With her brother's grumpy best friend - and her long-time nemesis - as Beth's flight instructor, her pilot lessons could be a plane disaster or their first-class ticket to forever.

Mayday. Mayday. Engine failure.

The last thing Beth Lundberg wants is to be horny in a cockpit. But when her first ride-along becomes a crash course in aviation after her perpetually stoic flight instructor is forced to execute an emergency landing, Beth is horrified to find herself with an adrenaline-fueled crush on George Bunsen. She's dumbstruck when George offers her discounted flight lessons - possibly out of guilt for almost killing them.

And despite George's annoying habit of departing any room the moment Beth enters, she really wants to accept. No matter that it's an egregiously expensive hobby, or that her waitressing wages go right toward her mother's medical bills, or that she's already in debt to her eyebrows. Flying is Beth's dream, and she could use her private license to earn real money.

The more time they spend navigating the sky, the more the turbulence between George and Beth dissipates. But Beth has seen the burning wreckage that comes from mixing business with pleasure - plus, she's been keeping a secret that, once revealed, will send all her relationships into a tailspin. Can she really take that risk when her pilot career isn't even off the ground?