About The Books
Love at Third Sight: How to Fly Like an Eagle
The second volume in Ray Brankline’s Love at Third Sight series is here, and it takes you deeper into the dark, tangled world of Paul Leone and Rebecca O’Leary. Their passion was never simple, but now it’s even more complicated, more heartbreaking, and more raw than ever before. How to Fly Like an Eagle pulls no punches as it dives into the haunting, real-life struggles of ambition, addiction, and identity in the gritty world of 1960s Sacramento.
Following the emotional rollercoaster of the first book, Paul’s journey as an aspiring singer reaches new heights and new lows. He’s playing dive bars, trying to make a name for himself, but the entertainment world doesn’t care about his soul. It only wants a product. Caught between artistic passion and the demand for commercial success, Paul is a man at war with himself. Can he make it as a star without losing himself in the process?
Then there’s Rebecca. Haunted by a storm of anxiety, self-doubt, and alcoholism, her once bright light is dimming with every passing day. She’s trying to hold it together for Paul, but the weight of her inner demons is suffocating her. Their love, intoxicating, volatile, and heartbreaking, begins to teeter dangerously between passion and destruction.
In How to Fly Like an Eagle, Brankline doesn’t shy away from the gritty, uncomfortable reality of what it means to love someone in the face of self-destruction. The prose remains sharp, witty, and deeply introspective, painting a portrait of two people on the brink of either soaring or crashing. Every word, every scene, drips with a noir atmosphere that keeps you on edge, wanting to know what will happen next.
Love at Third Sight
Prepare for a love story like no other. In Love at Third Sight, Ray Brankline goes deep into the emotional labyrinth of two unforgettable souls. Paul Leone, a bold, swaggering dreamer from New Jersey, and Rebecca O’Leary, a brilliant, volatile misfit caught in a battle with her own mind. Set in 1960s Sacramento, this literary romance vibrates with wit, heartache, and the kind of raw, unapologetic chemistry that takes over when opposites collide.
Love at Third Sight explores the messy beauty of human connection where attraction isn’t always love, and love isn’t always easy. With themes of mental health, ambition, and the raw struggle for self-identity, Brankline’s prose will leave you questioning what it means to truly see someone for who they are. Will Paul’s ambition push him toward success and away from Rebecca? Or will the volatile connection between them lead to a love story that’s as unpredictable and flawed as the human heart itself?
This novel isn’t just a romance. It’s a journey of emotional vulnerability, societal critique, and the delicate balancing act between art and ambition.
