Lift Off to Love
A NASA Second Chance Romance
The Bella Pelle Series, Book 1
By Gina Giambalvo-Glockler
Independently Published
Release Date: June 29, 2026
ISBN: 9798181281462
Genre: Contemporary Romance
She didn’t plan on NASA. She definitely didn’t plan on Jack Calloway.
When her Dallas skincare company is hired to develop a cream for the Diana IV moon mission, Bella Genovese finds herself in a world of astronauts, launch countdowns, and one very unexpected attraction to the mission’s quietly devastating commander.
He’s a widower with two daughters and a Corgi named Daisy. She’s a widow with two daughters and a Corgi named Primrose. He drinks Laphroaig neat and drives a Porsche. She wears Louboutin’s to baseball games and names her suitcase Spotty Dotty.
The universe, it seems, has a plan.
But with a moon landing on the horizon, the miles between Dallas and Houston, and two hearts still carrying the weight of loss — can two people brave enough to reach for the stars find the courage to reach for each other?
Warm, funny and deeply romantic, Lift Off to Love is the story of two people who thought their greatest adventures were behind them — and the love that proved them beautifully, completely wrong.
“Roger that. Always.”
The countdown has begun. Get your copy today and join Bella and Jack on a journey where dreams take flight and love reaches for the stars.
About the Author
Gina Giambalvo-Glockler is a debut novelist with a love of romance, hockey, Taylor Swift, and shoes that are probably impractical but absolutely worth it. A proud Italian American, she writes warm, funny stories about second chances, blended families, and the kind of love that proves it’s never too late for a great adventure. When she’s not writing she can be found researching Italian designers, developing skincare products, watching the Philadelphia Flyers, and spending time with her rock star husband, drummer Nigel Glockler of the British heavy metal band, Saxon. Lift Off to Love is her first novel.
