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by Cortland Hill (Author)
Achilles Hill, is young, fly, and living the kind of life most people only see through airplane windows and Instagram stories. As a flight attendant in his early twenties, he's paid to move-city to city, bed to bed, moment to moment-collecting stamps in his passport and stories he'll never tell his mother. The skies are his office, airports are his second home, and commitment has always felt optional.
But freedom has a price.
From London layovers that turn into unforgettable nights, to tangled situations with women who want more than he knows how to give, Achilles drifts through romance the same way he drifts through time zones-chasing connection, avoiding responsibility, and mistaking motion for growth. Along the way, he navigates messy friendships, workplace drama, viral humiliation, and the quiet consequences of treating people like temporary destinations.
When one explosive confrontation in an airport forces his private life into public view, Achilles is finally confronted with the truth he's been running from: you can't keep disappearing from people's lives without eventually leaving damage behind.
Told with humor, raw honesty, and cinematic detail, Simpin' All Over The World is a coming-of-age story about love in transit, the loneliness behind the lifestyle, and the emotional cost of never staying long enough to build something real. It's a modern story about masculinity, temptation, accountability, and what happens when a man who's always moving is finally forced to stand still.
Sexy, funny, messy, and painfully relatable, this novel pulls back the curtain on the flight-attendant lifestyle and asks a simple question:
How far can you run from your heart before it catches up to you?
