ON LOCATION

A 32-year-old showrunner at a travel-themed TV channel films her first series on location in Utah while having lots and lots of sex with a crew member.

Told to take more risks in a meeting where her idea for a series on hiking in Utah is spiked, Alia Dunn decides to do the opposite of what she normally would on her way home from work. Thus she finds herself tweeting about a hottie on the subway, going on an impromptu date with said stranger, Drew Irons, and then passionately kissing him after an evening of such bon mots as “You’re sex on a stick, Drew.” (For the record, he’s flattered). Coincidences and miscommunications abound in this novel as Drew, a field coordinator, and Alia find themselves working together on location in Utah on Alia's unexpectedly green-lit series. Saddled with Blaine, a former reality star who is perpetually late, high, and drunk—and frequently naked and erratic—as a host, Alia struggles to keep to the shooting schedule while protecting the crew members from the predatory Blaine. Alia is a call-it-like-she-sees-it woman who takes no flak from anyone and can successfully run a set and schedule, but at the same time she’s a woman unable to clear up potentially simple misunderstandings with a man she is lusting over—and then having a tremendous amount of sex with—because she assumes she knows everything and refuses to listen to explanations or ask questions to clear up confusion. The locations are the stars of this unevenly paced story, in which the characters and relationships are multifaceted and yet still clichéd and arguments escalate at supersonic speed just to evaporate days later.

A series of explicit sex scenes tied together with a thin story.