Hall, the owner, takes Leah under his wing (ha! puns!) after she starts saving her paychecks for flying lessons. Leah’s world opens up when she gets a job working in the office at Hall Aviation, a company that tows banners in the air up and down the beach. That is until at age 14, she and her mother move into the trailer park next to the Heaven Beach Airport. Often facing eviction because her mother rarely works, Leah’s life has always been in upheaval. She lives with her mother who floats from town to town based on promises from each new boyfriend-promises that never come to fruition. Leah is a girl who’s grown up in trailer parks, most of which have been by airports. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.Īt first glance, Jennifer Echols’ new YA novel, Such a Rush, has all the tell-tale signs of a typical YA romance: two attractive boys, absent parents and high-stakes drama.Īnd, yet, between the covers (and what a gorgeous cover it is), you’ll find a sensitively-crafted story of an 18-year old girl, who’s never had it even remotely easy, trying to figure out what sort of person she’s going to be. In practice this worked about half the time. except this story could come true.The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. She's writing a whole new ending for her romance with Hunter. Now she's not just imagining what might have been. But Hunter devises his own creative revenge, writing sexy stories that drive the whole class wild with curiosity and fill Erin's heart with longing. She only hopes to persuade him not to reveal her secret to everyone else. And after he reads about himself in her story, her private fantasies about him must be painfully clear. Then, on the day she's sharing that assignment with her class, Hunter walks in. so why does he sneak into her thoughts as the hero of her latest writing assignment? Now Erin has to win an internship and work late nights at a coffee shop to make her own dreams a reality. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin's college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen.

And everybody is reading between the lines.įor Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions-it's her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family's racehorse farm in Kentucky.

Love Story by Jennifer Echols