TAKEN FOR A FOOL ━ bradley bradshaw

In the cutthroat world of naval aviation, Cameron Mejia, a Top Gun F-18 pilot, finds her illustrious career grounded by a fatal mistake. Now, pulled back to active duty and a new Top Gun assignment, she faces not only the ghosts of her past but also the volatile presence of Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw, the childhood best friend with whom she shares a decade-long, bitter grudge. As old wounds resurface and new dangers loom, Cam must navigate treacherous skies and even more treacherous relationships. Can she reclaim her glory, or will she be taken for a fool by her own history?

The sun-baked desert of Southern California, 2002. Sixteen-year-old Cameron Mejia, newly licensed and utterly fearless, pushed the gas pedal to the floor of her beat-up yellow pickup truck. Beside her, Bradley Bradshaw, her childhood best friend, clung to the door handle, yelling in mock terror as she swerved off the road.

A yellow Cessna, no more than a blot against the blue sky, dipped low over the dusty plain. Cam's eyes, bright with an audacious dream, locked onto it. This was it. The moment of clarity. The desire to fly, to be carried up into the wind, bloomed in her chest.

She killed the engine, snatched her camera, and slammed the door, ignoring Brad's protests. The roar of the Cessna overhead was deafening as she clicked the shutter, capturing the plane against the vast expanse. For the first time, she truly understood the pull of the sky.

But the dream, once seized, quickly brought them back to earth. The truck wouldn't start. Stranded in the desert, under a scorching sun, their only hope arrived on a familiar red Kawasaki motorcycle. Captain Pete Mitchell, Maverick, pulled up, pushing his aviators to the end of his nose. He was the solution to their immediate problem, but for Cameron and Bradley, he was also the harbinger of a much larger, more complex future.

TAKEN FOR A FOOL ━ bradley bradshaw

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