Seven days to prepare a town. One storm closing in. One man she never planned for.

When disaster-preparedness specialist Dr. Mara Kincaid arrives in Port Calder, she has one job: turn a vulnerable coastal town into a model of cyclone readiness before the weather offshore becomes something no one can control.

The pressure is relentless. The politics are worse. And the last person Mara needs challenging her at every turn is Eli Mercer—the town’s sharp, infuriatingly perceptive radio host, local fixer, and the one man who understands Port Calder in ways no official map ever could.

Mara trusts structure, planning, and systems. Eli trusts people, memory, and the hidden ways a town actually works when crisis hits. They clash in public, collide in private, and as the storm track shifts closer, their uneasy alliance turns into something far more dangerous.

Because when roads flood, shelters fill, and rehearsal becomes reality, attraction is no longer the biggest risk.

Trust is.

The Week of the Storm is a tense, emotionally charged contemporary romance about pressure, desire, community, and what happens when two strong-willed people are forced to face both a coming storm—and each other.

Perfect for readers who love:

✔ Small-town coastal romance

✔ High-competence heroines

✔ Strong, grounded heroes

✔ Enemies-to-allies tension

✔ Forced proximity under pressure

✔ Weather and disaster backdrops

✔ Slow-burn emotional intensity