Subject: Danny Wilkes, navy pilot. Current status: On shore rotation. Very intrigued by a sassy visiting lecturer Mission: Enter the astronaut training program. Obstacle: Marissa Marshall, Ph.D. She's keeping Danny preoccupied with earthly delights Danny Wilkes might have outgrown his risk-taking flyboy days, but he still loves a thrill now and then. And nobody's thrilled him lately like fiery Mari Marshall. Sex with her is a bigger turn-on than any of the air maneuvers Danny's ever pulled. He falls head over heels hard. But Mari has bitter memories of being a military brat. She'll never enter that life again not even for the best sex she's ever had. It's a hell of a choice. Does Danny give up his skyrocketing career? Or let go of the only woman who revs his engine into the stratosphere?