Mile High

Up In The Air, #2

By: R.K. Lilley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Powers

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Book 2 of the in the Up In The Air trilogy.

James and Bianca's tumultuous story continues in the sequel to In Flight.

James has initiated Bianca into a dark and drugging world of passion and pain. He taught her about her own submissive, masochistic nature, and she fell swiftly and deeply in love with the undeniably charming and impossibly beautiful Mr. Cavendish, but a painful misunderstanding and the return of the brutally violent demons of her past have combined to overwhelm Bianca, and, confused and hurt, she pushes him away.

It's been over a month since the shocking attack that hospitalized her, and since she told a distraught James that she needed space, but her feelings haven't gone away. Even she knew that it was only a matter of time before he would cast his spell on her again...

This book is intended for ages 18 and up.

©2013 R.K. Lilley (P)2013 R.K. Lilley, LLC

Enthralling!

I read this series last year and I'm now listening to the audio version so I am leaving a review based off of how I feel a year later and listening to the series all over again.

At risk of repeating myself from my review from the first book in the series, I can't help but start this review to clearly state that this book series is my absolute favorite series out of everything I have read. The clear devotion of James to Bianca is pretty intoxicating. Who wouldn't want a billionaire who could have anyone or anything he wants choose you and to choose you 100%?

James has lead a very wild life since losing his parents at such a young age to only be abused by a cousin and then later raised by a very emotionally cold aunt. He strikes out as soon as he is 18 and indulges in woman for years until he meets Bianca. His experience with his cousin has made him need absolute control. BDSM is where he gets that control but he has very few people in his life he cares for or even trusts.

Bianca witnesses her father kill her mother at a very young age and she runs away to save herself, meeting Stefan, who becomes her brother and best friend. Stefan protected her while they lived on the streets and an occasional foster home and has been the only man in her life that has every loved and protected her. She trusts no one else.

James having been with so many woman and feeling nothing, knows the minute he lays eyes on Bianca that the feeling he gets actually means something and he will stop at nothing to claim her. Bianca does not make this easy for him. He is the first man who has ever made her feel anything as well but she is so used to keep people at a distance she fights to keep him at arms length while he fights to bond her to him for life.

The lengths that James goes to to keep Bianca is crazy and probably completely unrealistic but is also the reason I absolutely adore this book series. To have a man so 100% devoted to you that he will fire any staff members who do not treat her well. To be 100% honest to her no matter how bad it may make him look to prove he is placing his complete trust in her. To accept and take care of Stefan, knowing how much he means to Bianca instead of getting jealous and trying to separate them just because it would be what Bianca wants. You just can't help but fall hard for James Cavendish. How could I not love this series!

The audio is also very good. I have limited experience listening to audio books but I can say this narrator has been very good with the accents she's had to impersonate and anytime she has had to impersonate a man's voice, it has not detracted from the story.

4.5 stars

A great addition to the series. Can’t wait to get to the next one.
I did need to turn up the speed on the narrative because it was a bit slow, but that’s why audiable has those opinions available:) Enjoy!

Wonderful

I am loving this series so far, and cannot wait to read the next one! Love the narrator as well :)

Can't get enough of Mr. Beautiful!

Where does Mile High rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I loved this second book of the Up in the Air Series! Great narrator, excellent storyline, and very likable characters!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mile High?

I'm not giving away any spoilers LOL

What about Elizabeth Powers’s performance did you like?

She has now become a favorite narrator of mine! She's VERY good!

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend this series, and the audio books, wish book #3 was on Audible!

Definitely had filler but still loved it!

I enjoyed this book just as much as the first although the whole dominant and submissive thing is very light. I would have liked some more intense BDSM scenes but I still thoroughly enjoyed the story. I'm looking forward to the next one!

Finally a series that makes me....

Finally a series that I can’t stop listening to. At work, in the car at the house.....I just have to know where the story will go next. Love it,

Invested in this story

I got hooked from the first book and it look's like I'll be getting book 3 when it comes out. I want to know what finally happens. The sexy parts are pretty good but I have to admit it's the wanting to know how the story goes that has my interest. I've really enjoyed the female character in this series. She really has our hot alfa guy tied up in knots. The secondary stories are interesting too. Plus this has the murderer that hasn't been brought to justice. So yes to this book, and waiting on book 3.

