by Rachel Lacey
“She’s equipped with a ’chute if it comes to that,” he said.
“A what?” Isa’s brain was misfiring, trying to reconcile this eerily calm, quiet descent with the disaster waiting at the end.
“A parachute. I’m looking for a soft spot to set her down.”
Set her down? As in, not die?
But Isa didn’t see anything that looked like a “soft spot.” She saw only rocks, and trees, and more rocks… She squeezed her eyes shut and sent up another silent prayer.
“I’m going to put us in the lake,” Nate said a few moments later.
She opened her eyes. A lake twinkled sapphire blue up ahead. It looked as good a place as any to crash-land, but it was so far away. Could they really glide that far?
“Brace yourself, Isa. I’m going to pull the ’chute. Grab ahold of your seat belt.”
She did as he said, gripping the straps that crossed her chest. With his right hand, Nate reached back and pushed Maya into the foot of the backseat area. He held her down while, with his left hand, he reached up and pulled a red handle overhead.
A horrific boom reverberated through the airplane as it jerked as though it had just slammed into something solid. Isa screamed. The plane pitched nose down toward the ground, her head slammed into the window beside her, and everything went black.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Lacey is a contemporary romance author and semi-reformed travel junkie. She's been climbed by a monkey on a mountain in Japan, gone scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, and camped out overnight in New York City for a chance to be an extra in a movie. These days, the majority of her adventures take place on the pages of the books she writes. She lives in warm and sunny North Carolina with her husband, son, and a variety of rescue pets.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Contents
Copyright
Newsletter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Epilogue
Dear Reader
Acknowledgments
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