Blinding Rain, Season 2, Episode 7 (Rising Storm) (10 page)

She turned away and pushed the gate open. Still too stunned to move, he watched her walk up the short walk, climb the three steps of her porch and reach for the door handle. She flicked him one last smile then disappeared inside her house. And alone in the dark, all Logan could do was stare after her and try to settle his racing pulse.

Because he was even more confused than he’d been before. And he had absolutely no idea what he should do next.

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Storm Season: Ginny & Jacob – the Prequel

by Dee Davis

Rising Storm

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.

Rising Storm
is a series conceived by Julie Kenner and Dee Davis to read like an on-going drama. Set in a small Texas town,
Rising Storm
is full of scandal, deceit, romance, passion, and secrets. Lots of secrets.

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Rising Storm, Season Two

Against the Wind
by Rebecca Zanetti

As Tate Johnson works to find a balance between his ambitions for political office and the fallout of his brother’s betrayal, Zeke is confronted with his brother Chase’s return home. And while Bryce and Tara Daniels try to hold onto their marriage, Kristin continues to entice Travis into breaking his vows…

Storm Warning
by Larissa Ione

As Joanne Alvarez settles into life without Hector, her children still struggle with the fallout. Marcus confronts the differences between him and Brittany, while Dakota tries to find a new equilibrium. Meanwhile, the Johnson’s grapple with war between two sets of brothers, and Ian Briggs rides into town…

Brave the Storm
by Lisa Mondello

As Senator Rush’s poll numbers free fall, Marylee tries to drive a wedge between Brittany and Marcus. Across town, Anna Mae and Chase dance toward reconciliation. Ginny longs for Logan, while he fights against Sebastian’s maneuvering. And Hector, newly freed from prison, heads back to Storm…

Lightning Strikes
by Lexi Blake

As Ian Briggs begins to fall for Marisol, Joanne and Dillon also grow closer. Joanne’s new confidence spreads to Dakota but Hector’s return upends everything. A public confrontation between Marcus and Hector endangers his relationship with Brittany, and Dakota reverts to form. Meanwhile, the Senator threatens Ginny and the baby…

Fire and Rain
by R.K. Lilley

As Celeste Salt continues to unravel in the wake of Jacob’s death, Travis grows closer with Kristin. Lacey realizes the error of her ways but is afraid it’s too late for reconciliation with her friends. Marcus and Brittany struggle with the continued fallout of Hector’s return, while Chase and Anna Mae face some hard truths about their past…

Quiet Storm
by Julie Kenner

As Mallory Alvarez and Luis Moreno grow closer, Lacey longs for forgiveness. Brittany and Marcus have a true meeting of hearts. Meanwhile, Jeffry grapples with his father’s failures and finds solace in unexpected arms. When things take a dangerous turn, Jeffry’s mother and sister, as well as his friends, unite behind him as the Senator threatens his son…

Blinding Rain
by Elisabeth Naughton

As Tate Johnson struggles to deal with his brother’s relationship with Hannah, hope asserts itself in an unexpected way. With the return of Delia Burke, Logan’s old flame, Brittany and Marcus see an opportunity to help their friend. But when the evening takes an unexpected turn, Brittany finds herself doing the last thing she expected—coming face to face with Ginny…

Blue Skies
by Dee Davis

As Celeste Salt struggles to pull herself and her family together, Dillon is called to the scene of a domestic dispute where Dakota is forced to face the truth about her father. While the Johnson’s celebrate a big announcement, Ginny is rushed to the hospital where her baby’s father is finally revealed…

Rising Storm, Midseason

After the Storm
by Lexi Blake

In the wake of Dakota’s revelations, the whole town is reeling. Ginny Moreno has lost everything. Logan Murphy is devastated by her lies. Brittany Rush sees her family in a horrifying new light. And nothing will ever be the same…

Distant Thunder
by Larissa Ione

As Sebastian and Marylee plot to cover up Sebastian’s sexual escapade, Ginny and Dakota continue to reel from the fallout of Dakota’s announcement. But it is the Rush family that’s left to pick up the pieces as Payton, Brittany and Jeffry each cope with Sebastian’s betrayal in their own way…

Rising Storm, Season One

Tempest Rising
by Julie Kenner

Ginny Moreno didn’t mean to do it, but when she came home to Storm, she brought the tempest with her. And now everyone will be caught in its fury…

White Lightning
by Lexi Blake

As the citizens of Storm, Texas, sway in the wake of the death of one of their own, Daddy's girl Dakota Alvarez also reels from an unexpected family crisis... and finds consolation in a most unexpected place.

