Off Book at Ocean's End

<p>When a canceled TV showrunner flees the headlines for the far edge of the map Sloane Ito lands at<strong> Kelp & Copper FM-Ocean's End</strong> Washington's stubborn little community station. She's here to make a live radio play season keep her head down and remember what craft feels like when no one's doom-scrolling it.</p><p>Beck Calder prickly station manager and single dad keeps the place on air with copper tape laminated checklists and a world-class suspicion of fame. He has two rules: don't blow the budget and don't blow up his daughter's safe place.</p><p>But the moment a storm knocks out power mid-broadcast Sloane and Beck improvise by lantern light-turning beach junk into Foley and friction into chemistry the whole town can hear. As fund-drive totals inch up and the lease fight heats a found family of radio weirdos forms around them: a kid SFX captain with storm-leaf secrets a ruthless treasurer with a warm heart and a congregation of callers who keep the line alive.</p><p>To earn their happily-ever-after Sloane must pick quiet excellence over comeback headlines and Beck must learn that boundaries aren't walls-they're doors with hinges. With grumpy/sunshine banter competence that sings and a finale that could save the station <strong>Off-Book at Ocean's End is a cozy kinetic romance</strong> about choosing the small good thing-and letting it be enough.<br> </p>