Sydney has sold her Seattle-based company and is heading to Palm Desert for a change of scene and to consider what to do with the rest of her life. Her sons are in college, she’s single and has money in the bank. Her parents are happily retired in Arizona. Hot Air and Love is a novel about an adventurous woman’s decision to become a hot air balloon pilot and follow her lover to Kenya. Her relationships there with two men, one American and one Kenyan, present her with very different and absorbing challenges. Sydney’s introduction to a Maasai village, her relationship with a run-away Maasai girl, her experiences working with the balloon company’s ground crew and fellow pilots provide rich insight into living in the Kenyan bush as an expat.