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Mile High
Mild-mannered accountant Owen Braydon never thought his life would be anything more than working all week, and visiting his ten-year-old daughter, Leah, who lived with her mother in Denver, on the weekends; until one flight from LA to Denver, Owen met luscious, Texas-born, Taylor Madison. A project manager on a construction project in LA, Taylor had to shuttle back and forth between the two cities every week. After Taylor laid eyes on the handsome man from LA, he moved in on Owen quickly, hoping to become an exclusive member of the Mile High Club. And bi-curious Owen thought life was too short to pass up a chance to play with someone as appealing as Taylor Madison.After meeting up again in the airport and sitting together on the plane, Owen and Taylor soon realized their interest in each other was becoming more that just a fling onboard. Soon the two men discovered they needed more than sex from each other once a week. As the construction project in another state loomed, and Taylor had to make a decision, he found Owen in the same dilemma. Could they make their relationship work? Or will they simply just have fond memories of being a member of that exclusive club? Find out how flying united, suddenly took on a whole new meaning.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2008
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G.A. Hauser
267 books515 followersAbout the Author Award-winning author G.A. Hauser was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA and attended university in New York City. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked as a patrol officer with the Seattle Police Department. In early 2000 G.A. moved to Hertfordshire, England where she began her writing in earnest and published her first book, In the Shadow of Alexander. Now a full-time writer, G.A. has written over eighty novels, including several best-sellers of gay fiction. GA is also the Executive Producer for her first feature film, CAPITAL GAMES. For more information on other books by G.A., visit the author at her official website. www.authorgahauser.com G.A. has won awards from All Romance eBooks for Best Author 2010, 2009, Best Novel 2008, Mile High, and Best Author 2008, Best Novel 2007, Secrets and Misdemeanors, Best Author 2007.
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November 1, 2012
A decent read, but not among the best in the genre
Rating: 6/10
Pros:
- Funny, light-hearted dialogue.
- The relationship is the first gay experience for one of the men, but the text establishes him as (at least) bisexual from the start. Thus, I found it more believable that he would throw himself into the relationship than I would have if he were described as strictly “straight.”
- Cute/funny/realistic nervousness on the part of the bi guy. (SPOILER here) I laughed out loud when he said “holy crap” right before they kiss for the first time. (see cons list also)
- I liked the coincidence of the guys repeatedly running into each other. The romantic in me couldn’t help smiling at Fate bringing the two of them together…again and again.
- Sappy, happily-ever-after, blah blah blah resolution. Loved it.
Cons:
- The book launches right into the sex, which I couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at. Maybe 2 strangers (one of whom is a gay sex virgin) really would have sex an hour after having first looked at each other (though it’s never happened in my real world), but the fact that they do it on an airplane somehow added an element of unbelievability that pushed the whole premise over the top for me. Gay sex = taboo in current society. Airplane sex = taboo in addition to being against the rules (and possibly against the law?). First time + gay sex + airplane? Hmm.
- The sex was a little…strange to me for some reason. For one thing, there’s no description of pain when one of the guys bottoms for the first time. It’s just heavenly. Okay. But the oddest thing about the sex is that there’s quite a bit of it (so it’s a major part of the story), but it’s not all that graphic. The characters’ dialogue about sex is much more frank at times than the descriptions of the sex itself.
- Female character who starts out seeming to be the Devil Herself but turns out well. Not quite believable how quickly she 180s, but admittedly, I still liked it.
Overall comments: A good read if you’re just getting into the genre. This was one of the first 5 m/m romances I read—I’m writing this review about 3 months after having read it the first time—and I liked it really well back then. Having read some others, though, that are SO good, this one sort of pales in comparison.
Rating: 6/10
Pros:
- Funny, light-hearted dialogue.
- The relationship is the first gay experience for one of the men, but the text establishes him as (at least) bisexual from the start. Thus, I found it more believable that he would throw himself into the relationship than I would have if he were described as strictly “straight.”
- Cute/funny/realistic nervousness on the part of the bi guy. (SPOILER here) I laughed out loud when he said “holy crap” right before they kiss for the first time. (see cons list also)
- I liked the coincidence of the guys repeatedly running into each other. The romantic in me couldn’t help smiling at Fate bringing the two of them together…again and again.
- Sappy, happily-ever-after, blah blah blah resolution. Loved it.
