A Love Story Four centuries ago, John van Linschoten (1563-1611), wrote about the beautiful birds of Paradise (God’s birds) during his voyage to the East Indies. He wrote “...no one has seen these birds alive, for they live in the air, always turning toward the sun, and never alighting on the Earth till they die.” — The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russell Wallace, 1869 Ryan, Please know that it breaks my heart to do what I have done, but I believe that if we are meant to be together, nothing can keep us apart. As long as I live, I will patiently wait on each sunrise and follow each sunset into tomorrow, for I believe it is the path of the sun that will lead us to all of our hopes and dreams. Promise me you will never lose hope in tomorrow. I love you, Keri |
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When Keri Hart comes face-to-face with love, not even her high-society mother’s wishes for her to “marry up, never down, and God forbid a Yankee” can change the way she feels about Ryan Mitchell. In her mother’s eyes, Ryan is a long way from making the cut as a suitable male mate for her up-and-coming Southern-belle daughter, but in Keri's eyes, he is the one. Nine years later, Keri is a flight attendant, and Ryan is completing his last year in the Navy. A near chance reunion goes amuck when Ryan’s roommate, Rex Dean, concocts a devious plan to keep the two hometown hopefuls apart. A multitude of twist and turns ensues before fate reveals it’s ultimate outcome. |
| We live in a world littered with failed marriages, broken hearts, and relationships filled with rejection and disappointment. Flight to Paradise is a story of hope for anyone who wants to believe in love. It is a story of Good overcoming Evil in spite of our failures. |
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| The Golden Gate Aviation Suspense On July 1, 1846, before the discovery of gold in California, the strait leading into the San Francisco Bay acquired its name. In his memoirs, John C. Fremont wrote, “To this Gate I gave the name of ‘Chrysopylae,’ or ‘Golden Gate’; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium (current day Istanbul) was called ‘Chrysoceras,’ or Golden Horn.” John Fremont had no way of knowing that his naming of the strait, now spanned by the famous Golden Gate Bridge, after a similar landmark in far-away Turkey would have set the stage for a terrorist hijacking of a commercial airliner over 160 years later. |
-- Beyond sin, beyond death, I am the thing that darkness fears. You’ll never see me, but I am everywhere: every being, every thought, every drop of hate. |
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Michael Coe lives in Southern California (the O.C.) with his high-school sweetheart and wife of thirty years. They have two grown children. Both he and his wife were born and raised in the Deep South where they attended college but have since lived in England, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, and California. After serving as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, he spent 21 years as commercial airline pilot for American Airlines based in Los Angeles. His fictional stories are derived from the real world--where we all live. From his travels, life experiences, and love for the human experience, he strives to entertain, evoke emotion, and leave the reader with a message of hope for a better tomorrow. |
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