Storm Clouds

The continuing story of Pop Queen Amanda Red Storm. She nurtures two new pop princesses in her band, Storm Works, advancing her band and their popularity to new heights. But her Godfather's drug wars exact an extreme price. Red Storm has overcome personal tragedy and setbacks to her career since revealing her relationship with a major New York crime family. And she has fought to regain her sanity after a deep loss that left her on the edge of darkness. Once she was able to find her way again, her voice followed. And to no one's surprise, her fans were still waiting for her in spite of her secrets. A major part of her recovery and return to stardom is her partnership with Mindy Millner. The accidental discovery of the sweet sounding, tall, freckle-faced red-head, brought a contrasting singing style to Storm Works that fans jumped all over. The band jells around the two and looks to Mindy to help keep the sometime shaky Amanda on track when her unrealistic love life hits rough spots. Amanda gains the confidence to take on that European tour the band has put off for so long. A big bright spot in Amanda's life is the interminable love and admiration of thirteen year old athlete and math genius Lilly Jones, the daughter of her agent, Jacqueline Jones. Lilly blossoms under Amanda's piano and singing lessons, but those ambitions cause a rift between Lilly and her mother and Jackie and Amanda. Jacqueline does not want Lilly in the music business, but Lilly, a self-confident, free thinking, independent soul, defies her mother and proves herself to be a headliner with Storm Works, becoming the third Storm sister. But Amanda Palermo Storm cannot escape family, the Russo family. And she doesn't want to, even though that makes her a constant target of drug lords fighting Tony Russo for territory on New York streets, especially in Queens where her studio and theater is located. She now carries her own Beretta Storm for protection. Even after being kidnapped, tortured, and left for dead, Red Storm defiantly fights back as does her ever loyal band. Fear of the everlasting darkness and an inner voice that tells her she needs to set Storm Works on a new course with two new leads sets Amanda on yet another new life plan that includes the man she has ignored for too long. And a new secret convinces Storm that survival is now more important than defiance. Storm the City / book one / Red StormStorm the City / book two / Storm CloudsStorm the City / book three / Storm Damage