The Storm

by Theresa Jenner Garrido

Rebecca Donne lost her father in a tragic accident when she was only five-years-old. Now, ten years later, her mother has remarried. Her stepfather, a college professor and writer, plans a month-long vacation at the beach, jokingly calling it their “honeymoon,” and wants the whole family there, while he works on a novel. Everyone is excited. Everyone, that is, except Becca. Ever since her father’s boating accident, she has had nightmares about being under water; about drowning. A month on a barrier island, off the coast of South Carolina, is the last place she wants to be. Because if she goes, Becca is certain her dream will come true. The ocean will find her. And she will drown.

174 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2017

About the author

Born and raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in English and spent the next twenty-plus years, teaching middle school language arts and drama. I retired early to devote more time and energy to writing and traveling. The UK, Denmark, France, Austria, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are some of the countries I enjoyed seeing. I have visited forty-two of our fifty states and hope to add the rest to my list before too long. Besides Washington State, I have lived in Missouri, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, where I currently reside with my retired engineer husband, and rescue dog and cat.

Reviews

[Jean Gechter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the first book that I read by Theresa Jenner Garrido. I liked it but I also found it lacking something. The main characters irritated me and I had a difficult time "believing" the ending. Overall it was good, but I really enjoyed Garrido's "Swamp Secrets" a lot more.