Chase the Storm

Chase the Storm

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I will never forget this book or these two guys. If you could see my face when I think of this book you would see bright shiny stars in my eyes! Thank you Mark, Bev, Macky and Tina for an awesome buddy read!! View all 24 comments. May 03, Kazza rated it it was amazing Shelves: Gently pressing his chest to my back, his strong arms wrapped around my waist as his nose caressed my hair and he breathed me in.

Gasping at his touch, I reacted instinctively to my thirst for him and angled my head to the side. Surprisingly soft lips kissed the sensitive skin behind my ear. I was afraid to move, afraid as soon as I did, the mirage of his body against mine would disappear and I would be left alone.

I loved this book. I cannot believe this is a first time publi Gently pressing his chest to my back, his strong arms wrapped around my waist as his nose caressed my hair and he breathed me in. I cannot believe this is a first time published author. Full review at http: View all 11 comments. May 15, Gigi rated it really liked it Shelves: This one was just a touch too angsty for my tastes, but I still am going to give it 4 stars because I believe that circumstances in my personal life threw me off on it enough to sway me a bit.

I look forward to the day I re-read this one to see if it will make a difference. It really is a great love story, but the downtimes just ate me up inside. Beautiful story, but brace yourself for the angst. I've had this book on my TBR forever and finally took the plunge and read it. Overall I liked it but there were a few things I found frustrating with both MCs. He's sort of lost.

He comes from a family with a lot of money and they've kind of dictated how he lives his life. Where to go to college, what to study, etc. At the end of his freshman year of college, Elijah sees an old beat up truck for sale and gets inspired. He buys the truck and hits the road. Only the old beat up truck only makes it to some podunk town in Nebraska, where Elijah ends up getting hired by Chase to help out on his farm for the summer.

Chase is a loner. He lost his partner several years back and is bitter and cold. He hasn't really moved on. I'm not going to lie I know he was hurting from the loss, but Chase didn't have to be SO mean to Elijah! Does it count as insta-love, if they internally fall in love? Even though he never said the words out loud, Elijah fell in love with Chase really quickly I thought!

Once Chase finally got on board with giving things a shot with Elijah I enjoyed the story a lot more. Elijah starts to find his way and he discovers that being with Chase, and having a life on a farm is exactly what he wants. But Elijah had only planned to be there for the summer. Elijah wants to stay with Chase, but Chase won't let him.

This part really frustrated me! Just so Elijah could get a college education? I mean I guess he tried to date one guy during that three years. I just don't see the point of going to college And the steam factor on this one was HIGH! So overall, I liked it but I didn't love it! View all 23 comments. Dec 29, Denise H. This is a full length novel of brown haired college student, 19 yr. Blonde and older, Chase owns a farm in Nebraska, where he trains and sells horses, grows wheat, and bails hay. It's non-stop hard work, day after day, grueling yet satisfying.

Chase is continuing to mourn the loss of his husband, Owen, and fights his growing feelings for Elijah. We get vivid depictions of Chase riding "all out" while the tornado approaches, with wild wind, hail, lightening, all getting closer. You can nearly smell the farm, wheat, horses, and country air. Here, it's first time kisses, touches, and sex for closeted-at-home Elijah. I was really mad at Chase for being so moody and aiming his moodiness at Elijah. He needed to get his attitude adjusted earlier.

He's a grown up, and needed to stop laying his crabbiness at hard working Elijah. Finally he starts coming out of his pent up emotions, comes to his senses, and Elijah deserves his "whole" self, not just pieces. They travel to the Auction and have a wonderful time, things change, plus the openness they get to claim followed them home.

A bittersweet, a heartbreaking, an excruciating return to college. Have your tissues ready my darlings! Is it perfect, no, but it had my heart and tears. This magnificent story has a happy ending, and will bring you completely to your knees. Aug 29, Karen rated it it was amazing Shelves: This was possibly the best buddy read ever!!! I've had this one for a while now and every time I looked at it I kept thinking it would probably be one of those books that would read even better with a friend or if you're lucky maybe 2.

