We are absolutely thrilled to bring you the Release Day Launch for CALM BEFORE THE STORM by Larissa Ione! CALM BEFORE THE STORM is Episode 5 in the Rising Storm Series brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights! Grab your copy of the latest episode in this awesome series today!

 

Rising Storm Episode 5 (Oct. 22): Larissa Ione’s Calm Before the Storm
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Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy…

Nestled among rolling hills and painted with vibrant wildflowers, the bucolic town of Storm, Texas, seems like nothing short of perfection.

But there are secrets beneath the facade. Dark secrets. Powerful secrets. The kind that can destroy lives and tear families apart. The kind that can cut through a town like a tempest, leaving jealousy and destruction in its wake, along with shattered hopes and broken dreams. All it takes is one little thing to shatter that polish.

Reading like an on-going drama in the tradition of classic day and night-time soap operas like Dallas, Dynasty, and All My Children, Rising Storm is full of scandal, deceit, romance, passion, and secrets.

With 1001 Dark Nights as the “producer,” Julie Kenner and Dee Davis use a television model with each week building on the last to create a storyline that fulfills the promise of a drama-filled soap opera. Joining Kenner and Davis in the “writer’s room” is an incredible group of New York Times bestselling authors such as Lexi Blake, Elisabeth Naughton, Larissa Ione, Rebecca Zanetti and Lisa Mondello who have brought their vision of Storm to life.

A serial soap opera containing eight episodes in season one, the season premiere of Rising Storm, TEMPEST RISING, debuted September 24^th with each subsequent episode releasing consecutively this fall.

So get ready. The storm is coming.

 

 

About CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Episode 5 of the Rising Storm Series

Secrets, Sex and Scandals …

Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy… Get ready. The storm is coming.

Marcus Alvarez fled Storm when his father’s drinking drove him over the edge. With his mother and sisters in crisis, Marcus is forced to return to the town he thought he’d left behind. But it is his attraction to a very grown up Brittany Rush that just might be enough to guarantee that he stays.

Jill’s Review for CALM BEFORE THE STORM

It is now time for my favorite show… errr… book. Rising Storm. We are already up to Episode #5, The Calm Before The Storm by Larissa Ione.

The title this week seems to hint at what is to come. That right now we are headed into a nice little calm with things happening right as they should before everything is going to blow up in our faces. UH OH! (Is it horrible that I can’t wait to watch it unfold?) But for now… let’s see what unfolded this week in Storm! This week we focus on the return of Marcus Alvarez. He had skipped town years ago after his dad’s drinking became too much for him to deal with. But his leaving town left his mom and sisters alone with the drunken Hector Alvarez. Now that Hector has gone MIA, Marcus has returned to make sure that the rest of his family is OK. He never expected that he would be stepping foot back in Storm. But as soon as he does he sees Brittany Rush. Brittany has long harbored a crush on the oh so sexy and now mysterious Marcus. Will the beautiful Brittany be enough to lure Marcus back to Storm for good?

This edition was definitely much calmer. I loved getting to know the elusive Marcus. We had only really heard his name before, but now we really got to see into his character. How he interacted with his family, with his friends, and how he is falling hard and fast for Brittany. We also get to see his lingering misgivings and uneasiness about being back in Storm. His mixed feelings with his mother – though he loves her – that stretch back to why he took off in the first place. This paints a much deeper version of him than we have gotten to seen of many other characters and I really appreciated it. But you get the sense that the calm is not here to stay! Marcus really wants to work everything out and make everything right with his family and friends and Brittany, but we all know that life is never that simple. Marcus and Brittany are from different sides of the track – and as she is the Senator’s daughter you know her family is going to be out to destroy this! And just think of the juicy fun that will be to watch. Because THAT will surely tear the family apart! Brittany is too sweet and loyal to not be pulled by this.. but she also has a backbone and is truly taken with Marcus. Which boils down to delicious tantalizing DRAMA in books to come! And just think about what will happen when big, bad, tough Marcus finds out that the Senator is using his sister’s Daddy issues in order to f**k her and then is already thinking about the next young thing he can play with? (I know, I know the storm that is alluded to here has gotten me WAY TOO EXCITED!!)

I definitely recommend that you tune into this series. Just start from the beginning 😉 They are fun, quick reads that will grab, you and suck you in!

I received a complimentary copy of The Calm Before The Storm in exchange for my honest review!

 

 

Experience Rising Storm Here…

Rising Storm Episode 1 (Sept. 24): Julie Kenner’s Tempest Rising
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Rising Storm Episode 2 (Oct. 1): Lexi Blake’s White Lightning
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Rising Storm Episode 3 (Oct. 8): Elisabeth Naughton’s Crosswinds
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Rising Storm Episode 4 (Oct. 15): Jennifer Probst’s Dance in the Wind
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Rising Storm Episode 5 (Oct. 22): Larissa Ione’s Calm Before the Storm
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Rising Storm Episode 6 (Oct. 29): Rebecca Zanetti’s Take the Storm
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Rising Storm Episode 7 (Nov. 5): Lisa Mondello’s Weather the Storm
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Rising Storm Episode 8 (Nov. 12): Dee Davis’s Thunder Rolls
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About Larissa Ione:

Larissa Ione is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. An Air Force veteran, she traded in a career as a meteorologist to pursue her passion of writing. She now spends her days in pajamas with her computer, strong coffee, and supernatural worlds. She believes in celebrating everything, and would never be caught without a bottle of Champagne chilling in the fridge…just in case. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her U.S. Coast Guard husband, her teenage son, a rescue cat named Vegas, and her very own hellhound, a King Shepherd named Hexe.

 

 

 

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