Aussie Rules

Dealing with her flighty best friend and business partner, as well as four eccentric employees, pilot Mel Anderson must go up against sexy Aussie Bo Black who is determined to reclaim his family's airport, until high-flying passion and wacky hijinks get in the way of his mission. Original. Love is in when a beautiful pilot and an Aussie businessman vie for a Santa Barbara airport in this romance novel by the New York Times bestselling author. For charter pilot Melanie Anderson, nothing is sexier than flying. But running her own private airport also means cleaning up after her disorganized partner and keep tabs on employees who make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped to never see again is back and looking for trouble—the kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a way she can't resist. Bo Black is determined to get his family's airport back. He might be a laid-back Aussie, but he's also nobody's fool. And neither is Mel. She's intense. Uptight. Sexy. And very, very tempting. Suddenly, Bo's thinking less about fighting and more about falling into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of love. “Count on Jill Shalvis for a witty, steamy, unput-downable love story.”—Robyn Carr THIS JUST IN: HELL’S OFFICIALLY BREAKING LOOSE. It’s bad enough that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson has to clean up after her lovable but completely disorganized best friend and business partner, Dimi, while her certifiable employees make more work than they do. Now, the one man she hoped she’d never see is back and looking for trouble. Scratch that, he is trouble. Amazing, holy cow, more trouble, please... Bo Black wants his family’s airport back, and he’s determined to get it. This laid-back Aussie is nobody’s fool. Thing is, neither is Mel. She’s intense. Uptight. Sexy. And very, very tempting. Suddenly, Bo’s thinking less about revenge and more about kissing and touching and falling into a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-underpants kind of forever love... Mel and Dimi were only 16 when their world fell apart, and for the past 10 years, the young women have been pretending to themselves and everyone else that their mentor and role model, Sally, will be back any time now to resume control of the airport where they've been covering for her all this time. But when Bo Black unexpectedly arrives from Australia looking for Sally to exact vengeance for her theft of his father's money and prized antique plane, the deception becomes more than the girls can handle Mel is busy trying to keep her life together when Bo Black enters the picture. Dashing, mysterious & enticing, Bo instantly captivates her. Luckily she resists her urges long enough to realize that Bo is really there to take back ownership of the airport Mel has worked so hard to maintain.