I was lucky as it happened one of Christelle's friends brought it to her attention and opportunity knocked and I pounced on that door all smiles and sweetness Maybe Josy will join us? Thank you lovely ladies for making what I'm sure would have been a really good read Having just finished his first year at Harvard Eli Morgan is about to face a summer internship working for his father. He's never felt like he belonged and he may not know exactly what his path in life is but the one thing he's certain of is he's not on it. It's when he spots a battered, Ford pick-up truck with a 'For Sale' sign that he makes a spur of the moment decision that will change the course of his life forever.

After purchasing the truck and loading his belonging into it Eli heads out in search of something, what that is he's not sure but filled with a sense of freedom and optimism he's determined to find out. It's in Nebraska that Eli's truck decides to break down. Luckily circumstances and a posting on a bulletin board solve Eli's problem of where to stay while he awaits the repairs and what to do for the money to pay for said repairs. Chase McKenzie needs help on his farm.

He's been managing on his own every since the unexpected loss of his partner Owen, but he's still grieving and dealing with his feelings of anger and loss so having a sexy, young city boy whose all of 19 years old walk onto his farm and into his life and make his heart start beating again isn't necessarily his idea of help.

The relationship between these two initially is tenuous at best. Eli needs the job, Chase needs the help but it doesn't necessarily mean that he wants it from Eli, however, beggars can't be choosers and given the circumstances Chase can't afford to turn down his only available option so it's with more than a little reluctance that he takes Eli on as a farmhand. I'm pretty sure that if I went through all the books that I've read I'd find a few that carry this same theme. Circumstances may be slightly different but the essence would be the same. What I wouldn't find would be a lot if any that grabbed me heart and soul the way this one has.

You may very well be wondering 'what's the difference?

Truthfully, I've wondered this myself and I've given it more than a little consideration, I've even googled and the results were a variety of responses. There's even an article from the 'Huffington Post' that was written by an editor for Harlequin Romance. But I'm not going to go into all those details for this review since it's my review I'm simply going to share with you what the difference is to me.

For me the difference between these two types of stories is about how they make the reader feel. Romances are big and splashy, with people that are often bigger than life and impossible situations, there's almost a sense of impossibility about them but that's why we love reading them. They take us away from the real world and let us experience an imaginary version where we know that at the end of it all the guy gets the girl or the girl gets the girl or the guy gets the guy whatever applies to the story and everyone lives happily ever after.

They're fun and enjoyable but when the stories done so are the feelings, we don't linger over them they aren't lodged in our hearts days, weeks months maybe even years later. Don't misunderstand me, I have no issue with romance stories, I've read more than a few and I'm sure I'll continue to do so in the future. But a truly good 'Love story' that's a much harder creature to find because for me a love story is more about the feelings. Not just the ones between the main characters It's the ability to make you feel everything that the characters feel as if it was happening to you.

To share their laughter and tears, their anger and fear, their joys and triumphs in a deeply personal way that stays with you well beyond the last page of the book. Love stories aren't always about passionate romantic love between two people either, they can be about a parent's love for their child, friends, family. Love has many meanings and takes many different forms and a truly good love story will touch the heart like nothing else can no matter what form it is in. Practically from the beginning I willingly invested myself into these characters I jumped in that pick-up truck and rode down the highway right beside Eli singing those country tunes and anyone who knows me will tell you Me in a ford pick-up?

I loved him, I wanted to feed him milk and cookies and tell him to go make his music and screw his daddy and his Fortune company but I'm a mom and I know better so I stepped back and watched Eli find his own path. It was a path that at times reduced me to tears as I watched him grow and mature and ultimately fall in love for the first time.

After all, what could a nineteen-year-old kid know about lifelong love?

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But maybe the nineteen-year-old kid knew what love was because he felt it as his heart shattered in the aisle of a soundless barn. I ached for his loss and how lost he was as a result. Chase's struggle to move on with his life is not something that is foreign to anyone who's shared his experience. Eli and Chase's journey to be together was neither simple nor direct and the authors ability to take us on a journey that was filled with a sense of emotion, truth and realism that isn't always present in fiction often made me forget that this was a work of fiction and not someone's story that I was sharing in.