Cons:
- The book launches right into the sex, which I couldn’t help raising an eyebrow at. Maybe 2 strangers (one of whom is a gay sex virgin) really would have sex an hour after having first looked at each other (though it’s never happened in my real world), but the fact that they do it on an airplane somehow added an element of unbelievability that pushed the whole premise over the top for me. Gay sex = taboo in current society. Airplane sex = taboo in addition to being against the rules (and possibly against the law?). First time + gay sex + airplane? Hmm.
- The sex was a little…strange to me for some reason. For one thing, there’s no description of pain when one of the guys bottoms for the first time. It’s just heavenly. Okay. But the oddest thing about the sex is that there’s quite a bit of it (so it’s a major part of the story), but it’s not all that graphic. The characters’ dialogue about sex is much more frank at times than the descriptions of the sex itself.
- Female character who starts out seeming to be the Devil Herself but turns out well. Not quite believable how quickly she 180s, but admittedly, I still liked it.
Overall comments: A good read if you’re just getting into the genre. This was one of the first 5 m/m romances I read—I’m writing this review about 3 months after having read it the first time—and I liked it really well back then. Having read some others, though, that are SO good, this one sort of pales in comparison.
March 31, 2014
Meh. Just meh.
It started out so promising...two men, hooking up on a plane, and keeping accidentally meeting each other again and again. Alas, it all went downhill after sex scenes started..i.e. pretty much from the start.
Aside from plentiful, at times awkward and not-hot-at-all sex scenes, I was irritated by the heroes' banter, immaturity, and the haste with which they jumped into moving together.
Me no likey.
It started out so promising...two men, hooking up on a plane, and keeping accidentally meeting each other again and again. Alas, it all went downhill after sex scenes started..i.e. pretty much from the start.
Aside from plentiful, at times awkward and not-hot-at-all sex scenes, I was irritated by the heroes' banter, immaturity, and the haste with which they jumped into moving together.
Me no likey.
February 28, 2012
Fun story, so hilarious at times! :)))
Sure misunderstandings between MCs pissed me and I just wanted to scream: talk to each other, morons! But things resolved relatively fast, so it's all good. Glad to see Jenna's not a complete bitch and Taylor's dad turned out to be a decent guy too (kinda reminded me of Michael's dad in To Held and Hostage).
Sure misunderstandings between MCs pissed me and I just wanted to scream: talk to each other, morons! But things resolved relatively fast, so it's all good. Glad to see Jenna's not a complete bitch and Taylor's dad turned out to be a decent guy too (kinda reminded me of Michael's dad in To Held and Hostage).
June 5, 2015
Meh. The writing was fair, the story line was fair, the MC were fair. It just fell flat for me and it could have been so much better than it was.
March 13, 2021
This was so cute, I like the relationship how it started and how it developed. And even the ending was pretty good!
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April 30, 2009Owen is a wealthy divorced business man. Every week he travels from Los Angeles to Denver to visit his daughter who lives with her mother. To please the kid, he spends all the weekend sleeping in the couch in the den of his ex wife. Is not a wonderful life, but Owen loves his daughter, and then he has no one at home for him. Actually he haven't never realized for sure why his wife asked for a divorce: he was not an oppressive husband, he left her all the freedom she needed, and if she cheated on him, he didn't want to know, and maybe never mattered much. Owen has always considered himself straight, but he sometime finds himself ogling on some explicit advertisement with a beautiful specimen on it, and he has always had a particular fondness for movies with handsome men in it rather than action. All right Owen is not a macho man, and then he doesn't consider himself the type to attract the type of guy he finds attractive: at almost forty years old, maybe he has resigned to be alone with only his dreams to take him company in the night.
But during one of his flights, he catches eyes with Taylor, a very stud of man, exactly every his desires come true. Taylor is a construction project manager from Denver who travels every week on a construction site on Los Angeles. And also for Taylor, Owen is a dream comes true: Taylor is tired to be alone, to have always to travel around the country and not ever have the chance to settle down with a fine man. A fine man like Owen, shy and gentle, with a steady work and a regular life. And so Taylor seduces Owen on the plane, the very first time they meet, and continues to do so for all the other planes they share in the week after, till the time Owen is hooked and ready to be served on a silver plate to Taylor. They only have to find a place where stay together that is not a plane in air...
As always, G.A. Hauser's characters are outrageous and funny, totally sexually driven and happy to be. Luckily they have also the chance to be, since they are among that very important people who can pursue their dreams, since money and obligations seem not important.
