Review: Before the Storm

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Navy SEAL Xavier Rivera visits historic Lake Olympus Lodge on a scouting mission for a top secret training exercise. In the lodge, he meets smart, attractive park archaeologist Audrey Kendrick. There are many reasons he should ignore the immediate, simmering attraction between them, but in the heat of the moment he has no restraint. Audrey is drawn to the secretive man who helps her when she's in a bind, and she can't resist taking a chance on a night of passion. But their one red hot night together leads to secrets and betrayal...

Genre: military romance

Publication date: September 2022

Mature content: yes

Review: Before the Storm is a short novella, a prequel to Into the Storm (read my review here). I downloaded Before the Storm free from Kobo Books (following the link at the end of Into the Storm), but it's also free on Amazon.

 

 

   

 

 

Before the Storm is actually pretty good at introducing the full sized book. Sadly, I think Into the Storm then failed to fulfill the expectations. Having read the two books in reverse order, I have two main conclusions: (1) Before the Storm gives you a lot of info that is important to understand the following book, but ends at a cliff hanger, giving you a strong compulsion to read Into the Storm and (2) Into the Storm, sadly, is not as good as one would expect from reading the prequel. 

 

Before the Storm is good as a novella, but isn't written to be read as a stand alone, and it's a bit heavy on the sex scenes. It's up to you to decide if you want to download it for free and go from there.

Happy readings!

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