The Quiet Storm (Silhouette Intimate Moments) [Mass Market Paperback]

RaeAnne Thayne (Author), Raeanne Thayne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Intimate Moments | Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Beautiful heiress Elizabeth Quinn really had a medical excuse for having a hard time making conversation. But even if she hadn't, heart-stoppingly handsome detective Beau Riley might have left her tongue-tied. Still, Elizabeth needed the good detective. There had been a murder, and it affected the beloved little boy in her care. So speak with him she must. If only she were sure her traitorous heart would leave it at that....

Beau had already tried to get somewhere with Elizabeth--and all it had gotten him was the cold shoulder. And now, suddenly, because she needed his help, she was pursuing him? His head was telling him to get out while the getting was good.

Unfortunately, his heart was giving him a different message entirely....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037327288X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373272884
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,276 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm not one of those people who knew from birth she was destined to become a writer. I always loved to read and throughout my childhood I could usually be found with a book in my hands. To the disgust of my friends, I even enjoyed creative writing assignments that made them all groan. But I had other dreams besides writing. I wanted to be an actress or a teacher or a lawyer.

Life took a different turn for me, though, when my mother made me take a journalism elective in high school (thanks, Mom!). I knew the first day that this was where I belonged.

After I graduated from college in journalism, I took a job at the local daily newspaper and I reveled in the challenge and the diversity of it. One day I could be interviewing the latest country music star, the next day I was writing about local motorcycle gangs or interviewing an award-winning scientist.

Through it all -- through the natural progression of my career from reporter to editor -- I wrote stories in my head. Not just any stories, either, but romances, the kind of books I have devoured since junior high school, with tales about real people going through the trials and tribulations of life until they find deep and lasting love.

I had no idea how to put these people on paper, but knew I had to try -- their stories were too compelling for me to ignore. I sold my first book in 1995 and now, more than 30 books later, I've come to love everything about writing, from the click of the computer keys under my fingers to the "that's-it!" feeling I get when a story is flowing.

I write full-time now (well, as full-time as I can manage juggling my kids!) amid the raw beauty of the northern Utah mountains.

Even though I might not have dreamed of being a writer when I was younger, now I simply can't imagine my life any other way.

I love to hear from readers. You can reach me at my email address, [e-mail] or through my website http://www.raeannethayne.com

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A keeper! Very highly recommended, May 15, 2003

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Quiet Storm (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Mass Market Paperback)

One moment Elizabeth Quinn can radiate fire and the next moment she radiates cool composure. When she appears at the precinct hoping to convince someone to reopen a case, however, Detective Beau Riley wants nothing to do with it. Elizabeth inadvertently snubbed him a year earlier at a party, and Beau has never forgotten. He does not know that her deliberate speech and cool exterior masks a slight speech impediment caused by brain damage at birth. As a result, for years Elizabeth has endured cruel taunts and vicious criticism causing her to mask her feelings in rigid indifference.

But Elizabeth feels anything but indifferent when she asks Beau to investigate Tina's death. She is certain that her friend Tina would never have committed suicide, especially when she was looking forward to having her five-year-old son Alex back. Alex had been living with Elizabeth and her housekeeper, the boy's grandmother. Elizabeth loves and identifies with Alex, who is deaf. As a favor to his former partner who referred Elizabeth, Beau agrees to poke around in his off time, little expecting Elizabeth's assertions to be correct.

Author Raeanne Thayne upholds her reputation for penning exciting intrigue in THE QUIET STORM. Elizabeth proves herself a vulnerable and insecure heroine, hiding her weaknesses behind a cool exterior. Her subsequent mixed signals are not enough to entirely discourage this sexy hero, however! Secondary characters are likewise delightful, especially the irrepressible Alex. Making children believable without upstaging the main characters is difficult, but Thayne pulls off the challenge with style. Indeed, Thayne's talent for unconventional characters and a fascinating plot makes THE QUIET STORM a keeper. Very highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book worth the read, July 29, 2011

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LUCY "LOVE BOOKS" (CHARLOTTE,NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Quiet Storm (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read a lot of books by this author but this was one of her best.
The h. is a beautiful heiress that has a hard time with conversation due to an injury she suffered at birth- she first meets the H. at a friends party but she is afraid to talk to him due to her birth injury. He feels she has given him the cold shoulder. She goes to him when she is in need of a good detective to get him to re-open her friends murder case- they start off on the wrong foot, as he remembers the cold/shoulder she gave him, but he agrees to take a look at the case.
They are attracted to each other, but she is afraid and he wants to get out while the getting is good. I would love to meet someone like this Hero, he is to die for.
They finally come to an understanding that makes this a great book and one that will stay on my Keep list.