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Taken by Storm
Angela Morrison
Publisher’s Weekly STARRED Review – “Michael awakens a passion in Leesie that she doesn’t know she possesses in this moving novel.”Amazon Best Sellers Top 100 Teen Death & Dying Books“Passion, pace . . . and a perfect finish.” – Boston Globe-Horn Book Winner, Tim Wynne-Jones (Blink and Caution)Read now FREE with Kindle Unlimited!Sexy, scuba diver Michael Walden cuts school and hitches along on his parents half-priced hurricane season scuba trip to escape witnessing a creepy jock paw at his ex. Breaking up wasn’t Michael’s idea. When the scuba diving turns tragic, the only thing left back in Phoenix is a house too full of memories and the girl who broke his heart, so he washes up at his Gram’s house in “Teacup,” Washington. He’s trapped in his dead dad’s old bedroom, fighting the hurricane every time his eyes close. Michael surfaces in BYU-bound, good girl, Leesie Hunt’s physics class, mesmerized by her shining, sun-bleached, blonde hair. Leesie, nicknamed “The Mormon Ice Queen,” pours her soul into dreams and poems in her “Most Private Chapbook.” Her lonely heart yearns to make Michael’s whole again. He needs her in a way no one ever has before. When she peeks out from behind her physics book to find Michael’s eyes drowning in hers, Leesie’s own hurricane season begins. Michael sweeps her into deep water where the passion they share threatens to destroy everything Leesie ever wanted to be. “The world spins, the stars shift,And I can’t see anything except his smokyGray eyes gazing into mine. You scare me, whispersfrom my mouth across his. Good, he breathes into me.I need you to save me.”Leesie knows her faith can rescue Michael, but as her love for him grows deeper and their relationship more stormy, Leesie isn’t sure who is doing the saving anymore. Readers who love tearjerkers like John Green’s popular teen romance, The Fault in our Stars and Nicholas Sparks’s books will be swept away by award-winning novelist, Angela Morrison’s breathtaking YA contemporary romance series of tragedy, love, and redemption written in a unique collage of poetry, dive log entries, and chat transcripts. Michael and Leesie’s story continues in Unbroken Connection and Cayman Summer. Reviews"One of the most breathtaking and romantic-to-the-point-you-cry books I've ever read." -The Reader"An amazing story written with a clear, refreshing, creative voice." - Jack Weyland, LDS young adult legend (Charly)"There are moments of yearning and transcendence that took my breath away." - Susan Fletcher (Alphabet of Dreams)“Showcases characters’ fervent hopes and desperate needs heading for inevitable collision in its pages.” – Uma Krishnaswami, Children’s Literature"Morrison's distinctive mix of poetry and modern dialogue bring the subjects of peer pressure, religion, and grief to the forefront in an accessible and dramatic way." - Deseret News Categories: Teen and Young Adult Novel; Young Adult Contemporary Romance; Popular Teen Romance Series; Scuba Diving Fiction; Tearjerkers in Kindle Store; YA/Teen Literature and Fiction - Difficult Discussions- Death and Dying; LDS Young Adult; LDS Author; Mormon Fiction
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