Just like the beginning and the middle the ending of this story was neither simple, easy nor direct but it was emotionally beautiful and filled with love because at the end of it all that's what separates a love story from a romance for me is that when all is said and done as I am drying my eyes I am left with a sense of contentment and completeness that I've just read a story that is as it should be. View all 30 comments. I love complex stories, I love great plots.

But there is something I love even more. The ones with no murderer to be caught or with no business to be overcame or with no Earth to be saved. In fact, no excuse to make the couple getting closer and moving forward to the HEA. They are the difficult ones. I could say they are almost doomed to f To V.

I could say they are almost doomed to failure. But this author has excelled.

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The MC are authentic, true to themselves and to the reader. Elijah is young and in alienation: He never has found a place or a person to belong to. He is shy and prefers reading, he longs for studying music instead of business, he aspires to get further from his family and find people like him, he is old-fashioned and looks for love instead of sex. I could put myself in his shoes because he is honest and true and I could feel identified with his desires easily. So, in an uncharacteristic impulse he buys an old car falling in pieces and drives heading to the unknown.

Destiny calls him when his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Nebraska, and applies for a farmhand job. But the road is not smooth, Chase has his demons, and sometimes he is far from kind with Elijah. But Elijah is resilient and emphatic and mature. He surprised me once and again with his conviction and way of thinking.

He is kind, calm and zen. He is human and suffers but he is unselfish and modest, and understands Chase and forgives him again and again. His martyrdom is astonishing but is not without a reason. I have always admired people like that. The sex is frequent and hot. I sometimes complain about too much sex scenes in books, but because I find them excessive or empty. Here they are not. Here they are attractive, captivating and full of feeling. They are sensual and heart warming. They are necessary and needy. I could feel the chemistry, the electricity of their touch and I only craved more.

Chase is not separate from love but this distortion is natural and made me shaky in the knees and other parts of my body. A pain disguised in cockiness and cynicism. I could understand the falling of Chase for Elijah. I loved the isolation of the MC. The diary routine and simple life they lead. I loved the horses and the leather smell and I loved everything combined.

In spite of the reactions my friends here said they had to this book that it wrecked them in the best of ways, that it really stayed with them, etc Chase the Storm took me by surprise. I cannot believe I have never run across this book on my own and I am very very happy my friend Eleftheria recommended it to me.

Once I started reading it, I was hard pressed to stop until I hit the last page.

Indeed, it consumed me, and once I came to the end, I wanted nothing more than to start all over again. Elijah is nineteen and just finished his freshman year of college and he is miserable. He comes from a wealthy family who have certain expectations that are just not a good fit with Elijah at all. He doesn't care about the wealth his family has or the business degree he is supposed to be getting. He has no desire to own the trendiest anything nor to follow in his father's footsteps.

He just feels trapped by everyone else's expectations. On his last day of classes, a 'for sale' sign on an old, beat-up pickup truck catches his eye and on that day, Elijah buys himself a little piece of freedom. That summer, instead of going home to intern at his father's company, Elijah takes another path. Chase is a man in mourning. Still grieving the loss of his husband, Chase cannot imagine ever letting anyone else in. He stays isolated and is doing his best to make a living on his farm.

Chase is in his early thirty's, but he stopped living the day that Owen died. Maybe it was fate that brought Elijah to his farm in search of a summer job. Maybe it was just chance. But there's no doubt that the day Elijah showed up is the day that Chase discovered that not all hope was lost. Chase fights his attraction to Elijah with everything he has. He feels all kinds of guilt over it, feeling like he is betraying Owen, but he cannot deny there is something there.

Their love story grabbed a hold of my heart and squeezed tight. It was beautiful and heart breaking, and I cried through the last two chapters and the epilogue. I don't actually recall another book where I was moved so much that I cried through the happy ending. There were so many feels, they had no where else to go except to make me a weepy mess.

