An excerpt from: A Good Chance.

Sweat trickled down the back of Avery’s neck, even though she’d turned the airplane’s air vent on full power. Her hands clutched the armrest as the pilot announced their descent. What had she been thinking to say yes to this? Avery craned her neck to look out the window, noting that she couldn’t see anything but turquoise water below. Where exactly was the pilot intending to land this little scrap of a plane?

“It’ll be fine. The landing is a bit rocky, but the pilots do this all the time.” A breezy blond woman sandwiched next to her on the twelve-seater plane offered her a reassuring smile.

“This is… not in my comfort zone,” Avery bit out. That seemed to be the theme ever since she found out about the show. Despite swearing up and down she would not take Ruby’s place on this stupid reality show, somehow Avery had found herself requesting time off from work and booking a plane ticket. She was powerless to stand up to her sister – what Ruby wanted, Ruby always got. Avery had resigned herself to the nature of their relationship years ago, but this particular escapade really was off the charts. And, as much as Avery hated to admit it, she did need to be pushed out of her comfort zone. The accident had shaken her so much that she’d become scared to put herself out there. Granted, putting herself out there had looked more like attending a book fair in a little village on the East Coast, not hopping into this death trap that was currently hurtling toward a speck of an island in the Caribbean. But in any event, she was here and there was nothing she could do about it.

“I doubt many people particularly enjoy flying in these tiny planes,” the blonde said, having pulled out her headphones and put away her iPad.

“Have you been to the island before?”

“Nope, first time. Though I have traveled a lot in the Caribbean. But I’m here to film a reality show, if you can believe that.”

“So am I! And, again, out of my comfort zone,” Avery said, and extended her hand. “I’m Ruby – but call me Avery. I go by my middle name.” Ruby hadn’t told the producers she had a twin sister, and they’d both decided it would be easier if Avery could use her real name; otherwise she’d just be confused the whole time they were filming.

“Hi, Avery, nice to meet you. I’m Cherylynn.” The deep drawl of southern Texas tinged her words.

“Nice to meet you. I have to be honest… I signed up for this on a dare. I have no idea what I’m in for.” Avery had decided to tell people she was doing this on a dare in order to explain why she seemed so reluctant. Try as she might, Avery just wasn’t one to exude bold confidence and sultry seduction techniques. Ruby had put her on a vicious schedule of watching hours of reality-show love challenges, and it had quickly become apparent that Avery had little in common with the women who signed up for these shows.

“Well, now, honey, you’re gonna have yourself a good ol’ time,” Cherylynn drawled. “Think of it this way – you get to hang out on an island and meet new people. Either way, you win.”

“I’ll try to keep that in mind,” Avery said, clenching the armrest tighter as the plane dipped like they were going over a bump on a rollercoaster. Her stomach rolled, but she forced herself to breathe through her nose.

“Almost there. See?” Cherylynn nodded to the front window where the pilot readied the plane for landing. The airport, with a runway that hardly looked long enough for them to land on, was nothing more than a little yellow box on the side of a dirt strip. Avery swallowed down her fear.

“Why are we doing this again?”

“Because it’s an adventure.”

“Why do we need adventures? I like being in my comfy pants and relaxing on my couch where I don’t have to worry if my plane will stop in time or go shooting off the side of the island into the ocean where sharks will probably immediately descend on us and rip us to shreds.”

“My, my. Someone’s been watching too much Shark Week.” Cherylynn pursed her lips. “In any event, we’d be dead once we hit the water so I wouldn’t fuss too much about sharks.”

“Not helping.”

“I’m just saying…”

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