In Flight

Up in the Air, Book 1

By: R.K. Lilley

Narrated by: Elizabeth Powers

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

When reserved flight attendant Bianca gets one look at billionaire hotel owner James Cavendish, she loses all of her hard-won composure. For a girl who can easily juggle a tray of champagne flutes at 35,000 feet in three inch heels, she finds herself shockingly weak-kneed from their first encounter. The normally unruffled Bianca can't seem to look away from his electrifying turquoise gaze. They hold a challenge, and a promise, that she finds impossible to resist, and she is a girl who is used to saying no and meaning it.

Bianca is accustomed to dealing with supermodels and movie stars in her job as a first class flight attendant, but James Cavendish puts them all to shame in the looks department. If only it were just his looks that she found so irresistible about the intimidating man, Bianca could have ignored his attentions. But what tempts her like never before is the dominant pull he seems to have over her from the moment they meet, and the promise of pleasure, and pain, that she reads in his eyes.

©2013 R.K. Lilley (P)2013 R.K. Lilley

Great story but book 1 too short.

Narration really good. already purchased book 2, 3 and 4. this could have been one book instead of 4 though..

Really good book 1!

I love reading/listening to trilogy books... This one was really really good. I love how it had the same feel of a FSOG novel, but it was not a repeat of FSOG. Note I said it had the feel... the plot line was totally different...but the Dom and Sub aspect was done very tasteful...

Mr. Beautiful was a great character. I really can't wait to get to book 2 and 3. I hope there is not a long wait.

Well enjoyed... I feel like I didn't waste my credit at all.

Narrations was fairly decent too. Not a 5 but a very good 4.5!

Good Buy, Credit or Sale...

STELLAR!! I'm automatically downloading the series

I've had this book in my Wishlist for a while, but wasn't quick to download since I thought it was the same old chip off of the FSOG block. BUT, I LOVE IT WHEN I'M BLOWN AWAY WITH SURPRISE!!! This book is stellar and I'm automatically downloading the whole series, whether through credits or by purchasing the rest of the books. Elizabeth Powers does a fantastic job, as a narrator, and I particularly love what she has done with James' voice. She portrayed Bianca's voice well also---very crisp, feminine and age-appropriate for a young woman.

WHOA…but, where do I start in regard to this book? OMG, it's well-written, the characters are super likable and have layers that you just want to peel off. Yes, there is sex, and the sex is all that you would expect from a BDSM-like relationship, but, what I enjoyed most about billionaire James Cavendish and Bianca (oops sorry forgot her last name), First Class flight attendant, is the romance (YUP plenty of that), the casual moments where you see them fall in love, AND I loved how Bianca wields a great amount of unexpected power/influence in this relationship. It would be assumed that Julian would hold unilateral power with Bianca since he is the rich, gorgeous, sexually experienced lover who is a dominant, yet, from the beginning, Bianca maintains a power in this relationship and I LOVED IT.

I was also taken in by Bianca's beautiful friendship with Stephan, her childhood friend, only family (even though not blood-related), neighbor, and fellow flight attendant. The story behind his nickname for her (Buttercup) touched me….whoa, but overall, this book touched me. Both, Bianca and James have a chemistry that is ON FIRE, a developing love that was so vibrant, and helpless horrible pasts that are sure to meld them even closer together. We get snippets of each of their traumatic pasts.

Throughout the book, readers/listeners are awarded with this blissful, exciting, crazy-sexy kind of love, and it almost makes the reader drunk with the expectation that, "Mr. Beautiful" and his gorgeous lady are on cruise control shooting toward the stars, and then BAM…toward the end you get hit in the stomach with a new revelation. The epilogue sews it together a bit, but there is more to come and I can hardly keep my seatbelt on through this turbulence!!!!

5 STARS FOR ONE SEXY, HOT ROMANCE WITH DEEP CHARACTERS YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT…..LIKE YESTERDAY!!

STELLAR AUDIOBOOK!

A BEAUTIFUL, KINKY LOVE STORY

As the sexy, handsome, charming, demanding, Billionaire James (aka Mr. Beautiful) pursues the beautiful Virgin Stewardess Bianca he slowly introduces her to the pleasures of his BDSM lifestyle as well as his caring nature. And 'bang', right from the start, I was captivated with all the characters, the descriptive scenes, the dialogue and the enjoyable storyline.

Books 2 & 3 are loaded ready to be played and I'm desperate to listen so I've got to make this quick.... it's emotional, romantic, touching, painful, exciting, very hot and the storyline is filled with likeable/loveable deep characters and the odd bitch or two.

Worth a credit? Oh Yesssiree, great author, decent narrator and a storyline that ticked all my boxes.

Fifty Shades meets Mr Beautiful

This is not an original storyline but I did enjoy listening to it and the narrator's performance is very good. It's a romance so expect some unrealistic dialogue and HOT sex scenes. Storyline is a bit predictable and as I mentioned follows similar theme as Fifty Shades so the ending to this book almost exactly follows that series. I found it entertaining nevertheless.

the narrator needs to spit our her gum. I think she needs to spit out of gum.

Up in the air

Who finishes a book like this? What happens? You left with a person in the hospital and her perp in the wind, her love life in question. This is not a stand alone book you have to buy book 2 just to find out what happens. Very disappointing.

Great Read

This was a hot dramatic read that kept me entertained from beginning to end. the characters were well written and the steamy parts were extremely steamy. I loved that Bianca stood up to him and on her own. She didnt just let him rule her like some other books in this genre do. Her unwillingness to bend to his rule outside the bedroom kept this interesting for me.

Enjoyed

I'm torn. I'm not sure how to review this. The story was good, I'm not sure I want to keep going though. I don't feel super connected to the characters. I loved their chemistry. The narrator has a great voice, I'm just not sure it was a good fit for this character. I felt she sounded older than she was in the story.

James is my #1 Book Boyfriend!!

Second Time Around:
I loved this just as much as the first time!! James Canvendish is a DREAM=) I want him for my own! My hour long commute in the morning was almost not long enough listening to this!

First Time:
Yes yes yes!!!!! This book was fab!!! I just
saw the second one is out omg!! I thought I was going to have to wait!!! Yay!!!!