Eye of the Storm (Storm, #2)
M. Stratton
For Michael, my husband.
You are my shelter, my rock, my calm when life’s storms blow around us.
After the Storm
Book One in the Storm Series
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
If you have not already read After the Storm please do so. I understand that might not be possible so please read the following to get an idea as to what happened and be brought up to date. The following contains spoilers from After the Storm.
Thank you,
M. Stratton
Alexia “Lexi” Hanson – Lexi moved from La Jolla, California, into her grandmother’s home in Ipswich, Massachusetts, after her death. She spent her time helping out at the local senior center, Golden Ages, taking photographs, and playing with her rescue dog, Pepper. After spending considerable amount of time and energy rebuilding her new life, she thought it was complete, until her neighbor moved in for an extended vacation.
Noah Matthews – After fifteen years on the road making music and playing to sell-out crowds with the band Last Stand, Noah needed a break. His bandmates, all married with children, were spending time with their families, so Noah went to his beach house to relax and spend time with the only family he had left, Sam and Martha Edwards, the caretakers for his home and his godparents. Things change after he meets his neighbor crawling through his garden one morning.
Patsy Hanson – Grandmother to Lexi and ringleader for the Fearsome Foursome. The ladies had met when they were in college and formed an alliance that lasted through the years. For a while after Patsy died, the group didn’t cause as much trouble, but after a few years the Troublesome Trio was born.
Evelyne Stone – The new ringleader of the group. Evelyne will say and do anything she pleases.
Leigh Winslow – Second in command she enjoys seeing if she can shock people by what she does and says.
Marie Holmes – Has always been the voice of reason. The most conservative of the three, but don’t let that fool you, you don’t want to let your guard down around her.
Evie Taylor – Lexi’s best friend and Evelyne’s granddaughter. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree with Evie; she is very much like her grandmother. Evie and Lexi spent many summers growing up together in Ipswich and causing trouble. Evie owns a bookstore and café in Boston. She recently hired Jesse Fields as a manager to help her.
Jackson “Jack” Taylor – Evie’s older brother. He has spent his life roaming the world after a football injury ended his career with the Pittsburg Steelers. While he might seem carefree, his family loyalty runs deep.
Kat Snyder – Is the bodyguard Noah hired to protect Lexi. Very quiet and reserved she doesn’t share much with the others.
Anthony Maldono – Growing up he had the best things in life, loving parents and world travel. It wasn’t until he was in his early twenties that things started to go wrong. Taking over the family business after his parents died didn’t ease the heartache at their sudden death or the other deaths that seemed to follow him. Things took a turn for the worse when Anthony went out on a date with Lexi, soon after he was accused of raping and beating her. Being sent to prison for something he didn’t do was just another event in his string of bad luck.
Jeremy Ellison – When the one woman he truly loved was stolen from him in his early twenties by Anthony Maldono he could no longer keep the monster he was hidden. Following Anthony over the years he systemically took everything he could from him. He learned everything he could about him until he became him, both mentally and physically. As his madness grew, so did his crimes. Once he got a taste for murder there was nothing that could stop him.
After the Storm
Bonus Material
Noah and Lexi’s Wedding
May 25th