Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers—Books with Storms or Storm related words on the cover/title

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Every Tuesday, a new topic is assigned from the schedule below. Then, you take that topic and fly free with it. You can do as little or as much as you want to (I have done as low as two before). If you want, you can link back To That Artsy Reader Girl and show her what you posted.


The Schedule

April 16: Characters I’d Like to go on Vacation With (Pretend you’re going on vacation and can bring 10 of your closest friends with you. Pick your vacation spot and tell us who you’d like to bring! Bonus point if you tell us why. Or maybe you like the idea of traveling in small groups, so plan 10 trips or 5 trips!)
April 23: Unread Books on My Shelves I Want to Read Soon (Bonus points if you tell us how long it’s been sitting on your shelf waiting for you.)
April 30: Petty Reasons You’ve DNF’d a Book (Or reduced its rating. You don’t even have to say what the book was if you don’t want to!)
May 7: May Flowers — Pick your own title for this one to reflect the direction you choose to go with this prompt (books with flowers on the cover, flower names in the title, characters whose names are flower names, stories involving flowers/gardeners)
May 14: Favorite Book Quotes (You can pick your favorite quotes from books, or about books! You can set a theme like quotes from books about love, friendship, hope, etc. or you can just share quotes you loved from your recent reads!)
May 21: Authors I’d Love a New Book From (These could be authors that have passed away, who have retired from writing, who have inexplicably gone quiet, or who might jut not be able to keep up with how quickly you read their books!)
May 28: Books I Was Super Excited to Get My Hands on but Still Haven’t Read
June 4: Books I Had VERY Strong Emotions About (Any emotion! Did a book make you super happy or sad? Angry? Terrified? Surprised?)
June 11: Bookish Wishes (List the top 10 books you’d love to own and include a link to your wishlist so that people can grant your wishes. Make sure you link your wishlist to your mailing address or include the email address associated with your e-reader in the list description so people know how to get the book to you. After you post, jump around the Linky and grant a wish or two if you’d like. Please don’t feel obligated to send anything to anyone!)
June 18: Books on My Summer 2024 To-Read List
June 25: Most Anticipated Books Releasing During the Second Half of 2024

All books listed are taken from my NetGalley/Downloaded to Kindle/Want to Read Goodreads shelf.


Silver Storm (Rakes & Rebels: The Raveneau Family: Book 1) by Cynthia Wright

Book Cover

Publisher: Boxwood Manor Books

Date of publication: November 16, 2013

Genre: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Historical Fiction

Series: Rakes & Rebels

Silver Storm—Book 1

Her Husband, the Rake—Book 2

Smuggler’s Moon—Book 3

The Secret of Love—Book 4

Surrender the Stars—Book 5

His Make-Believe Bride—Book 6

His Reckless Bargain—Book 7

Tempest—Book 8

Purchase Links: Amazon

Goodreads synopsis:

Set in 1781, during the Revolutionary War, SILVER STORM is the passionate tale of Andre Raveneau and Devon Lindsay who are thrown together when she stows away on his privateer after the British burn her home in New London, CT. The irresistible Captain Raveneau agrees to take her to Virginia to find her childhood sweetheart, but fate has other plans. Through intrigue, misunderstandings, and swashbuckling sea battles, Devon and Andre are swept away by a love that won’t be denied.


My review:

What I liked about Silver Storm:

  1. It took place during the American Revolutionary War. And it was interesting. Not a lot of romance from this period is interesting.
  2. Devon’s character. She was a powerful main female heroine, which I like.
  3. The substories. They were exciting and added depth to the story.

What I disliked about Silver Storm:

  1. Andre. He was an idiot. Plain and simple. If I were Devon, I would have kicked him to the curb instead of waiting for him.
  2. Nothing else

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