The Thunder Beneath Us
Nicole Blades
- To
- the
- world,
- Best
- Lightburn
- is
- a
- talented
- writer
- rising
- up
- the
- masthead
- at
- international
- style
- magazine
- James,
- girlfriend
- of
- a
- gorgeous
- up-and-coming
- actor,
- and
- friend
- to
- New
- York
- City’s
- fabulous.
- Then
- there’s
- the
- other
- Best,
- the
- one
- who
- has
- chosen
- to
- recast
- herself
- as
- an
- only
- child
- rather
- than
- confront
- the
- truth.Ten
- years
- ago,
- on
- Christmas
- Eve,
- Best
- and
- her
- two
- older
- brothers
- took
- a
- shortcut
- over
- a
- frozen
- lake.
- When
- the
- ice
- cracked,
- all
- three
- went
- in.
- Only
- Best
- came
- out.
- People
- said
- she
- was
- lucky,
- but
- that
- kind
- of
- luck
- is
- nothing
- but
- a
- burden.
- Because
- Best
- knows
- what
- she
- had
- to
- do
- to
- survive.
- And
- after
- years
- of
- covering
- up
- the
- past,
- her
- guilt
- is
- detonating
- through
- every
- facet
- of
- her
- seemingly
- charmed
- life.
- It’s
- all
- unraveling
- so
- fast:
- her
- new
- boss
- is
- undermining
- and
- deceitful,
- her
- boyfriend
- is
- recovering
- from
- a
- breakdown,
- and
- a
- recent
- investigative
- story
- has
- led
- to
- a
- secret
- affair
- with
- the
- magazine’s
- wealthy
- publisher.Best
- is
- quick-witted
- and
- headstrong,
- but
- how
- do
- you
- find
- a
- way
- to
- happiness
- when
- you’re
- sure
- you
- haven’t
- earned
- it—or
- embrace
- a
- future
- you
- feel
- you
- don’t
- deserve?
- Evocative
- and
- emotional,
- The
- Thunder
- Beneath
- Us
- is
- a
- gripping
- novel
- about
- learning
- to
- carry
- loss
- without
- breaking,
- and
- to
- heal
- and
- forgive—not
- least
- of
- all, ourselves.
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