A SWOON WORTHY ROMANCE, Book 2 SOARS!

Ok, this series is about James Cavendish, a very handsome, beautiful man who is a billionaire and a master of his universe in the business world. Aside from being very rich and good-looking, James has a sorted past sexual life, as he is a dominant and has chiefly engaged in the BDSM lifestyle kind of relationships with women. In this respect, James has never experienced a relationship of the heart...only meaningless sex and all that it entails. BUT, what I adore about this series is that at the base of it, this story is about how James falls desperately in love (although he has never used the "L" word) with Biana Carlson, a gorgeous flight attendant who is a wonderful person (btw, she of course falls in love with him too, duh). The more I read this series, the more it's understandable how someone living such a cold existence as James had could fall deeply and helplessly in love with a beautiful woman like Bianca.

In this book, I came to love Bianca even more as a heroine. I like that she is careful with her heart, I like how she continues to maintain dignity and plenty of power in the relationship no matter what struggles comes her way. Yes, Bianca is a very strong woman with a tender heart....but what I love most is how James melts over Bianca, and I love their enthralling, head-over-heals, BDSM-ish sex life, and immoveable connection for another.

On the back burner, Bianca has to deal with the reality of a monster of a father and the danger this unstable man brings to her life. But, quite up front and personal, she has to deal with the women who pop up from James's past who want to derail her trust in him. James is focused solely on winning over Bianca's trust in order to secure her with him forever.

As far as the love scenes, they are all meaningful and steamy, taking the reader to the stables of Wyoming, the 4th floor play room in NY city, to Bianca's charming home in LV, limos etc, etc..... There are so many tender moments, meshed with hot-kinky ones that this authors spoils the reader by delivering on romance at it's finest. In fact, the sweet-hot romance stayed so strong throughout the book that I was just waiting for the ball to drop toward the end that would unsettle my peace with the couple's progress. Yes, I was right about a new development at the end of the book, but thankfully, even though it's alarming, it's not an angsty development from James's past, or anything like that. It is pretty awful though, but I know that it will only bring James and Bianca closer together......

OH, I'M LOVING THIS SAGA......SO GLAD IT'S SUMMER AND THIS WAS THE PERFECT AUDIOBOOK TO DELVE INTO!!!

Narrator: Elizabeth Powers continues to be excellent. She does such a great job with various accents of the characters and she is able to portray deep emotion and passion in each of the appropriate moments.

5 STARS FOR THIS SUMPTUOUSLY HOT AUDIOBOOK!!!

I AM FLYING HIGH NOW!!! WOW IT'S GREAT!

Where does Mile High rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Well it ranks in the top 10 for me.. but here is the sad part.. Audible don't carry the 3rd book.. What kind of Hot Mess is that?

What other book might you compare Mile High to and why?

FSOG with a great story line

Have you listened to any of Elizabeth Powers’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

just these two books so far

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes, a lot of them..

Any additional comments?

This book Book 2 picked right up where Book one left off.. Love when that happens. So.. Bianca recovering and she finally see's James, and they pick up with some understandings. However, in this book, I found that they went back and forth about who trust who the most or who is doing what on who. A lot of history is brought up when they should let it go. I mean I know she was a virgin, and not going to have much of a past, not like him, but she knows this..he tells her everything..she is hard on Mr. Beautiful I think.. But anyway, they find out a shocker thru this book and they are more in love than ever and you get ready to listen to book 3 and GUESS WHAT.. AUDIBLE DON'T HAVE BOOK 3. OMGOSH.. WELL GUESS I AM GOING TO GO BUY A BOOK TOMORROW, AUDIBLE NEEDS TO STOP DOING THIS TO US.. MAKES ME WANT TO JUST STOP WITH LISTENING TO BOOKS AND GO BACK TO READING AGAIN.i DO BOTH, AND THAT'S OK,, BUT DON'T ADVERTISE THIS SERIES AND THEN DON'T CARRY IT.

Invested in this series

Any additional comments?

I have to admit that I am very invested in this series. I could not put this one down and will be awaiting for book 3. The story was interesting and holds your attention. There is a lot of drama going on in this book. The female lead character was extremely frustrating for me. She was too much self doubting and negative about everything. I really wanted to slap her! Other than that this book is a must read. I now have to know how this story ends.