Leah’s pull toward the air is palpable and adds a unique spin to the story and her character. The South Carolina setting is immediately evocative even when Leah is at pains to remind readers about how different both ends of her beach town really are. She is the author of numerous romantic dramas and comedies for teens.

Such a Rush is Echols’ first hardcover novel. When Grayson threatens to expose her biggest secret–one that could jeopardize all of her future ambitions–Leah has no choice but to fly for Hall Aviation and go along with Grayson’s mysterious plot involving his brother Alec even if it could ruin everything for Leah in Such a Rush (2012) by Jennifer Echols. Between Alec’s seeming lack of interest and Grayson’s erratic behavior, Leah has no desire to tie herself to a doomed business. Hall’s twin sons Alec and Grayson plan to keep family banner business running. Hall dies suddenly, Leah’s future isn’t as certain–especially her future flight career.

She’s one step closer to her dream of becoming a professional pilot and getting out of the trailer park for good. Hall, Leah is finally ready for a real pilot job. After three years working at the local airport and flying with her instructor, Mr. Her senior year of high school, Leah Jones things her life is finally coming together. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park my whole life, I could complain about the smell of jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else who lived here, or I could learn to fly.”

After one more move when I was fourteen, I made a decision. “In each South Carolina town where I’d lived–and I’d lived in a lot of them–the trailer park was next to the airport.

Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols