The Pilot
New ReleaseSparks fly when a former bully moves in with her former victim in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s tantalizing third foray into Alpha Cove, a spicy military romance steeped in emotion.
Ex-fighter pilot Lincoln “Linc” Young is a survivor, masking his PTSD and nightmares behind a calm exterior. When his father’s death brings him back to Maine to help his mom, he never expects to cross paths with his former high school tormentor. But the woman who once made his life hell now stirs completely different emotions in Linc, and when he finds Harper in need, he impulsively offers her and her young son a place to stay.
Harper Bates thought she’d hit rock bottom after returning to her childhood home in Rockville, Maine. Then her father begins judging her every move—and worse, her son Kash, when they discover he’s being bullied at school. The last person she expects help from is Linc, the boy Harper herself had bullied years ago. Now a commanding presence who makes her and Kash feel safe, Linc inspires both a growing attraction…and lingering shame over her past actions.
Temporary cohabitation quickly turns into something more as Harper and Linc reveal intimate secrets that put them both on a path to healing. But they’re unaware someone else has a secret. And it’s about to impact the one person the couple can’t live without—Kash.
© 2026 by Susan Stoker. ℗ 2026 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
- Pages
- 397
- Audiobook
- 11 hr 2 min
- First published
- August 4, 2026
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Audiobook
Shelved by 2 Litcadians
Reviews
Started September 20, 2026 · Finished September 20, 2026
I will start by admitting that I haven't read any of the others in this series, but it didn't feel like I needed to to be able to read this. I started out thinking this was going to be a really easy and fun read. Unfortunately didn't love this quite as much as I had hoped. I appreciated that the MC's were in their very late 30's, it was nice reading about older MC's for a change. I liked they had so much established in their lives, and their own histories. I found the concept of the fact that Linc offered a place to stay to his former bully was interesting. Harper and Kash had such a good relationship. But it just fell flat. At one point they seemed to jump from finally getting together, to suddenly declaring their love for each other, and they'd been in close proximity for all of a few weeks. The next part of the storyline felt like it was shoehorned in just keep it going that bit further. I get that they knew each other in school and everything, but it just felt a bit much. I just didn't vibe with it as much as I'd hoped and I don't know if I'll read the rest of the books in the series. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review