Blue Sky

A widowed United States Naval officer flies for the Blue Angels, the navy's famous demonstration squadron. He lives by rules and keeps them, and he has made one for himself above all: he does not sleep with the nanny. He hired her to look after his baby daughter.

The nanny is Paloma. He had believed his heart was closed to love, yet she makes him feel alive again. On paper the two have little in common beyond the child. He is wealthy and she is poor, he is her employer and she works for him, and he describes himself as dead inside while she is full of life.

A kiss between them breaks his rule, and he wants her anyway. The pilot who always plays by the rules is now ready to do whatever it takes to win her. The attraction crosses the line between boss and employee, and that line is what puts both of them at risk.

This is a contemporary romance told in the first person from the pilot's point of view. It is a standalone with a slow-burn build, and the emotional tone runs heavy, with grief in the background and a love story that is meant to bring tears.