the paper planes series
a sweet romance standalone series
Each book can be read on its own, but it is recommended the books be read in order to enjoy the complete tale. Each book follows the surviving members of one family.
paper planes one
On June 18, 1992, Flight 397 crashed off the coast of Long Island. But this story isn’t about the crash. Not completely.
RUBY
My senior year begins a little differently than I planned. My mom wasn’t supposed to be dead. The likelihood of dying in a plane crash is one in five million. I guess she had to be part of the unlucky few.
No one understands my grief. So, I write a letter, needing a connection. Someone who grasps what I’m going through, who lost a parent on that same flight.
Brett Pratt gives me hopes and dreams on paper planes. He gives me a reason to look forward to the future.
BRETT
My parents are dead, my twin sister spiraling out of control. College applications are due, and winter in Pennsylvania is long and cold.
1993 isn’t doing me any favors until Ruby Kaminski arrives in my mailbox. Her letter is intended for Amber, but her words are meant for me. Ruby’s quirky facts pull me from drowning under the weight of my responsibilities.
They also create a dilemma. With every paper plane sent, our bond grows deeper. I’m falling for this girl. The problem is, we live on opposite sides of the country. Can there be a future for us?
READER PRAISE
“Steal my heart and attach it to a paper plane. Hayes and Miller have nailed the fine art of falling in love within the pages of Paper Planes and Other Things We lost.”
“This book was so beautiful I’m struggling to find the words ... Michele and Mindy’s writing has a way of dragging you in. They were able to make me feel every emotion in the book without the main characters even having to meet. That is pure talent.”
“HEART TOUCHING, HEART MELTING, ADORABLE & AMAZINGLY WRITTEN. After I started reading it..it was so hard for me to put it down & continue with my life.. It consumed me..I kept wondering what happens next...I felt connected with the characters.”
paper planes two
She was a stranger who helped him when he was in a bind. Two months later they meet again and again. In a city of millions, is that coincidence or fate?
COLE
After a grief-filled year assuming guardianship of my orphaned teenage half-siblings, they’re heading to college, and I’m moving to New York City, continuing my medical career, and resuming my life.
In a city of millions, figuring out my new beginning is rough, then chance throws a familiar stranger in front of me at a food cart. She’s the perfect place to start, too bad she wants nothing to do with me. Tragedy taught me life is too short to give up on what you want, and I want Samantha Cooper.
SAM
I’m starting fresh, opening my dream gym, living with my best friend. I know what I want, but Cole Rossner keeps showing up and screwing with my plans. I’m not ready to move on from my past, but his charm and big heart chisel away my walls.
Soon, the lines between friends to more blur. Opening up to a romantic relationship isn’t easy, even with a guy like Cole, and when a missed chance from the past is brought to light, it feels as though fate might have the last laugh.
READER PRAISE
“If you are looking for a book that will tug at your heartstrings and leave you with that little ache that every hopeless romantic needs, then Subway Stops is a must read!”
“The authors do a fantastic job exploring topics like grief and our different coping mechanisms, fate vs chance, and how to deal with the dreaded ‘friend-zone’. This book brought out a full range of emotions - bringing plenty of smiles and laughs along with a few tears. Highly recommend!”
“This is a brutally honest, realistic, yet still magical account of love and finding your soulmate and learning to trust in fate and that the universe knows best.”
paper planes three
She's a crazy American. He's a brooding Finn. When she barrels through his quiet life, nothing will ever be the same.
AMBER
After a plane crash made me an orphan, I set my future’s course for the gutter. Although my brothers continue dragging me out, happiness eludes me. Lost and alone, I do what any twenty-one-year-old would do; I quit my life to backpack across Europe.
Losing my passport and all of my belongings in Helsinki isn’t a part of the plan. Neither is meeting Olle Holström. But he’s kind enough to offer me shelter in the wilds of Finland for one weekend. One weekend is all I need.
OLLE
She is stranded, destitute, and she does not speak a lick of Finnish. How am I supposed to let a beautiful woman fend for herself in a foreign country? I have to help her.
Before I can stop it, Amber is not only in my cabin, bathing in my lake, but she is in my head and my heart.
A fling. A detour. That is all this should have been.
It is more. So much more.
READER PRAISE
““HOLY CRAP! This book was amazing!! I completely fell in love with all of the characters, the story, the location, the troubles, the EVERYTHING! ... You NEED this book in your life. NEED it!””
“I am still sitting here in awe of the beauty of this story and the brilliance of these authors... I am shelving this one as one of this year’s most amazing reads and my favorite of the series.”
“From beginning to end, Mindy and Michele have woven such natural emotion, honesty, and vulnerability into a timeless love story that can easily join the ranks of all the greats. Absolutely Exquisite! ”