Distant Thunder: Midseason Episode 2

Larissa Ione · Julie Kenner · Dee Davis

Apr 2016 · Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated

About this ebook

Secrets, Sex and Scandals …

Welcome to Storm, Texas, where passion runs hot, desire runs deep, and secrets have the power to destroy… Get ready.  The storm is coming.

As Sebastian and Marylee plot to cover up Sebastian’s sexual escapade, Ginny and Dakota continue to reel from the fallout of Dakota’s announcement. But it is the Rush family that’s left to pick up the pieces as Payton, Brittany and Jeffry each cope with Sebastian’s betrayal in their own way…

Ratings and reviews

Every story has to have one. A character that is so despicable that you can't wait to see them get what's coming to them. That has been how I have felt about the Senator from the very beginning. He is a selfish manipulative predator that uses his position of power to prey on the weak and impressionable. The problem is that he is not the only one having to deal with the fallout of his actions. I received an ARC of Distant Thunder by Larissa Ione in exchange for an honest review. With every episode I find myself falling back into the pattern of anticipating what new revelation will be waiting around the corner. "I'M LOVING IT."

Marylee Rush is in damage control mode: she’s brought in Oliver Stayton, a crisis manager, who is every bit as unscrupulous as the Rushes. The options are limited and not pretty: more lies are needed to cover up lies after the Great Founders’ Day Disaster. Marylee has found Dakota Alvarez’s Achilles heel; the Rushed might have found a way to shut her up. If possible, Senator Sebastian Rush comes across as even more despicable after his wife Payton discovers something he hid. And when you thought all the Rushes’ ugly secrets might have been exposed, there is yet another huge one that is about to come out – and boy, am I ever dying to know about that one, because it might prove even more explosive than what we have seen so far. Strangely enough, the public debacle is having some positive results on some of the members of the Rush family. Someone utters spontaneous threats at Sebastian, unfortunately there are witnesses at this outburst, that is possibly merely just that, a frustrated utterance, but… And are you thinking what I’m thinking? That Sebastian might be stopped… once and for all? And what is Tate Johnson really up to? And I had thought that most of the excitement was behind us! In fact, it’s just starting; everything that’s happened before almost seem only as the beginning of the Rising Storm series, and isn’t that just great! I still wonder why I like Dakota so much. Mind you, I would not want her as a friend, but her character is so interesting; she’s an accident waiting to happen, and I want to watch! I love how Larissa Ione kept things moving along, and that’s an understatement, because this novella has as much content as a full-length novel. Ms. Ione didn’t linger on recapping, but she picked up most of the story liens and ran along with it; it is amazing. DISTANT THUNDER is one terrific episode, and there is still as much to come as has happened! I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Too short, was a disappointment.

About the author

Larissa Ione is a contemporary and paranormal romance author. Before she started writing novels, she worked on some military and National Weather Service technical manuals and wrote articles for The Canine Journal, Dog Fancy, and Writing-World.com. Her works include The Demonica series and the Lords of Deliverance series. She also writes under the pseudonym of Sydney Croft with her collaboration partner, Stephanie Tyler. Julie Kenner, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author (aka J. Kenner and J.K. Beck) has published over forty novels and short stories in a variety of genres. Kenner is a two-time RITA finalist, the winner of Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Contemporary Paranormal of 2001, the winner of the Reviewers International Organization's award for best romantic suspense of 2004 and best paranormal of 2005, and the winner of the National Readers' Choice Award for best mainstream book of 2005. Kenner writes a range of stories including sexy and quirky romances, young adult novels, chick lit suspense and paranormal mommy lit. Her foray into the latter, Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom as Julie Kenner, is in development as a feature film with 1492 Pictures. She is also the author of the Stark Trilogy which includes the titles Release Me, Claim Me, and Complete Me as J. Kenner, is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.