He wanted her. She left him. Now tragedy brings them back together.After her father’s death in an unexpected storm, Madeleine Core knew she needed to leave her home behind. The island of Crystal Cove, surrounded by the very element that killed her only family, reminded her too much of the things she lost. Now, two years later, a devastating phone call changes everything. When a storm threatens to …
When a storm threatens to destroy the only place that feels like home, Jake Barron knows he needs to do everything in his power to protect the people who saved him. Including Maddy, the one who left him—and everyone else on this island—and never looked back. Seeing her again after two years brings back painful memories for both of them, the betrayal and hurt as fresh as the unresolved feelings they have for each other.
Maddy is forced to go back to the one place she vowed to never see again—and face the person she left behind without so much as a word. As the deadly storm moves on Crystal Cove, Maddy and Jake try to find a way to fight their fears and doubts. Sometimes two people determined to stay away from each other need a push, but what if their second chance is just as restless as the storm blowing in?
This story is full of angst, heartbreak and the healing powers of overcoming your greatest fear. Dive into Maddy’s and Jake’s world and get ready for an emotional ride.
This book has been previously published under the author name Jamie Summer.
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2.5 stars
“I needed to find my happy. My true happy. God, if only it weren’t the one thing I was most afraid of finding.”
Restless Storm was my blind date book for August and my first read by Jamie Summer.
“With the water rushing through every piece of my soul, I knew I was finally back where I belonged. I was finally home.”
This book is a nice and slow-burn romance read but sadly to me nothing really special. It kept my interest enough to continue reading. It’s an emotional story about overcoming loss and fear, learning to open up to love and life again and letting go. But unfortunately it didn’t really touch me.
“She was my ocean, my place of peace and quiet. She was my sanctuary. And always would be.”
The characters were easily lovable but I missed some character development and I had trouble feeling the connection between Jake and Maddy.
“I reached for him like a moth to the flame, hoping he’d catch me when I fell apart.”
However I enjoyed reading Jake and Maddy’s story and some of their scenes are really good and intense between those two but mostly the whole story bobs up and down until the storm hits. That’s were it gets a little angsty and a little thrilling but it dies down pretty quickly.
“He made me feel alive. He made me feel save. And he made me feel at home.”
This is the first book of Jamie Summer’s I’ve read and I really enjoyed it! Maddy lost her father, a fisherman, out at sea in an unexpected storm. Growing up in Crystal Cove, the ocean was a part of her as well as the local people. But the death of her father brought much pain and devastation, so she packed up and left the island without much thought of what her leaving would do to the people she left behind. Jake has always liked Maddy in a more than friends way, but he never got the chance to see if there could be anything more since she just left. A surprise phone call 2 years later brings Maddy back to the island to face her fears, deal with her grief, and make amends to the people she hurt when she left.
Both Maddy and Jake are hurting in different ways. Maddy misses her father and blames the ocean for taking her only family away, and Jake is mad & frustrated that she abandoned the island and everyone on it. When they see each other again there is a lot of hurt, anger, and pain. There is also the connection between the two that has not gone away, even after 2 years apart. As they spend more time together they have to find a way to forgive and deal with the pain and hurt if they are going to have a chance for a future together.
The book was very descriptive and dealt with a lot of emotions. I loved the secondary characters as they were important figures in helping the main characters fight through their fears. Overall a great story and looking forward to what the author will be bringing us next.
Received a copy for an honest review.