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And I'd do it all again, and very likely will soon. It is angsty, but in the best of ways. View all 27 comments. I'm gonna cry again Yes, he did chase the storm. He was a prickly little beast. And, I started off not liking him much. But, soon enough that changed. I will place the crap in the spoiler I love the cover art Apr 30, Mandapanda rated it really liked it Shelves: In a remote part of Nebraska his truck breaks down and he takes a summer job on a farm to pay for repairs.

There he meets the distant and lonely farm owner Chase who is nursing a broken heart. I became really caught up in the characters in this story. I loved Elijah's Holden-esque dislike of the society he comes from and the 'fake' people that populate it. His hero-worsh 19 year old city boy Elijah takes an impromptu road trip to escape parental expectations and the college life he didn't choose. His hero-worship and yearning for Chase are palpable on every page and his youth and inexperience made me nervous the whole time I was reading because it was obvious that he was too young and had too much promise for things to work out as they were.

Great sex scenes too. Chase was a bit hot and cold at times. I wished on one occasion that Elijah had lost his temper a bit more with Chase's ambivalence. But that is just not the person Elijah is and I can understand that in his eyes Chase could do no wrong. Surely that would have to be part of his future somehow. I didn't see how that could happen on the farm.

I wish the author had told me how that could work out because it just left a niggling doubt in my head as to their future lives. View all 4 comments. Apr 30, Emma Sea rated it liked it Shelves: A nice premise, two believable MCs, and a vivid setting. Quite well-written, if a little patchy with some purple sections , and also a bit too much sex for my tastes.

I wasn't thrilled with Chase's behavior view spoiler [, which went over the line from guilty angst to emotionally abusive. I also didn't like Elijah's response to it; always trying to second guess what he should do, and how much more he should put up with. Packing, then unpacking; deciding to leave, then changing his mind. I A nice premise, two believable MCs, and a vivid setting. I would have preferred if Elijah had simply left and Chase had to woo him back. Because Chase was frequently an asshole.

It's actually the small every-day things which are written particularly well here, and the sex which pulled me out of the book with at times melodramatic descriptions and dialogue. I also learned that I have an equivalent to Ami's dislike of "baby", and the term of endearment that makes me gag is "angel". This is of course mere personal preference. View all 9 comments. I don't know why it took so long for me to read this.

I find this book to be very beautifully written. It was like watching a Hollywood romance flick, the kind that you watch every now and then and it never gets old As with the first three books in this series you are left longing for the next edition. Jan 15, Deb Bodinnar rated it really liked it. It has been many years since I read the 3rd novel in this series, so the family tree Peter supplied at the start of the book was very helpful. The storyline continues on in 3 different countries and the family differences still continuing. I have had the pleasure of meeting Peter Watt last year, he is a very interesting man and he no doubt puts an immense amount of time in his research for his novels.

This is clear when you read the series, it is just having a history lesson. Yet another fabulous book in the Frontier series.

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Hard to put down and big thank you to the author. Mar 15, Jill Smith rated it really liked it. Shannon Duff rated it it was ok Jan 04, Christine rated it really liked it Jun 23, Douglas Phillip Cook rated it really liked it May 25, Nina rated it really liked it Mar 11, Troy Davey rated it liked it Jul 26, Sarah rated it really liked it Aug 01, Linda Booth rated it it was amazing Jul 01, Phil Olsen rated it it was amazing Apr 22, Elizabeth rated it liked it Jun 02, Donna rated it really liked it Aug 25, Annie rated it it was amazing Jun 15, Kerryn Taylor rated it it was amazing May 29, Paul Vanderloos rated it it was amazing Aug 20, Elva Jordan rated it it was ok Dec 10, Donna Stebbings rated it it was ok Aug 19, I'd run for my life!

Well thank you so much, Curious Girl! Can you imagine being a storm chaser! Some of our Wonder Friends think it would be the coolest thing on Earth, while others, like you, would much rather stay indoors! It sounds like the equipment that gets picked up during tornadoes often gets destroyed. If so, how do the scientists get information about the tornadoes? Great question from our Wonder Friends in Mrs. The storm chasers do lose equipment from time to time.

