NEW RELEASE
Down to Earth - Melanie Rose (2010)
When Michaela decides to do a charity parachute jump, she's scared out of her mind. The only thing that keeps her from backing out is Matt, the handsome man who supervises the jump. She feels an immediate connection with him and even though she's in a committed relationship she is secretly happy when Matt slips her his number. During the jump there is a strange gust of wind that throws Michaela off course. When she lands she finds that it's night time, the airfield is deserted, and there seems to be no one around for miles. What happened to the sunny day and all her friends from work? Michaela just figures she was thrown farther off course than she expected and starts looking for help. After walking for what seems like miles, she finds a small pub and while using the pay phone inside, she notices a flyer for herself on the wall. It says she has been missing for six and a half years! But wasn't it just hours ago that she jumped out of the plane? Not knowing who else to call, she reaches into her jumpsuit and pulls out the phone number for Matt. He picks her up but is unable to believe it is her since six years have passed - six really difficult years for him as he was a suspect in her murder. This starts a series of events - the main one being Michaela trying to find out exactly what happened to her. Her home life is not the same, her friends no longer exist and her mother has gone crazy - literally - while searching for her missing daughter. With the help of Matt and some other friends who believe that she is not lying about what happened, will Michaela finally figure out what happened and where her missing six years went? The story intertwines fantasy elements with real life problems that we all face. It's a highly addicting and compelling story which you won't want to put down until the end. (AS)
Melanie Rose's next mystical tale, Down to Earth, was inspired by her own parachute jump that went wrong years ago, when she was told to jump out the plane in the wrong spot. The book summary says: "When Michaela Anderson signs up for a parachute jump she gets more than a case of vertigo. Suffering last-minute panic, Michaela's three colleagues go first. But just as she takes her leap of faith, an almighty gale blows up from nowhere. When she returns to the ground, she finds the airfield deserted, her car gone and the seasons mysteriously changed. Posters nearby proclaim Michaela to have been missing for the last six and a half years. But Michaela is determined to find out the truth. Was she kidnapped? Is she now suffering amnesia, or has something even more extraordinary occurred? With the help of handsome pilot Matt, Michaela sets out to find the truth. And what she discovers rocks everything she has ever believed in to the core." Down to Earth is out in October.