"An Entertaining Contemporary Romance"

Marlee Reid works in the cut-throat business of a news room in a local television station. She is interested in becoming the next sports anchor for KNCS-TV after her friend and mentor dies in an accident. She hasn't always gotten along that well with her boss, Renn Davis, but other people working at the station are aware of the attraction between the two even if they are not. When Renn's boss wants to promote her lover, Tag, to the job, Renn favors Marlee who is the better reporter and works much harder than her antagonist.

Marlee goes to the local basketball game after a huge win and walks into the locker room with her camera man getting interviews from the shocked (and naked) players. Although some people are outraged, others think it is funny and Marlee comes out with an excellent interview with the star player. It titillates the watching audience so that KNCS-TV's rating escalates. Tag gives his boss an ultimatum while Renn continues to support Marlee for the anchor job. Marlee doesn't know what to think and wonders if Renn really does not want her to have the coveted position. As Marlee and Renn start to care about each other, the in-fighting continues.

THE WOMAN IN THE NEWS concerns a woman who longs for a career as a sports anchor and at the same time is interested in contributing to the small town where she lives and works. She is a caring person who comes up against a woman who is lonely, feeling her age and a sports person that is living off his past merits. The hero is somewhat prejudiced against women doing sports news but changes his mind as he sees how the heroine does her job. THE WOMAN IN THE NEWS is an entertaining story with interesting characters, good pacing and a satisfactory romance from the pen of K. N. Casper.

Reviewed by Marilyn Heyman
Posted October 3, 2003

Summary

She's aiming for a promotion...and scores love instead

Marlee Reid is up against some tough competition for her dream job of sports anchor on KNCS-TV in Coyote Springs, Texas. That news director Renn Davis has been critical of her work ever since he arrived six months earlier doesn't help. So Marlee is amazed when Renn wants to help her win the job, even after the chaos she causes barging into the men's locker room for an interview with a nothing-to-hide basketball star. Renn can't reprimand her—he can't even keep a straight face. Besides, the ratings soar. The fiasco is a turning point for Renn and Marlee. They're a team now, in more ways than one.

But just how final is that score?

When it looks as if Marlee might not get the anchor position after all, she wonders if Renn has been stringing her along—about her dream job...and her dreams about the two of them.