Recommended Reading

For a short contemporary romance with well-developed characters, a wonderful plot with smoothly-integrated flashbacks, sizzling love scenes and a heart-wrenching ending, I recommend Adrianne Byrd's "Blue Skies" (June 2007).

I read the story in one sitting! It was great! Sydney "Serious" Garret and James "Jett" Colton are two Air Force fighter pilots who fall in love while butting heads, being scarred by their respective backgrounds and dealing with meddlesome, jealous colleagues. Here is the backcover blurb:

Air Force fighter pilot Sydney Garret was born to fly. No other thrill came close enough to shake her -- until she met Captain James Colton and found a reckless passion that led to fifty-five hours together as husband and wife.

When they went their separate ways, Sydney's heart understood what her pride refused to admit -- that someday, somehow, fate would reunite them. But no one imagined that it would be a matter of life and death.

When Sydney's plane is shot down over enemy territory on a routine reconnaissance flight, James and his crew were deployed on a dangerous search-and-rescue operation where every second counted. But James was not only going after the military's pilots -- he was racing to save the woman he loved.

Halfway through the story, I was rooting for Sydney and Jett to get back to together and that he'd rescue her in time.

And the ending will surprise you.

I can't wait for Adrianne's next book, "Feel the Fire" (November 2007).