This is almost a two men show, since almost all the book is spent following Taylor and Owen on their travels, and only Owen's daughter and ex wife make some appearances. In particular Owen's ex wife, Jenna, makes a pretty interesting evolution journey, from witch to angel: till when she is the ex wife with all the power in her hands, she is evil like a perfect ex wife should be, but when she realizes that her marriage could have failed not for her fault, but maybe since her husband was searching something she obviously couldn't give him, in that moment she turns in an angel and in the best friend of her ex. Still at first the author was not very gentle with this character, and truth be told, Owen was not behaving like a god daddy should do, having his head more on when he would be again with his lover, than on what he should do with his daughter. But again, G.A. Hauser's characters are not notorious to be the perfect hero from fairy tales...
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But during one of his flights, he catches eyes with Taylor, a very stud of man, exactly every his desires come true. Taylor is a construction project manager from Denver who travels every week on a construction site on Los Angeles. And also for Taylor, Owen is a dream comes true: Taylor is tired to be alone, to have always to travel around the country and not ever have the chance to settle down with a fine man. A fine man like Owen, shy and gentle, with a steady work and a regular life. And so Taylor seduces Owen on the plane, the very first time they meet, and continues to do so for all the other planes they share in the week after, till the time Owen is hooked and ready to be served on a silver plate to Taylor. They only have to find a place where stay together that is not a plane in air...
As always, G.A. Hauser's characters are outrageous and funny, totally sexually driven and happy to be. Luckily they have also the chance to be, since they are among that very important people who can pursue their dreams, since money and obligations seem not important.
This is almost a two men show, since almost all the book is spent following Taylor and Owen on their travels, and only Owen's daughter and ex wife make some appearances. In particular Owen's ex wife, Jenna, makes a pretty interesting evolution journey, from witch to angel: till when she is the ex wife with all the power in her hands, she is evil like a perfect ex wife should be, but when she realizes that her marriage could have failed not for her fault, but maybe since her husband was searching something she obviously couldn't give him, in that moment she turns in an angel and in the best friend of her ex. Still at first the author was not very gentle with this character, and truth be told, Owen was not behaving like a god daddy should do, having his head more on when he would be again with his lover, than on what he should do with his daughter. But again, G.A. Hauser's characters are not notorious to be the perfect hero from fairy tales...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/160202121X/?...
April 12, 2012
While I really liked this story (obviously or I wouldn't give it 4 stars) there are a few things I had issues with.
1. Owen has never been with a man before and he has sex with Taylor in the bathroom on the plane. Hmm.. no prep? At all? Ever? Even when they do it in a real bed?
2. Owen is too shy to discuss his feelings with Taylor but yet in the bedroom he isn't shy at all. Leather? Chaps? A freakin' collar? Remember... Taylor is the only man he's ever been with.
3. Jenna the ex and staying with her and their daughter. Owen had to hide to place a phone call to Taylor and then was having to dial his own phone number afterward to keep Jenna from hitting redial to see who he was talking to because he was using her home phone. Well, it's obvious that Owen has a cell phone as it is mentioned many times throughout the book about how he and his daughter text back and forth. So calling Taylor on his cell was out of the question? And seriously... what business is it of his ex wife? They've been divorced for a year. Jenna came across as a total controlling bitch but yet when Owen comes out to her she's pretty much okay with it? She's a total witch about everything else but it's just dandy that Owen is in love with a man?
4. The story seemed a little rushed. I love how Taylor and Owen met at the airport. I enjoyed watching them finally come together as a couple. BUT.... the back and forth to the bathroom (each time they flew) seemed to be a bit much. Not a whole lot of communication between the two unless it was in regards to getting each other off.
5. This is my biggest peeve with this book........... Owen's fantasies. They got old and quite annoying pretty fast. I wanted to skip over them but I didn't.
I really did like everything else about the book. It was a nice love story and it was pretty cool how they met and got together. I know this is the first in a series so I am going keep reading and hope to see Taylor and Owen in future books. I want to see where they go from here.
1. Owen has never been with a man before and he has sex with Taylor in the bathroom on the plane. Hmm.. no prep? At all? Ever? Even when they do it in a real bed?
2. Owen is too shy to discuss his feelings with Taylor but yet in the bedroom he isn't shy at all. Leather? Chaps? A freakin' collar? Remember... Taylor is the only man he's ever been with.