However, communication equipment is almost always the most important. Many storm chasers are armed with a video camera, cell phone and radio to accurately track their storms! A team of storm chasers is better than one, Julian!

Usually a team of people chase the storm together-- that way they can communicate with and direct the driver while they are calculating the information from the weather! How could you not be terrified? I would because just drive in a tornado that is why I would be scared. We think that storm chasers are brave and adventurous! Chasing storms is their passion! We're so glad you shared your opinion about today's Wonder with us today! We are very appreciative of all the storm chasers!

We agree with you, Blakeleigh, it would be a very scary job! It would take a very brave person to drive into those storms-- we agree with you, Kamaria! We agree with you, Korayma! We appreciate all the hard work that storm chasers put it, but many of our Wonder Friends don't think it's the career path for us! We are so excited that you enjoyed today's Wonder, Jason!

We can't take credit for today's Wonder video, but we think that storm chasers are very brave! Thanks to them, we know when the storm is coming and we can take cover! It is really amazing how the storm chaser can go after a storm. Also when he was little he was afraid of thunder storms and now he isn't. We think that the storm chaser from today's Wonder video is a very brave individual, Korayma!

He studied weather for a very long time and loves his job-- like Wonder Friend Azhir said, he helps save lives! We're glad he is no longer afraid of storms, too! Thanks for sharing your comment with us today! Wow that was pretty cool! I liked that storm chasers don't just chase they also saved lives. I would be scared to chase a storm. But I can see how cool it would be to do that type of stuff. Keep on working on what you do best is chasing storm's. Storm chasers really do make a difference; we learned in today's Wonder video that storm chasers even fill in the meteorologists who are reporting the weather conditions!

Because of them we know when to stay away from windows and glass for a tornado or when to evacuate an area for a hurricane! We LOVE storm chasers! Thanks for sharing your comment today! We're glad today's Wonder was right up your alley, Tyler! We hope you'll do some more WONDERing about storm chasers and research all the different ways these chasers stay safe.

We are excited that today's Wonder was a big thumbs up in your book, but we want you to stay nice and safe, too! We thought today's Wonder was interesting. Kaitlyn was very interested in cars that survive going through a tornado. Connor thought it was cool to learn about the TIV2 cars, too.

Vito thinks it's interesting that people are risky enough to chase tornadoes. Madie wonders if there are ships like the TIV2 that can survive hurricanes. We think tomorrow's wonder will be about food, barbells, weights, cows, boulders, elevators, gravity, or anchors. Ski wonders if any of her AM wonder friends will check it out at home and comment. Happy Thanksgiving Wonder Friends! Check it out, our Wonder Friends from Mrs. Ski's AM Class are here!! Today's Wonder about storm chasers was very interesting, and we're glad you thought so, too!

We Wonder if you can find out more information about hurricane chasers We hope you'll join us tomorrow, even if you're not in class! Dear Wonderopolis, Today's wonder was great! The video was amazing. One of our classmates has actually met a storm chaser. We think tomorrow's wonder will be about weights, scales, losing weight at the gym, or even gravity.

Thank you for the wonders, Mrs. WOW, how cool that one of our Wonder Friends has met a storm chaser in person! Thanks for sharing that with us! We are glad that all our Wonder Friends in Mrs. Witkowski's 4th grade class are thinking about the different elements and information used to study a storm!

We're having so much fun that we can barely wait until tomorrow! Enjoy the rest of your terrific Tuesday! What scientific equipment do storm chasers try to place in a storm in hopes of it being picked up? Great question from Mrs. Storm chasers use different equipment, depending on their objective. But some storm chasers will just have a cell phone, video camera, laptop computer and a radio with them! We had fun learning about storms and how they get into a storm. We particularly enjoyed seeing the high-tech, souped-up, extremely heavy car.

We're glad to hear that you enjoyed today's Wonder! Corson's 4th grade class!! It's cool to learn something new about storms and the equipment used to study those storms! It takes a lot of knowledge and practice to be a storm chaser! Have a terrific Tuesday-- we'll see you soon! Well thank you so much, Aaron! We love meeting great Wonder Friends like you!