Crosswinds
by Elisabeth Naughton

Lacey Salt's world shattered with the death of her brother, and now the usually sweet-tempered girl is determined to take back some control—even if that means sabotaging her best friend, Mallory, and Mallory's new boyfriend, Luis.

Dance in the Wind
by Jennifer Probst

During his time in Afghanistan, Logan Murphy has endured the unthinkable, but reentering civilian life in Storm is harder than he imagined. But when he is reacquainted with Ginny Moreno, a woman who has survived terrors of her own, he feels the first stirrings of hope.

Calm Before the Storm
by Larissa Ione

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.

Take the Storm
by Rebecca Zanetti

Marisol Moreno has spent her youth taking care of her younger siblings. Now, with her sister, Ginny, in crisis, and her brother in the throes of his first real relationship, she doesn’t have time for anything else. Especially not the overtures of the incredibly compelling Patrick Murphy.

Weather the Storm
by Lisa Mondello

Bryce Douglas faces a crisis of faith when his idyllic view of his family is challenged with his son’s diagnosis of autism. Instead of accepting his wife and her tight-knit family’s comfort, he pushes them away, fears from his past threatening to undo the happiness he’s found in his present.

Thunder Rolls
by Dee Davis

In the season finale …

As Hannah Grossman grapples with the very real possibility that she is dating one Johnson brother while secretly in love with another, the entire town prepares for Founders Day. The building tempest threatens not just Hannah’s relationship with Tucker and Tate, but everyone in Storm as dire revelations threaten to tear the town apart.

Blue Skies

Rising Storm, Season 2, Episode 8

By Dee Davis

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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.

As Celeste Salt struggles to pull herself and her family together, Dillon is called to the scene of a domestic dispute where Dakota is forced to face the truth about her father. While the Johnson’s celebrate a big announcement, Ginny is rushed to the hospital where her baby’s father is finally revealed…

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Ginny closed her eyes for a second, the senator’s threats coming back full center. She hated to burden her family. But then what else was family for? She knew they’d stand by her. And peripherally Mal was family too, and hadn’t she just been hoping the same about Ian? Her gut clenched again, her back still aching.

She blew out a breath and opened her eyes. “It was Senator Rush.” It seemed weird to be so formal. The guy had in all probability knocked her up. But Ginny realized she’d never really thought of him in any other way. How sick was that?

“What about him?” Marisol asked her voice tight with anger. Ian reached over to lay a soothing hand on her shoulder. Yup. The man had it bad.

“He threatened me.” Ginny’s voice came out on a whisper, and she shuddered with the memory. “I think he was trying to get me to reconcile with him. Give him access to the baby.”

“And you told him no,” Luis said, crossing his arms over his chest, his expression thunderous.

“Of course I did.  But that’s when he threatened me.” After another sip of tea and a wince from the pain in her gut, she told them everything the senator had said.

“I’ll talk to him,” Ian said, anger glittering from his eyes.

“No,” Marisol shook her head. “This isn’t your battle.”

“The hell it isn’t.” Again he reached out to touch her, and for a brief moment Marisol leaned into the touch.

“No one is going to do anything.” The pain had let up a bit, the tea and the proximity of her family easing her panic. “We don’t even know if the baby is his.”

“Ginny,” Marisol began, but Ginny cut her off.

“I know the odds, Marisol. But I’m not giving up. And even if Little Bit turns out to be the senator’s, I’m not just going to hand him or her over. This is my child. And he or she belongs here with me.” Her gaze moved to encompass them all. “With us.”

“And we’ll do everything in our power to make sure that happens,” Marisol said.

“Damn right,” Ian echoed, with Luis and Mallory nodding behind him.

Ginny felt the warmth of her family surround her and started to relax, but then the pain was back, stronger now, almost robbing her of breath. She leaned forward clutching her belly.

“So what do we do now?” Luis was asking.

Marisol’s arms came around Ginny, holding her close. “We get Ginny to the hospital. I could be wrong, but I think that was a contraction.”

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