Essential Beginnings Surviving Ashes Book One edition by Kennedy Layne Romance eBooks
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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 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…
Essential Beginnings Surviving Ashes Book One edition by Kennedy Layne Romance eBooks
This book started out great but fizzled in the end. The characters, suspense, and romance had me turning pages quickly to see what was going to happen next but then the end was such an anticlimax I was disappointed! I'm not sure if the next book picks up where this one left off but I don't like cliffhanger type books so I guess I will never know.Product details
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Essential Beginnings Surviving Ashes Book One edition by Kennedy Layne Romance eBooks Reviews
Anyone who knows anything about me knows I'm a sucker for earthquake/volcano disaster stories, so when I saw this, I had to grab it.
I wish I could say it truly gripped me, but the author's writing style just didn't feel like it meshed with the subject matter. Add to that the tendency to infodump in action-breaking moments, and a romance that, even allowing for an apocalypse, felt too rushed... It was good, but it missed being grippingly great.
I don't think I've ever read something like this, but I'm really excited to read the rest of the series. Basically, an earthquake triggers a volcanic eruption that blows up Yosemite National Park, sending up an ash cloud that will plunge the earth into 10 years of winter. Everyone everywhere is scrambling to take shelter, because the ash in the air is toxic to human lungs and will cause buildings to collapse, disrupt electronic communication - essentially send the earth back into the stone age. In Lost Summit, a little northwest town up in the mountains, a former Marine (Ernie, or "Tank") has predicted this for a long time and has built an extensive bunker in an old mine (he's a "prepper"). A group of his former men visit his lodge once a year and all jokingly promise that "when the world ends, we'll all make our way to Tank's." That annual boys' trip has just taken place and all but one of the men have returned to their homes around the US. Only Maverick is still in town, and he's there because Henley (a local girl) has been giving him fits and he wants to finally figure out what's going on with her.
So this sets up the story - before Mav can leave to go back to Chicago the horrible natural disaster happens, forcing him to stay in Lost Summit and help Tank get the lodge and bunker ready to take in the few townspeople left, as well as await the arrival of his brothers. This also gives Mav and Henley, who has her own emotional baggage, time to figure out their issues and finally come together. The suspense in this book is intense; the anticipation of the ash cloud coming, the tension between the townspeople over whether to stay and shelter in place or leave town, the feud between Tank and Rat over where to shelter, the suspense of who is watching the lodge, the mystery of Kellan Truman - added onto the hotness of Mav and Henley, all make this a book that I didn't put down once while reading. Carried my everywhere!!!
The future books in this series will each feature one of Tank's men and their journey to make it to Lost Summit. Can't WAIT for Book 2!
The set-up of this story is very good with the Yellowstone caldera about to blow, this super volcano erupting ash and causing a ten-year winter over most of the U.S. The story begins with this about to happen, and then once it occurs, it's about this small town of about 50 people reacting and finding a place to seek refuge with Ernie, the wise doomsday prepper who has his act together, complete with a stocked lodge and bunker.
The h is a famous model but is now back in town and working for Ernie at the lodge. The H is like a son to Ernie, both of them former Marines, and I really liked the feel of this H. Mav is honorable and protective, a sweet alpha male hero. There are a couple of sex scenes with some good action, and I really wouldn't have minded more! For me, there was too much about the lodge, what the bunker looked like, the volcano facts, convincing townspeople to go to the bunker, etc. I would have loved more time with my h/H together, although I appreciate the time/research the author must have done on all this.
The h was a little annoying with her stubbornness and tendency to wear blinders, but the H was sexy and sweet, and the survivalist/apocalyptic setting is interesting and full of potential (the H's Marine friends are on the way to seek refuge with him and Ernie). I enjoyed most of this survivalist romance, just wanted a little more time in the romance.
This book started out great but fizzled in the end. The characters, suspense, and romance had me turning pages quickly to see what was going to happen next but then the end was such an anticlimax I was disappointed! I'm not sure if the next book picks up where this one left off but I don't like cliffhanger type books so I guess I will never know.
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