The first few pages had me hooked. I’d never heard about Coronal Mass Ejections but once I realised it was a real thing, I was interested in the story unravelling. CMEs caused a catastrophic solar storm which stopped the power network. Wears Valley is a small community and Sela and her Aunt Carol help lead the community forward. This romantic suspense had me turning the pages.

LiLinda Howard and Linda Jones join forces & bring us After Sundown.

After Sundown, was a slow burn with a very grumpy, broody hero. The plot was very interesting a soloar storm was coming and it would destry the power grid on earth,the only person to be prepaid was our grumpy hereo.

Fear can make people go crazy, and i dont want to imagaine a world without grocery strores, petrol stations, warm water, Hospitals, medications and more. This book made me want to become a prepper. 100 %.

Overall this was for me just 3 stars, thefirst half of the book we did not get the couple alot of thetime it was annoying me, and the the other half was the interactioni wanted. it was weird,nda Howard and Linda Jones join forces & bring us After Sundown.

After Sundown, was a slow burn with a very grumpy, broody hero. The plot was very interesting a soloar storm was coming and it would destry the power grid on earth,the only person to be prepaid was our grumpy hereo.

Fear can make people go crazy, and i dont want to imagaine a world without grocery strores, petrol stations, warm water, Hospitals, medications and more. This book made me want to become a prepper. 100 %.

Overall this was for me just 3 stars, thefirst half of the book we did not get the couple alot of thetime it was annoying me, and the the other half was the interactioni wanted. it was weird,

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 by Linda Howard and Linda Jones feels particularly apt right now in today’s climate where people are panic buying toilet paper. I have to admit being more on edge reading this book now than I would at any other time but I also really found it engrossing to read about how would a person and their community deal with the fallout of a catastrophic event. I can’t help but admit getting some ideas from all the doomsday prepping 😆 ⁣⁣
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This book really gives us an indication how people would react in such an event and the characters really drive this story along. I also particularly enjoyed Sela, the heroine, and her character development.⁣⁣

After a solar storm hits Earth and wipes out electrical and water systems, no pocket of society is untouched by the aftermath. Wears Valley might be small and out of the way, but they have enemies both external and internal to be wary of - especially Sela, who owns the local gas station. She may find the help she needs from Ben, a brooding ex-military hermit who she's been crushing on for years. If she can convince him, that is.

I loved this book. I started reading it before bed and had to stop myself at about halfway at midnight - and then spent the entire night dreaming about it lol. There are a lot of books about big, loud apocalypses but I've found myself gravitating towards the ones that focus on small communities and how they survive.

I'm also a big old romantic, so I really enjoyed the mixture of steamy romance and apocalypse shenanigans. It was very easy for me to become immersed in this novel and I'm sure I'll be thinking about it for a while. I can't wait to actually buy a copy!

In a quiet county of Tennesee, after retiring from the Marines, Ben Jernigan has perched himself in an off the grid house on top of mountain looking for peace, quiet and solitude. The only person who comes close to breaching his walls is the timid Sela Gordon running the local gas and convenience store. When Ben becomes aware that a devastating solar storm is coming that will wipe out the electrical grid for at least a year, despite his best efforts to care less, he cannot resist warning Sela. And Sela trusts him just in time.

Ben and Sela put up initial resistance but soon find that they have to take leadership roles in their small community and turn to each other in order to survive and keep those they care about safe through the crisis.

Linda Howard is one of my favourite authors for her ability to combine romance, suspense and action in unputdownable stories. And this book fulfils that tradition. I found the background of solar storm (CMEs) so realistic that I actually researched just how safe my own lifestayle was if one hit. A frighteningly real scenario that made this story all the more riveting. And of course these authors are the masters of romance and steamy sexual attraction.

You won't be disappointed.

Thanks to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an independent review.
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