We've got a Wonder that's right up your alley literally! You can Wonder with us as we learn all about funnel clouds and how they create tornadoes! Wonder Where is Tornado Alley?

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It certainly is risky to be a storm chaser, but some people really love to study the weather up close and personal, Directoner! I really liked the wonder of the day because it is nice to learn new things about storms and storm chasing. It was a little scary and sent chills down my spine. When I am older, I want to drive a dominator. Grade 4 Resurrection School.

WONDERing about storms and the people who study them can be a bit scary at times, but we're proud of you! Thanks for sharing your comment with us! Have a terrific Tuesday! We learned that storm chasers can be an adventurous bunch, Aniyah, but safety is definitely important! We hope that you learned something new from today's Wonder I once saw a Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2. The guy said that it was really heavy. It looked very weird.

WOW, that's pretty cool, Bryleigh! We bet the Tornado Intercept Vehicle 2 was quite a sight to see! It's cool to know that such a compact vehicle can help storm chasers get around with ease! Dear Wonderopolis, We enjoyed learning about storm chasers today. We think they're so cool. We think tomorrow's wonder will be about overeating on turkey or how gravity weighs you down.

Tillman's 4th grade class are here today! We can't wait for Thanksgiving We think that's great, Travis! It's important to keep safety in mind, too! Those storm chasers are adventurous and very smart-- they always look for warning signs during a storm! We think it would be scary and awesome to chase a storm.

We watched the Wonders about tornadoes and hurricanes. We think tomorrow's wonder will be about an elephant sitting on someone, a goat on someone, or a hippo on someone. Thanks for Wondering about tornadoes and hurricanes, Wonder Friends in Ms. We are proud of you for visiting other Wonders-- even if they're scary at times! Can you believe Thanksgiving is nearly here?? Wow that's very dangerous that people would even do that!

My teacher is in love with storms. I would never do a thing like that EVER! I feel bad for the people who got injured during it. This wonder sort of reminds me of hurricane Sandy. I think tomorrow's wonder will be about weighing someone or Thanksgiving foods.

We think it takes a lot of courage and knowledge to chase storms safely, Wondergirl! We think it's important to remember that it's very cool to learn about storms and storm chasers, but we don't have to chase them ourselves! We want all our Wonder Friends to stay nice and safe! Hey there, Wonder Friend! Heres some more emojis. Thanks for sharing, Wonder Friend! How Many Emoticons Are There? Before you submit your comment, please remember:.

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What do storm chasers do if they catch a storm? Do storm chasers ever get hurt? Try It Out Are you ready to put yourself in the path of a storm? Be sure to check out the following activities with a friend or family member: Do us a favor and don't get any bright ideas about chasing storms on your own!

Storm chasing is a dangerous hobby that only professionals should engage in. If you see a storm coming, do you know what to do? The safest place to be in a storm is inside. If at all possible, head indoors and find a safe place away from windows, such as a basement or cellar, to wait out the storm. If you do not have a basement, hunker down in the most interior room of your home. Talk with a friend or family member about the safest place in your house to go in case of a storm.

Unfortunately, it's not always possible to get inside during a storm. If you happen to be outside, make sure you get out of the water if you're in a lake, river, ocean, or swimming pool. Water conducts electricity, which can be very dangerous during a lightning storm! If you're stuck outside and can't find shelter of any kind, stay away from tall objects. Large trees, telephone poles, and metal towers can attract lightning. It's no fun getting stuck outside in a storm, so one thing you can do to make an outdoor adventure safer is to check the weather forecast in advance.

If bad weather is a possibility, make sure you make plans for what to do in case of a storm. Do you remember that time you got sucked up by a tornado? Use your imagination to come up with a wild tale of what you experienced during your adventure. How fast were the winds spinning? Where did the tornado take you? Were you injured at all? Have fun making up a story about what could happen if you encountered a magical tornado! Did you get it? Wonder Words tornado hurricane thrilling adventure hunker warning predict forecaster accurate evacuate circumstances equipment retreat professional amateur path data expert Take the Wonder Word Challenge.

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