Beautiful Storm by Barbara Freethy

Beautiful Storm by Barbara Freethy

From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the first book in a new romantic suspense trilogy: Lightning Strikes. In these connected novels, a lightning strike leads to love, danger, and the unraveling of a family mystery that will change not only the past but also the future.

When her father's plane mysteriously disappeared in the middle of an electrical storm, Alicia Monroe became obsessed with lightning. Now a news photographer in Miami, Alicia covers local stories by day and chases storms at night. In a flash of lightning, she sees what appears to be a murder, but when she gets to the scene, there is no body, only a military tag belonging to Liliana Valdez, a woman who has been missing for over a year.

While the police use the tag to jumpstart their stalled investigation, Alicia sets off on her own to find the missing woman. Her search takes her into the heart of Miami's Cuban-American community where she meets the attractive but brooding Michael Cordero, who has his own demons to vanquish.

Soon Alicia and Michael are not just trying to save Liliana's life but also their own, as someone will do anything to protect a dark secret.

Barbara Freethy is the best-selling author of 45 books, spanning from contemporary romance to romantic suspense and women's fiction, according to the New York Times. Barbara, who had previously been traditionally published, founded her own publishing firm in 2011 and has since sold over 5.3 million copies of her novels. Twenty of her books have made the bestseller lists of the New York Times and USA Today. Barbara was named the ALL-TIME Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) Bestseller Author in July of 2014! Barbara has won starred reviews from Publishers' Weekly and Library Journal for her poignant novels about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events, as well as six RITA nominations for Best Single Title Contemporary Romance from Romance Writers of America.

For her works Daniel's Gift and The Road Back Home, she has won the award twice. Barbara is now working on The Callaways, a novel contemporary series about a family born to serve and protect. BEAUTIFUL STORM, the first novel in her Lightning Strikes Trilogy, is also the start of a new romantic suspense trilogy for her. Visit Barbara's website at www.barbarafreethy.com for additional information.