Standby: A Romance About Taking Flight

Riley Santos has spent seven years working the same gate at San Francisco International Airport, helping others reach their destinations while staying firmly grounded herself. Cameron Li, a travel nurse who lives contract-to-contract, appears regularly on Riley's standby list—always hoping for a last-minute seat home. When their professional interactions evolve into something deeper, both women face an impossible choice: Riley is offered a promotion requiring relocation to Denver, while Cameron receives an unexpected offer for permanent employment in Portland. Can two people with fundamentally different life philosophies build a future together, or will their paths diverge at departure time? A story about finding home in unexpected places and discovering that love requires the courage to leap into the unknown.

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Release date

Ebook: 28 October 2025