Nick.
I cannot wait until Nemesis is released next year!
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves second chance romance or contemporary romance.
I very much enjoyed Skye McDonald’s “Off the Record.” I am generally a fan of second chance romances, and this story featured a good one. Both of the main characters, Nick and Melody, were well-developed and very likeable, and their chemistry was electric from the very beginning. The people around them, especially Mel’s erstwhile boyfriend, Jesse, must have been completely blind not to have noticed Mel and Nick’s attraction right away!
I really liked Mel and found the way her brain worked to be quite interesting, especially how she was always mentally “revising” what was going on around her. She was like the ultimate people watcher, and since I enjoy people watching myself, I could understand her thinking to a certain degree. However, this tendency became a problem after Mel reconnected with Nick and she was forced to choose between actually living her life and remaining a passive observer, forever a background piece of the “story” she created to help promote Jesse’s career. At first, Mel resisted getting into a real relationship with Nick, largely because she was afraid to take a chance on love due to her feelings of abandonment after her mother left when she was young. It was safer for Mel to continue living inside the story she had created with Jesse, both because she could control it and because there was little risk of her getting seriously hurt. It took a lot for her to realize that the story could have a different ending, but luckily she did realize it before it was too late for her and Nick.
I enjoyed being introduced to Nick in the first book of the Anti-Belle series, “Not Safe for Work,” and was happy to get to know him better here. He seemed like a really fun guy with a good heart, and his feelings for Mel were obviously sincere. It was nice to catch up with Ben and Celeste, the main characters from book #1, as well. It will be interesting to see who will be featured in the third book of this series – possibly Ben and Nick’s friend Liv? At any rate, I look forward to reading whatever Skye McDonald writes next!