The storm sweeps in like a thief in the night…Winter storm Holly is the worst in eighty years bringing high winds, subzero temperatures and snowfall better measured in feet than in inches. The weather paralyzes everything in its path, but in this storm, weather isn’t the only threat. Abbey Gray, a NYT bestselling thriller author, needs time away from the madness of deadlines and personal … personal appearances as well as her big city life in Manhattan. The timing seems perfect for her to return to her small hometown in Montana to finally put the family home on the market. Except the storm of the century is descending on Montana, sweeping in with more than just bad weather—her closest neighbor is murdered. The murder stirs painful memories from the past of another murder–Abbey’s mother. Can the eerily similar details of her neighbor’s murder be proof that she was wrong all those years ago? Did the older brother she worshipped actually kill their mother? Now that his prison sentence has been served, is he back for revenge? Abbey must find the truth about the past before she becomes the next victim!
Sheriff Garrett Gilmore has known Abbey and her family his entire life. In truth, he has been in love with her since they were kids. All those years he hoped that one day she would come back, knowing it likely wouldn’t happen. But he can’t worry about that at the moment, he has a homicide to solve and a murderer to catch, all with the storm of the century bearing down on his county. Keeping Abbey safe will test the boundaries of his defenses.
A new installment of STORMWATCH releases each Thursday starting December 5 through January 9. Each thrilling full length novel is a standalone story with no cliffhangers. Don’t miss a single one from half a dozen of the genre’s bestselling storytellers!
December 5 – Frozen Ground by Debra Webb
December 12 – Deep Freeze by Vicki Hinze
December 19 – Wind Chill by Rita Herron
December 26 – Black Ice by Regan Black
January 2 – Snow Brides by Peggy Webb
January 9 – Snow Blind by Cindy Gerard
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This new series begins with a bang as a killer winter storm rushes toward Montana and a murderer is intent on not being caught. Debra Webb spins an intriguing tale of a small town sheriff facing an storm of historic proportions at the same time that his old girlfriend returns to town to clean up and put her old homestead for sale. Abby’s father has died and her brother has just been released from prison after serving time for killing their mother. But the storm is not the only thing wreaking havoc in this town. I really enjoyed the atmosphere that Ms. Webb created, one of rushing wind and snow that obliterates the view, just as the story itself rushes to an unexpected and surprising conclusion while the reader’s view is obliterated by what seems to be true as opposed to what is really truth. I loved the fast pace, the quick chapters and the way that I was so rapidly drawn into the story, just wanting to keep reading all the way to the end. This is a fantastic beginning to a new series by well-known and beloved romantic suspense authors. Debra Webb is the perfect author to begin the series as shown in this novel that did not disappoint but instead made me want to keep reading this book and then move on to the next one in the series. Webb is an author to be reckoned with, writing with the knowledge of how to take a complicated plot and make it a web of deceit that entraps the reader to the very end. Fans of romantic suspense and thrillers will really enjoy this book and I expect this series to be hopping off the shelves onto Kindles as the word spreads about how absorbingly fantastic it is!
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