She might lose flying forever. Falling for him could cost her everything. 

Alicia King was born to fly. A gifted glider pilot raised on Vancouver Island’s airfields, she believed she was invincible—until a near-fatal landing grounded her, damaged her hearing, and left her with scars, visible and hidden. Now she wants only one thing: to feel whole, and to overcome the fear that she will never fly again.

She doesn’t expect Paul Andersen.

Quiet and hard to read, he quotes Bukowski, plays Tom Waits in the dark, and understands brokenness in a way no one else ever has. He wants closeness without clarity, and something from Alicia he won’t name. What begins as subtle companionship unfurls into a slow-burn and intimate romance, reawakening her courage to imagine flying again.

But desire awakens danger.

Anonymous childhood photos begin appearing—images only someone close to Alicia could have kept. As Paul’s past resurfaces, and love turns volatile, Alicia must confront the truth she’s avoided since the crash: is love meant to ground her—or help her take flight?

Set against the misty harbours of Nanaimo, How We Land is a contemporary love story written with humour and heart, about heartbreak and desire, the different faces of love, and the courage it takes to begin again.

For readers of Heart The Lover, Every Summer After or One Day.