3. Jenna the ex and staying with her and their daughter. Owen had to hide to place a phone call to Taylor and then was having to dial his own phone number afterward to keep Jenna from hitting redial to see who he was talking to because he was using her home phone. Well, it's obvious that Owen has a cell phone as it is mentioned many times throughout the book about how he and his daughter text back and forth. So calling Taylor on his cell was out of the question? And seriously... what business is it of his ex wife? They've been divorced for a year. Jenna came across as a total controlling bitch but yet when Owen comes out to her she's pretty much okay with it? She's a total witch about everything else but it's just dandy that Owen is in love with a man?
4. The story seemed a little rushed. I love how Taylor and Owen met at the airport. I enjoyed watching them finally come together as a couple. BUT.... the back and forth to the bathroom (each time they flew) seemed to be a bit much. Not a whole lot of communication between the two unless it was in regards to getting each other off.
5. This is my biggest peeve with this book........... Owen's fantasies. They got old and quite annoying pretty fast. I wanted to skip over them but I didn't.
I really did like everything else about the book. It was a nice love story and it was pretty cool how they met and got together. I know this is the first in a series so I am going keep reading and hope to see Taylor and Owen in future books. I want to see where they go from here.
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May 9, 2010
Owen, recently divorced, flies weekly from LA to Denver to visit his 10yo daughter. Taylor, gay and single, flies from Denver to LA weekly to oversee a construction site. On one of the weekly trips, Owen and Taylor's paths cross and they end up on the same flight just seats away from each other. What starts as a fling on plane, entrance into the 'mile high club' for them both, gradually develops into something else. Owen discovers that he doesn't need to hide the fact that he likes to look at men, a fact that he hid or thought he hid from his wife, when he was married. This sudden freedom gives him the courage to explore a side of himself that he wondered about. Taylor is tired of being alone and is looking for that one person to settle down with. Spotting Owen in the airport and then on his flight seemed to be a stroke of luck for him. Drawn to Owen, he didn't think what started as fling on a plane would end up being much more, even though he tries to fight his growing attachment to Owen.
Very cute, funny and sexy. I love the shy innocence of Owen and the self-assured Taylor. And those cowboy fantasies of Owen's makes me want to buy a hat and boots for my husband. LOL I'm looking forward to reading more of this series.
Very cute, funny and sexy. I love the shy innocence of Owen and the self-assured Taylor. And those cowboy fantasies of Owen's makes me want to buy a hat and boots for my husband. LOL I'm looking forward to reading more of this series.
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August 29, 2020
I Give this Book a 4-4.5/5 Star Rating, Listing as 4.
HEA(?): Yes, but it also slight comes off as a HFN.
Reading this for the 10th time, this is one of my go to reads when I’m in need of a relaxing palate cleanser.
Pacing: Mid to Fast Pacing, it is a pretty fast read but I love this book so much.
Romance(?): It’s kinda ‘insta-y’ but it doesn’t bother me in the least cause it’s so enjoyable.
Heat: 4/5
Drama: 2.5-3/5, its there but (to me) it’s on the low spectrum of drama which is why I rely on this book between heavy reads.
Suspense: 3/5
Relationship Type: MM
Every time I read this I always want it to be longer cause it such a favorite, I always wanted a bonus short for them. It’s a Great Read!
HEA(?): Yes, but it also slight comes off as a HFN.
Reading this for the 10th time, this is one of my go to reads when I’m in need of a relaxing palate cleanser.
Pacing: Mid to Fast Pacing, it is a pretty fast read but I love this book so much.
Romance(?): It’s kinda ‘insta-y’ but it doesn’t bother me in the least cause it’s so enjoyable.
Heat: 4/5
Drama: 2.5-3/5, its there but (to me) it’s on the low spectrum of drama which is why I rely on this book between heavy reads.
Suspense: 3/5
Relationship Type: MM
Every time I read this I always want it to be longer cause it such a favorite, I always wanted a bonus short for them. It’s a Great Read!
November 16, 2011
What could be better than joining the Mile-High-Club and finding the love of your life?
A divorced accountant Owen is traveling to see his daughter when he sees Taylor at the airport. He can't keep his eyes off him and doesn't understand why since he is "straight". His mind is totall consumed with Taylor and when Taylor moves from his seat to sit next to Owen, all bets are off.
Taylor thinks at first he got the wrong impression of Owen but 15 minutes later they are in the small bathroom giving each other "head in the head".
There is a story line with the exwife and daughter but it all turns out great. I love HEA books and this is definately one.
3 stars
A divorced accountant Owen is traveling to see his daughter when he sees Taylor at the airport. He can't keep his eyes off him and doesn't understand why since he is "straight". His mind is totall consumed with Taylor and when Taylor moves from his seat to sit next to Owen, all bets are off.
