Change is coming…
Maverick Beckett took his much needed annual vacation up to Washington State to relax with his old friends from his years in the Corps. He also had every intention of extinguishing the fires that arose between him and a certain local woman he couldn’t get out of his mind until the unthinkable happened.
Nothing is as it seems…
Henley Varano loved the simple anonymous life … the simple anonymous life that her remote hometown provided. She’d had the wealthy existence of a fashion model and the fame that came with it only to find it lonelier than she could have ever imagined. Unfortunately, men only saw the fictitious person she appeared to be in the magazines and not the real woman she was—even the one man she’s wanted for years.
Surviving is just the beginning…
An apocalyptic event changes the course of their lives when the massive Yellowstone Caldera erupts. Panic ensues among the small town, causing Mav and Henley to witness the best and worst of humanity. They must work as a team to create a new existence before the fallout of harsh and fiery elements overtakes their safe haven. Along the way, they might just find that they need each other more than ever.
Series Description: The world as they know it is about to change. The Yellowstone Caldera has erupted in an apocalyptic fashion, triggering simultaneous events around the world. The one thing that will either bring society together or rip their lives apart is the need for survival as a group. A company of former Marines will do whatever it takes to reach an area in the far recesses of northeastern Washington State, a region they feel is uniquely equipped for endurance and existence in what is left of the crumbling infrastructure of the United States. Follow along as Kennedy Layne conveys each of their stories as these brave men and women face the harsh, fiery elements of an inevitable apocalypse while encountering passion, intrigue, and suspense…
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I really love apocalyptic books and this one is so believable. What a disaster it would be if the super volcano under Yellowstone National Park erupted! I love this series. You’ve got action, intrigue, and government conspiracy with a little romance thrown in. It’s a great read.
Finding love amongst the ashes, and that’s literally in this new apocalyptic romance series. The author has taken an actual location within the United States, the Yellowstone Caldera which is the volcanic caldera and supervolcano located in Yellowstone National Park and written about something that could potentially happen one day. A Yellowstone supereruption would disrupt electronics and endanger human health in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and affect other parts of the country. Moreover, a month-long supereruption could affect the global climate for years, even decades.
Essential Beginnings starts after a rather larger earthquake happens at Yellowstone. Ernie “Tank” Yates retired from the Marines and opened up Lost Mountain Lodge in a small town in northeastern Washington state. A group of the Marines that had been under his command often come to Lost Summit to visit with him. Tank has always had a theory that one day Yellowstone would blow and had been building a large shelter in the hills with enough natural resources that could sustain them for years. His former team helped him build it even though none of them ever though what Tank was predicting would ever happen in their life time. Well they were wrong.
Maverick Beckett is currently the only one of the team that’s at Lost Summit visiting. Tank is like a father to Mav and he has tons of respect for him. He had a crap childhood and says that his life didn’t start until he joined the Marines at 18 and then found a real family with his fellow marines.
Henley Varano is from Lost Summit but had left after school and had become a successful fashion model. That life ended up with her crashing and burning over the stress that came with fame and the unreasonable demands put on body image a model has to keep to stay on top. Even though her parents have passed she decides to come back home and works for Tank at the lodge.
Mav and Henley have known each other for 3 years but Henley gives nothing but a cold shoulder to Mav and he’s never understood why. As the news about Yellowstone breaks these two finally deal with their issues and join forces along with the town to face the impending ending of the world as they know it.
Essential Beginnings blends the natural disaster, getting the town ready and the romance perfectly. The future books will be about the 4 other marines trying to make their way to Lost Summit through the ash cloud that is now working its way across the United States. Being a huge fan of disaster movies and loving romance books this was a treat to find and I look forward to reading the rest of the series.