Constance Bennett wrote also as Connie Bennett. She lives in Tornado Alley and is certainly accustomed to the threat of tornadoes, that also she included in some novels.
There's a story to this book. I loaned it to a friend and never got it back. Years later, I it in the used book store in my home town when I was home visiting my parents probably...10 years later. Same book, same writing on the inside. :) I remember snark and attitude and...games. (But mostly snark.)