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Braving the Storm

Crimson Ridge, Book 2

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Braving the Storm

By: Elliott Rose
Narrated by: Gabriel Spires, Amy Hall
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I'm not supposed to feel this way…

I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one thing: my surname. A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father's chess piece shuffled between empires.

That was my life back in L.A., but all it took was finding the dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket, and my entire world unraveled.

So, I fled to the one place I knew they could never find me: Crimson Ridge.

Arriving in this snowy, harsh world, I thought I'd be starting over on my own, but it turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. The abandoned mountain cabin I inherited isn't what it seems.

This mountain hides secrets. An ex-pro bull rider consumes this space, and now, my every thought with it... Stôrmand Lane. My father's adopted brother.

We should never have found ourselves isolated out here in the mountains together, each trying to outrun our pasts.

All it took was one misunderstanding, one line almost crossed, and everything changed.

A girl like me isn't supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, and I'm certainly not meant to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes land on mine.

He might be my every fantasy, a cowboy I constantly dream about, but he's a temptation I have to ignore. A man I absolutely cannot find myself attracted to.

Even when he's looking at me with the kind of hunger that can only spell ruin for us both.

Long, dark nights spent in this tiny cabin can't be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.

Or can they?

From international bestselling author Elliott Rose comes Braving the Storm, an interconnected standalone in the Crimson Ridge forbidden love series. Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Elliott Rose (P)2025 Podium Audio
Contemporary Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Westerns
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Emotional Depth • Steamy Storyline • Magnificent Narration • Incredible Cowboy Romance • Spicy Forbidden Romance
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Spicy 🥵

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⭐️: 5/5

Briar is running from her life in LA to Crimson Ridge. Tired of never choosing herself and being a pawn in her father’s world, she hopes to find some solace in the cabin she was left after her father’s passing. Briar is surprised to not find the cabin empty, but instead inhabited by her estrange Uncle and he is calling it home.
🖤 Adopted Uncle/Estranged Niece
🖤 Tatt’d Ex-Pro Bull Rider Turned Farrier
🖤 Free Use
🖤 Only One Bed
🖤 “Show Me”
🖤 Age Gap (14 years)
🖤 Darlin’
🖤 Stick Shift (& Other) Lessons
🖤 Interconnected-Standalone with HEA

Holy Hot! I cannot get enough of Storm and Briar and they will live rent free in my head. I was 2% and already in love with Stôrmand Lane. I loved their physical chemistry and budding relationship from the start. Between Storm’s dirty mouth to Briar’s sexual awakening, they created a wonderfully steamy storyline. Briar really came into her own as the book progressed and fought the things that had been dimming her light in her past. I love a good taboo romance and this was everything I was hoping for and more. This book pulled me straight into the cowboy era and I am not sure what to do with myself. I loved their characters in the book and desperately regret not reading Chasing the Wild yet. MUST READ!

The actors voices were both incredibly soothing and easy to listen to. I loved the way these characters came to life. The acting was fantastic!

The actors were fantastic!

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I thought chasing the wild was great, this is even better! Elliot Rose really knows how to write an incredible cowboy romance.

My new favorite book

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Yall: this book! I have been waiting for this & let me tell you- it did not disappoint! The story is fire. The spice is FIRE. Like once it gets going, hold on to your cowboy hat. 🤠 This is giving Credence x Cowboys. 🌶️

Not enough stars exist

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The story was amazing and you felt like you were there a kind of felt what they felt the narrators were awesome I don’t wanna ruin it for anyone just listen to it it’s so good absolute perfection
♥️♥️♥️Mechele

The performance was amazing

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This book sizzled from page one, and I devoured it. Set in a small town where everyone knows your name—and your business—this story is related not by blood by adoption. His niece and him being the rugged, broody, emotionally wounded uncle (yeah, I said what I said) who find themselves tangled in a connection that’s as taboo as it is.

what took this story from a guilty-pleasure romp to a full-body book hangover was the emotional depth. Underneath the sinfully hot scenes (and trust me, they’re graphic in the best way), there’s a tender exploration of self-worth, the freedom to be fully yourself, and the kind of love that doesn’t ask you to change—just to come as you are.

Fun, filthy, and surprisingly sweet. I regret nothing.

Tropes:
• Forbidden
• Age gap
• Found self-worth & redemption
• Small town steam

Spice: 4/5

We shouldn’t, but we did!

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4.5 / 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐️
4.5 / 5 🌶️
Spicy chapters: 1, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 33, 34, 36, 38, Epilogue

Dual POV, first person 🙌🏻

Storm (MMC) and Briar (FMC)

This book is imo the spiciest of the series so far. Uncle Storm has experience, a dirty mouth, and is an unbelievably HOT cowboy 🔥 🥵. The psychical chemistry between the MC's is over the roof! Having said that, the emotional intimacy was somewhat lacking, but the many spicy scenes 🌶 made up for it 😏😏😏.

Regarding the plot, besides the relationship between the MCs, there isn't a lot going on. The story is low stakes, and the third act breakup was completely "meh" 😕.

I appreciate that Leyla and Colt from the previous installment in the series make an appearance, and we can picture them living a happy life together.

Overall, this is the story about a sexy cowboy 🤠 and a much younger, fairly inexperienced FMC who happens to be his niece (they're NOT blood related). If you're in the mood for that, it won't disappoint you.

Happy reading! 📚

Yeeehaw cowboy hotness 🤠 👢

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An absolutely STUNNING and spectacular follow up to the Crimson Ridge series starter, Chasing the Wild. This time we are catching up with the elusive Stormand & the newly arrived Briar. This super sexy and emotionally charged story is everything we could possibly want & more. Storm & Briar are an incredible couple and the level of consent & care between them is perfection. Though this is a forbidden relationship, there is nothing actually problematic and the twist within the story makes for a beautiful payoff. I can’t recommend this enough, especially if you loved the first book… This is a worthy follow up.
Amy Hall & Gabriel Spires are just MAGNIFICENT & give all the feelings and heat. They are able to bring this story to life with such amazing nuance & sensitive care to the emotional vulnerability of these characters and we really feel every moment of their journey to be together. BRAVO to Amy & Gabriel!

A Storm is Brewing

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I didn't think I could like it better than Chasing the wild but this is so freaking good & so freaking HAWTT🌶️. The uncle thing is chefs kiss in the best and worst ways😍. the narration is flawless & the story really freaking did things for me😍

OhMyGOD Uncle Storm🥵😍

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Wow!!! This story between Storm and Briar. This had romance, spice, drama, family drama and sadness. I highly recommend this book. I loved seeing how these characters grew throughout the book. Especially seeing how Briar changed.

Storm & Briar - OMG Drama

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