High Flying by Kaylin McFarren.
Skylar Haines has struggled with personal demons most of her life, going to dark extremes to subdue anxieties rooted in her tragic past. On a perpetual hunt for the next adrenaline hit, she discovers a passion for flying and becomes a hard-edged stunt pilot, verging on obsession.
In the sky, following her most daring airshow, she encounters a mysterious storm and almost collides with another aircraft, sending her into a perilous dive. Guided by a mysterious voice, she manages a safe landing but finds herself transported to another time.
Eight months before she was born. One week before her father was murdered.
Though baffled by her circumstances, Skylar soon arrives at a single certainty: Before her lies a remarkable chance to change her family’s destiny drastically for the better — or possibly even worse — depending on the choices she makes, before her window of opportunity closes.
5 Stars: Skylar Haines has a decision to make.
High Flying is a suspense thriller, action drama that takes the reader into the life of Skylar Haines.
If you have ever known someone who struggles with mental illness (or perhaps struggle yourself) you understand the dangers associated with inadequate coping skills that lead people to do dangerous acts that affect them and those around them. This book will stir compassion for the main character, Skylar Haines.
Although High Flying is fiction, the author draws on years of writing experience, strong characters and detailed research to deliver a very compelling story. Time and space are elusive and family history has inherited chains.
I love this quote from the author: “In the beginning, God created man, but things didn’t get interesting until man created the airplane and a strong-minded woman to fly it.”
Throughout the book the author uses quotes that are thought provoking and leads into each chapter.
With some creative latitude that author brings her main character, Skylar Haines to a point of decision. Having read the authors Threads Series, I am looking am looking forward to where Kaylin McFarren will take us (readers) on down the road.
Editorial Review (Book Marketing Global Network).
Special Message from The Author: “About seven months ago, my husband came up with the wonderful idea of tackling a story about flying that involved time travel as well. It seemed that the perfect opportunity to turn my creative juices loose had presented itself with the completion of my Threads series. Thus, I went to work, creating this romping adventure/romance with an unexpected twist or two that I hope readers will enjoy.”
Product Details:
Paperback: 277 Pages
Publisher: Independently Published (May 3, 2019)
Language: English
Fiction (Crime Action and Adventure)
Fiction (Crime International Mystery)
Mysteries (Supernatural)
Customer Ratings:
https://www.amazon.com/High-Flying-Kaylin-McFarren/dp/1091374791/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1556123185&sr=8-4-fkmrnull#customerReviews
*****
*****
About The Author: Kaylin McFarren has received 48 national literary awards, in addition to a prestigious Golden Heart Award nomination for FLAHERTY’S CROSSING – a book she and her oldest daughter, New York Times/USA Today best-selling author Kristina McMorris, co-wrote in 2008.
Prior to embarking on her writing journey and developing the popular THREADS psychological thriller series, she poured her passion for creativity into her work as the director of a fine art gallery in the Pearl District in Portland, Oregon; she also served as a governor-appointed member of the Oregon Arts Commission.
When she’s not traveling or spoiling her pups and three grandsons, she enjoys giving back to her community through participation and support of various charitable and educational organizations in the Pacific Northwest, and is currently the president of the Soulful Giving Foundation – a non-profit focused on cancer research, care and treatment at hospitals throughout Oregon.
Fun Tidbits:
Kaylin is proud of the fact that her great aunt Bessie B. Cordell, an evangelistic missionary during WWII, was instrumental in opening an orphanage in Tientsin, China and also wrote two published novels, Precious Pearl and Blossoms of the Flowery Kingdom, documenting her dangerous, harrowing experiences.
She keeps a glass of wine close by while writing love scenes, Kleenex on her desk while writing heart breakers, and has been known to empty a box of chocolates when she’s completely stumped.
A consummate “pantser” and perfectionist, she writes and edits as she goes, and uses photographs of models and actors from tabloid magazines to visualize her characters.
She loves her husband of 46 years dearly. However, if Josh Holloway, Hugh Jackman or Ian Somerhalder came knockin’, well… their marriage just might be put to the test.
On A Personal Note: Kaylin sat before her computer writing Flaherty’s Crossing as a source of personal therapy after losing her beloved father to colon cancer. You might say she was angry at him, at God, at the world in general. However, after writing this story, she had the opportunity to really look into her soul and consider the fact that so many other sons and daughters have had to deal with similar and even worse situations.
Rather than a memoir, her novel evolved into a fictional journey which brought about the resolution she needed to find. She never expected this exercise in writing to go to press, touch lives, or win literary awards. But as a result of her good fortune, she has arranged for proceeds from the sale of this book to go directly to the Providence Medical Foundation’s colon cancer research department in her father’s name. She’s now convinced and proudly shares her belief that good things can grow out of the worst times in our lives if you just take the time to open your heart.
Amazon Author’s Page:
http://www.amazon.com/Kaylin-McFarren/e/B003BCPKE0/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Professional Website:
http://www.kaylinmcfarren.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/kaylin.mcfarren
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/4kaylin
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/4kaylinmcfarren/
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/4kaylin/
You Tube:
https://youtu.be/yJG9_9xUQUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyQ1hxX4BjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0WQyXg4Dz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-FUeg2GM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfNWvOlqFUc
Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
https://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/kaylin-mcfarrens-books/kaylin-mcfarren
