Cari North has a devastatingly horrible day. She chances
upon her ex-fiancé, Lance, as he is about to bury a body in
the woods. She runs back home just as a tornado hits,
killing her parents and her look-a-like cousin, Susan, who
had just arrived for a visit. Desperate to hide from Lance
and injured badly herself with a huge gash on her head as
well as cuts, bruises and splintered hands, Cari puts her
coat on her dead cousin and takes off in her cousin's car.
Driving to Baton Rouge, trying to make it to her cousin's
house, Cari collapses in traffic and is rushed to the
hospital. The hospital calls Susan's emergency contact, her
boss Michael Boudreaux. Even though she is bruised and
battered, Mike knows she is not Susan. After Cari explains
the deception, Mike agrees to let her hide out in his
house. As Cari's face starts to heal, Mike sees the
resemblance but notices the differences as well. He agrees
to help Cari in her plan to return home and find the body
before approaching law enforcement, since her ex-fiancé is
a well-respected member of the small community and she has
no proof. After cutting her hair and putting on more
bandages as a disguise, Cari lies to everyone and pretends
to be Susan at her family's funeral.
It seems the nightmare won't end as she realizes Lance
knows her too well and her rouse didn't work with him. He
attempts to kill her, but is thwarted. Cari now knows she
has to come forward and make her claims before someone else
is killed. She has fallen in love with Mike and she doesn't
want anything to happen to him. Mike was Susan's best
friend and he was never attracted to her, but Cari has
captured his heart and soul and he'll protect her at
whatever cost.
BLOWN AWAY, the first of three Storm Front stories, moves
at a clipped pace, as the pieces of Cari's life are blown
apart physically and emotionally. Sharon Sala
captures the raw pain one must feel after such devastation.
BLOWN AWAY is a poignant, suspenseful story that will
engross you.
Writer Cari North thought she knew all there was to know
about plot twists—until she stumbled across her ex-fiancé,
Lance Morgan, digging a shallow grave in the Louisiana
woods. After one horrifying moment of shared recognition,
Cari knew her life hinged upon whether she could outrun
Lance and the hurricane-spawned tornado that was barreling
down on their heels.
Just when she thinks she's lost Lance and heads for home,
the storm throws in yet another twist that will change her
fate—forever.
Cari's house, her family—her entire life—have been wiped
out by the storm. Badly injured herself, and knowing Lance
will come after her, she trades clothing and ID with the
near-identical cousin who'd been visiting and flees to
Baton Rouge. While the world mourns Cari North, she begins
an agonizing recovery as her cousin Susan—until Susan's
boss calls her bluff and finds himself drawn into her
incredible tale.
Hunted by a man she once loved, sheltered by a man she
hardly knows, Cari chooses to become the bait…and plots the
twist of a lifetime to catch a killer.
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Hunted by a man she once loved, sheltered by a man she hardly knows, Cari chooses to become the bait and plots the twist of a lifetime to catch a killer.
I too read Blown Away. It's been awhile since I read a book by Sharon Sala, because to be perfectly honest the last few just didn't appeal to me.
With Blown Away I feel that Ms. Sala has returned to the writing style that first attracted me to her.
I was totally engrossed in Blown Away, and admired Cari's strength and determination in the face of so much adversity that would have had many people crumbling from the pressure.
Ms. Sala did an excellent job of expressing Cari's sorrow of losing her family and home, while walking the tightrope of keeping her wits about her, so that she could bring justice to another family.
I'm looking foward to the rest of this trilogy and they can't be released quite fast enough to suit me. (Sandi Shilhanek 8:21am May 21, 2010)
I'm a huge Sharon Sala fan. I just finished reading this book and loved it. Like Sandi I was totally engrossed in Blown Away and cannot wait for the next two in this series.
There is a difference in this book and her last few books like The Healer & The Warrior in that there is no element of the paranormal (or psychic ability) in this book. But then there wasn't any of that in her Cat Dupree series either.
Anyways, if you like Sharon Sala or Dinah McCall, you'll enjoy Blown Away. (Summer Sharp 4:11pm May 31, 2010)
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