{"product_id":"the-storm-and-the-rose-midnight-edition-paperback","title":"The Storm and the Rose: Midnight Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. L. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArden Rivers escaped a stalker once. She refuses to spend the rest of her life running.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBartending at Dot's in Silverbranch, West Virginia, gives Arden a quiet life she can control-until Gideon Blackwell walks in wearing a perfect suit and the kind of authority she has learned to distrust. He owns the Blackwell Room, an invitation-only New York club shaped by old money, buried loyalties, and a family legacy that treats control as survival. After watching Arden command a dangerous room, Gideon offers her a job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe accepts because the choice is hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Blackwell Room's amber light, wary fascination deepens into friendship, hunger, and a love neither of them can afford to treat carelessly. Arden refuses to become another thing a powerful man protects by deciding for her. Gideon's devotion runs fierce and deep; loving Arden will require him to understand that safety without choice can become another kind of cage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the club's velvet doors, pressure begins to close around them. Gideon's family sees Arden as leverage. Red roses appear where they should not. Someone watches from the dark with intimate patience, turning old fear into a message meant for her alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArden has rebuilt herself before. This time, she is fighting for more than survival: the work she has claimed, the people who have become home, and a love that allows her to remain fully herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut obsession has been waiting longer than either of them knows... and the closer Arden and Gideon become, the more precisely the shadows learn where to cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Storm and the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric, open-door modern gothic romantic suspense about stalking, inherited power, found family, trauma, autonomy, and dangerous devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is Book One of the complete Storm \u0026amp; Shadow Duology and ends on a cliffhanger. Arden and Gideon's story concludes in \u003cem\u003eThe Rose and the Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Edition is the definitive second edition of the novel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 558\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49376167362699,"sku":"9798951320124","price":39.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/XhBvDNJwQf9798951320124.webp?v=1789581105","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-storm-and-the-rose-midnight-edition-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}