Taylor thinks at first he got the wrong impression of Owen but 15 minutes later they are in the small bathroom giving each other "head in the head".
There is a story line with the exwife and daughter but it all turns out great. I love HEA books and this is definately one.
3 stars
February 24, 2012
This story is about a man who is coming to terms not only with his recent divorce and separation from his daughter, but also with his sexuality. For a while Owen has had feelings of attraction to other men but has been afraid to act on them. In his 30’s, he’s feeling out of his element; that is until he meets Taylor who is willing to take it one step at a time. When their relationship deepens to more than a casual affair, both men must decide what they are willing to sacrifice to be together. Owen and Taylor are great characters and I’m glad that they found their HEA.
November 10, 2010
This was a relatively short and pleasant read. There was a bit of angst due to the guys making incorrect assumptions, lack of communication and family pressures, but surprisingly, not a lot with respect to Owen getting together with another man (Taylor) for the very first time (and in the bathroom of a plane no less!). Sometimes the antics carried out by the guys and dialogue made them seem younger than they were, but it just contributed to the sense of adventure and playfulness that was central to the story. Enjoyed it!
August 22, 2016
I liked Owen and Taylor's story. I liked how they met and thought the encounters on the plane were progressively hot if a bit rushed/unrealistic. I mean there was hardly any prep at all for Owen and it was his first time and yet he took to it like a duck on water.
Other than that though it had a great story line even if I did want to scream at them for not talking to each other! Gah so stubborn!
All-in-all an enjoyable read though.
Other than that though it had a great story line even if I did want to scream at them for not talking to each other! Gah so stubborn!
All-in-all an enjoyable read though.
February 9, 2012
It was a nice story, but I was a little disappointed with how it was developed. There was a chemistry between Owen and Taylor, but it felt just rushed. I wish there had been a little drama to spice it up. I really loved 'The wedding planner' and I loved how it was written and maybe I just had high expectations with 'Mile High'. Have a go, you might end up really enjoying it.
October 31, 2015
Eh. This story wasn't bad, it just wasn't really my thing. I thought it was going to be a lot cuter and more romcom, but it was really just smut. And there was insta-love, which I don't usually like. It all happened too fast and didn't seem authentic. There were also no actual problems and everything was wrapped up with a nice little bow at the end. It just didn't seem realistic.
April 11, 2011
I love the development between the two characters. It was lust at first sight for both and the sex between them is hot of course, but their growing emotional intimacy during the course of the story makes this book one of my personal favourites from the author.
December 22, 2014
Owen and Taylor meet on a plane from LA to Denver.
Owen, divorced with a 10 year old daughter has recently decided he is gay.
Taylor invites him into the airplane toilet. And he gets his first experience of gay sex.
This book is really PWP but an ok way to pass an hour or two.
Owen, divorced with a 10 year old daughter has recently decided he is gay.
Taylor invites him into the airplane toilet. And he gets his first experience of gay sex.
This book is really PWP but an ok way to pass an hour or two.
December 13, 2014
Nice short read. Just like I like it. Not crazy about the writing. I often felt like I was missing something. Like I didn't have the full mental picture. I read books like someone else paints. It's got to come together for me. But, it was still a good story! I enjoyed it :D
September 7, 2008
Really negative female and gay male stereotype being played out over and over again kind of ruined the smut for me.
May 30, 2011
3.5 stars
November 1, 2012
I am a sucker for romance... G.A. hits it out of the park once again!!! I am now reading, and almost finished with book 2 of this series.
February 23, 2013
3.5 to 4 *
quick fun story with good banter and lots of love.
quick fun story with good banter and lots of love.
August 10, 2013
I loved this sweet story about Owen and Taylor and their love which starts in the toilet on board a plane.
Funny dialogue and no real angst.
5*s
Funny dialogue and no real angst.
5*s
June 18, 2014
A light funny read. A few misunderstandings sorted out quick.
Secondary characters helped out towards the end and were better than anticipated.
Secondary characters helped out towards the end and were better than anticipated.
July 15, 2014
cute couple. hot sex.
January 3, 2016
Always
I always enjoy G.A. Hauser s books. You really puts a lot into her work. The men are so sexy and the story passionate. On to the next fantasy.
I always enjoy G.A. Hauser s books. You really puts a lot into her work. The men are so sexy and the story passionate. On to the next fantasy.
February 12, 2009
The absolute best GA Hauser has written.
September 2, 2014
Cute, sweet and funny.
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