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KEELAN STORM grew up in a small, south Texas town and finds that she very nearly despises the large city life. She studied accounting in college for a couple of years before discovering her better fit of teaching and met the love of her life in her freshman college dorm. Once married, her husband's military career took them to Kansas for a few years before she made it back to her well-missed Texas hometown to teach junior high math for several years.
It was during those first years of marriage that her first story popped in her head, and she began her adventure of writing. She fell in love with the characters so deeply that she couldn't let their story end. Her writing took a pause with the arrival of two sweet boys, but she's finally ready to share her series with readers.
Currently, Keelan Storm is a fifth grade math teacher by day, and a mother and writer by night. She enjoys time with her husband and two children, their cat and dog, a love/hate relationship with her treadmill and the gym, reading, trying her hand at gardening (not bad so far), attending local craft activities, and rediscovering her passion for her story and it's characters.
Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
Finding Fate is the first entry in the Tied by Fate Series by Keelan Storm, a coming-of-age, young adult romance with unforgettable characters. Tucker Patterson has lived all his life in the beachside community where he’s developed a relationship with Isabel “Izzy” Dearly. He’s never had more than a friendly consideration for Isabel until one day before their senior year he watches her at the ocean shore. Deep inside, he knows he desires her. But everything changes when rich kid Wesley Hernandez moves into their community and goes after Isabel. He makes a strong impression on Izzy, the introverted girl next door that Tucker has known all his life. But something is wrong and Tucker is determined to show Izzy what it is. Can he win her heart and strengthen the bonds they’ve had for many years?
This novel caught my attention from the get-go and never let it slip for a single moment. Keelan Storm’s characters come alive in the pages and I loved how the author explores the emotions of the characters. The setting is a beach community that is beautifully described and the images play in the reader’s mind like those of a place they have known. The emotional conflict is very strong and I loved how the advent of Wesley changes everything, even the way Tucker looks at Izzy. Finding Fate is cinematic, written in gorgeous prose, and in a voice that grabs the reader and stays with them. It is an exciting and delightful read and I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
