Walking on Air - Tapa blanda

An enchanting, exuberant novel, featuring a girl who hates flying adrift in the world of aeronautical acrobatics, by a favourite storyteller.

Billie Pascoe, currently a taxi driver in a country town, takes an impulsive risk when she spends her grandmother’s small legacy on a warehouse on the edge of a small airfield.

But her attempt at business enterprise and at a new image of professional efficiency is marred by her ex-boss’s determination to keep her under control; her friends’ and family’s attempts to find her a suitable mate; and the mystery about her past, complicated by cover-ups.

Among the first items in her warehouse is an old ‘plane waiting to be restored. Billie hates flying, so it is even more surprising that she finds herself offering to perform acrobatic stunts and wing-walking...

Filled with a great cast of characters from her flatmate who runs the local beauty salon to the fellow owners of the neighbouring warehouses, from the unspeakably glamorous air engineer to her redoubtable, interfering mother, Walking on Air is Christina Jones’s most exhilarating novel.

Billie Pascoe knows what she wants – and it isn't a designer wardrobe, a nifty sports car, or even a suitable man. No, all Billie wants is a chance to escape from her past mistakes, her present job, and her very uncertain future.

So will the ramshackle warehouse on the edge of a run-down airfield be her salvation? Doubtful given that Billie is the world's biggest aerophobe who doesn't have a clue about what to do with a warehouse. But what is life without a challenge?

And there are plus points: the warehouse is home to a gorgeous 'plane and its even more gorgeous pilot – so what if his love life is unbelievably crowded? Love is strictly not on Billie's agenda. She has enough to worry about from her ex-boss who has turned stalker, her man-eating flatmate, and her mother who thinks she can give Poirot a run for his money.

While everyone may think that her fortunes are about to take a nosedive, Billie is sure that she will soon be walking on air.

Filled with a great cast of characters from the flightcrew of the shoestring airline company to the owners of the neighbouring warehouse, from the tequila-slamming hairdressers to Billie's sprawling family, 'Walking on Air' is Christina Jones' most exhilarating – and high-flying – novel yet.