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Crash Landing

A Novel

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A funny and heartwarming debut romance about two exes forced to reunite when a plane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island.

Piper Adams is completely, totally, one hundred percent over Wyatt, the former love of her life. At least, that's what she tells herself. After he broke her heart, she stopped taking risks and focused instead on building a perfect—and perfectly safe—life. But bumping into Wyatt at the airport on the way to her best friend's destination wedding wasn't part of the plan. Neither was a canceled flight nor Wyatt's offer of a ride on the tiny plane he's flying to attend the same event. Desperate to make it on time, she accepts his offer, but things go from awkward to full-blown nightmare when their plane crashes in the Caribbean, stranding Piper on a deserted island with the last person she ever wanted to see again.

At first, rule-following Piper clashes with adventure-driven Wyatt, but as the days tick by, she can see the boy she once loved has grown into a man. A man who makes her laugh, knows his way around a fire, and is annoyingly hot shirtless. A man she could love again. As the chemistry still simmering between them boils over, Piper begins wishing Wyatt was more than just a survival partner. But for their love to survive a second chance, she'll have to not only trust Wyatt again, but also learn to trust herself and find the courage to let go of her carefully curated life for the chance at something far greater—if they can survive the island long enough for rescue.

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    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2025

      DEBUT Piper had her heart broken once, and she's vowed never to let it happen again. Instead, she's in a casual, no-strings situation with a fellow medical student. Med school itself is draining Piper, and she's hoping to forget about all her stress at her best friend's destination wedding. Then her flight is cancelled, with no more flights out until the next day due to an impending storm. Stranded at the airport, Piper can't think of anything worse than missing Annie's wedding, until she bumps into Wyatt, the ex who broke her heart and is also attending the nuptials. Wyatt, who has borrowed a private plane, offers Piper a ride to the wedding. The forecasted storm rolls in while they're still in the air, and their tiny plane crashes onto a deserted tropical island. Piper isn't sure if she--or her heart--will survive this disaster with Wyatt. McQuaid's amusing debut is well-written, with interesting characters and a nicely paced story. Wyatt and Piper's chemistry sparkles even before they crash, and it heats up as they swelter under the tropical sun. VERDICT Fans of enemies-to-lovers, second-chance romance, and extreme forced-proximity will love McQuaid's debut.--Heather Miller Cover

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    • Kirkus

      April 15, 2025
      Two exes on the way to the same wedding find themselves stranded on a deserted island in this debut romance. A cancelled flight has jeopardized Piper Adams' maid of honor responsibilities. Instead of being on a plane to her best friend Allie's bachelorette party and wedding at an all-inclusive resort in the Bahamas, she's stuck at the Atlanta airport. Fortunately, a knight in shining armor comes to her rescue, but unfortunately, he's Wyatt Brooks, the man who broke her heart. As luck would have it, he's attending the same wedding, and a former Army connection has offered him the use of a small plane to get him there. What should have been a two-hour flight ends in disaster, though, as Piper and Wyatt barely survive a plane crash on an unknown island. When Piper finally comes to, after having been unconscious for almost a day, her first thought is that she's missed her friend's bachelorette and may very well miss the wedding. Strange priorities for someone recovering from a plane crash. The story jumps between "Now," with Piper and Wyatt on the island, and "Then," when they first met as teenagers, and those flashbacks to a standard romance aren't as compelling as the current situation, with the pair having to navigate a harsh environment while fighting old feelings. Piper doesn't make a great impression on the reader, coming across as immature when faced with difficult experiences. She whines to a gate attendant just trying to do her job to get an entire plane full of irate passengers rebooked. She gets angry with Allie for inviting Wyatt to her wedding even though he's her cousin. Being stranded softens her a bit, but it's hard to be on her side. The deserted island setting adds some tension to the story, but Piper's self-centered behavior and decision to hold a grudge against Wyatt for his earlier relationship insecurities make it a challenge to reach a compelling happily-ever-after. The survival element does the heavy lifting here, since the main characters are incompatible.

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    • Booklist

      April 1, 2025
      Eight years ago, Wyatt Brooks broke Piper Adams' heart and then walked right out of her life. Now Wyatt is back in Piper's life after she discovers that they're both attending the same destination, a wedding in the Bahamas. Piper's plan is to keep as much distance as possible between herself and Wyatt, but that strategy is upended when her flight is cancelled at the last minute. Now Piper has a choice, accept Wyatt's offer of a flight to the wedding in the private plane he is piloting or miss her best friend's wedding completely. McQuaid makes effective use of the second-chance romance trope by deftly toggling back and forth in time between when her endearing protagonists, who bond over a shared love of books, fall in love in high school only to realize in the present that they have never truly gotten over one another. A delightfully charming, sweetly sexy debut about taking chances in life and love with a happily-ever-after ending with a library tilt.

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