Thursday 8 October 2015

Release Day & Review: Crosswinds (Rising Storm #3) by Elisabeth Naughton

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We are so excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for Elisabeth Naughton's CROSSWINDS!! CROSSWINDS is Episode 3 in the Rising Storm Series brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights. This episode is out today so make sure you grab your copy and pre-order the following episodes in this amazing new series!!

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Rising Storm Episode 3 (Oct. 8): Elisabeth Naughton’s Crosswinds



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,” Elisabeth Naughton 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, Jennifer Probst, 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, CROSSWINDS, debuts September 24th with each subsequent episode releasing consecutively this fall.

So get ready.  The storm is coming.


 It's episode three and I'm well and truly sucked into the vortex of this addictive soap opera. The atmosphere is getting more tense in Storm, as focus shifts to the high school kids. Elisabeth Naughton takes over the writing reins, highlighting that the younger folk in the community have lives no less dramatic than their parents!

Lacey Salt feels all alone after the death of her beloved brother. Instead of gaining comfort from her family, she feels snubbed. Her mother's focus is on Ginny Moreno, who's moved into Jacob's old room, whilst her father is working even longer hours at the pharmacy. So, spoilt Princess Lacey goes off on an angst fuelled rampage, setting her sights on her best friend Mallory's boyfriend Luis Moreno; A guy she's had a crush on for a while. Not caring who she hurts or what verbal debris she leaves along the way, Lacey is on a mission to get her man!

Whilst teenage hormones are raging, a new man is spotted in Storm,
Whoa. Hot military man at one o'clock. We don't get many of those in Storm...”

As with the previous episodes, the narrative flows easily. As each new writer seamlessly takes over from their predecessor, building and developing new and existing characters within a plot laced with lies, intrigue, scandals and secrets.

This episode ends on a bang! Can't wait for the next instalment by Jennifer Probst.

4 stars


***arc generously received in exchange for an honest review***


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About CROSSWINDS: Episode 3 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.

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.

Experience Rising Storm Here…

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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’sWeather the Storm
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Rising Storm Episode 8 (Nov. 12): Dee Davis’s Thunder Rolls
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Before topping multiple bestseller lists–including those of the New York TimesUSA Today, and the Wall Street Journal–Elisabeth Naughton taught middle school science. A voracious reader, she soon discovered she had a knack for creating stories with a chemistry of their own. The spark turned into a flame, and Naughton now writes full-time. Besides topping bestseller lists, her books have been nominated for some of the industry’s most prestigious awards, such as the RITA® and Golden Heart Awards from Romance Writers of America, the Australian Romance Reader Awards, and the Golden Leaf Award. When not dreaming up new stories, Naughton can be found spending time with her husband and three children in their western Oregon home. Visit Elisabeth Naughton’s website.


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