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About the Author
Award-winning author Kim Baldwin has been a writer for three decades, following up twenty years as an executive in network news with a second vocation penning lesbian fiction. She has published seven other solo novels with Bold Strokes Books. She has also published six books in the Elite Operatives Series in collaboration with Xenia Alexiou; the final book -- One Last Thing -- will be published in January 2015. Kim has also narrated an audiobook version of Breaking the Ice, and her works have been translated into Russian, Dutch, and Spanish.
She lives in the north woods of Michigan, but takes to the road with her laptop and camera whenever possible. Her website is kimbaldwin.com and she can be reached at baldwinkim@gmail.com.
She lives in the north woods of Michigan, but takes to the road with her laptop and camera whenever possible. Her website is kimbaldwin.com and she can be reached at baldwinkim@gmail.com.
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Kim Baldwin has published fourteen novels and six short stories with Bold Strokes Books. Her latest release is Taken by Storm. Next up is One Last Thing, the final book in the Elite Operatives Series (January 2015). Her work has been translated into Dutch, Russian, and Spanish, and she narrated the audiobook version of her novel Breaking the Ice.
Dying to Live won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award, a 2012 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, and a Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award. Breaking the Ice won a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award, the Silver Medal in the Romance Category, and First Place, Contemporary Fiction in the 2011 Rainbow Awards for Excellence, awarded by the GLBT Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.It also won a 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award. Missing Lynx was a 2011 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, won a 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, two 2011 Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Awards, and Honorable Mention in the 2010 GLBT Rainbow Awards. The Gemini Deception won a 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society Award. Thief of Always won a 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Award and two 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers' Choice Awards.Three other novels have won Lesbian Fiction Readers' Choice Awards, six have been finalists for Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and one was voted second Favorite International Fiction Book by Dutch readers. Kim is also a 2008 recipient of an Alice B. Readers Appreciation Award for her body of work.
After 20 years as a network news journalist, she returned to her home state of Michigan to live in a cabin in the woods, but she keeps her passport and camera handy to hit the road whenever possible.
You can find more information on her website: www.kimbaldwin.com
Contact her at baldwinkim@gmail.com
Dying to Live won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award, a 2012 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, and a Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award. Breaking the Ice won a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award, the Silver Medal in the Romance Category, and First Place, Contemporary Fiction in the 2011 Rainbow Awards for Excellence, awarded by the GLBT Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.It also won a 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Award. Missing Lynx was a 2011 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, won a 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Award, two 2011 Lesbian Fiction Reader's Choice Awards, and Honorable Mention in the 2010 GLBT Rainbow Awards. The Gemini Deception won a 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society Award. Thief of Always won a 2010 Golden Crown Literary Society Award and two 2010 Lesbian Fiction Readers' Choice Awards.Three other novels have won Lesbian Fiction Readers' Choice Awards, six have been finalists for Golden Crown Literary Society Awards, and one was voted second Favorite International Fiction Book by Dutch readers. Kim is also a 2008 recipient of an Alice B. Readers Appreciation Award for her body of work.
After 20 years as a network news journalist, she returned to her home state of Michigan to live in a cabin in the woods, but she keeps her passport and camera handy to hit the road whenever possible.
You can find more information on her website: www.kimbaldwin.com
Contact her at baldwinkim@gmail.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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on August 31, 2014
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Award winning writer Kim Baldwin does it again. Taken by Storm is a well written and developed adventure novel with a strong shot of romance. Nicely developed strong characters who are challenged to grow through the story with well done secondary characters that are essential to the plot development. There is good treatment of the ramifications of climate change in the plot dev..Tons of knowledge about survival and climbing in challenging conditions just adds to the richness of the novel. Nice heat to top it off!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Christine Terrell
on September 15, 2014
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I was provided a free download of Taken by Storm by Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. I would like to thank Net Galley and the publisher, Bold Strokes Books, for this opportunity.
Taken by Storm, by veteran author Kim Baldwin, is a captivating read. I have always been fascinated by stories involving natural disasters, especially when snow and ice is involved. The main premise of this book relates to a passenger train that is derailed and buried by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. The main characters are Steffi, a rock-climbing librarian, and Hudson, an Associated Press international reporter who enjoys extreme skiing. As circumstances have it, these two women end up bearing the responsibility of finding a way out for the twenty or so survivors of the wreck. The main thrust of the storyline is how these people try to make it out of a seemingly impossible situation and the treacherous, heart-stopping events that transpire in their effort.
The first 40% of the book is a bit slow (not boring), but in exchange for that, the reader is introduced to several well-developed minor characters. Just before the halfway point, the tension is cranked up considerably, and the book becomes unputdownable. An engaging additional theme emerges during this part of the book, involving the build up of a deep trust between the two main characters as their lives became totally dependent on each other.
This is the first book I have read by this author. Ms. Baldwin's prose is simple, yet highly effective in telling the story. She has researched her topics well, especially the techniques, the thrills and the travails involved in mountain climbing. Overall, I was highly entertained by Taken by Storm and will likely read more of Ms. Baldwin's novels.
Taken by Storm, by veteran author Kim Baldwin, is a captivating read. I have always been fascinated by stories involving natural disasters, especially when snow and ice is involved. The main premise of this book relates to a passenger train that is derailed and buried by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. The main characters are Steffi, a rock-climbing librarian, and Hudson, an Associated Press international reporter who enjoys extreme skiing. As circumstances have it, these two women end up bearing the responsibility of finding a way out for the twenty or so survivors of the wreck. The main thrust of the storyline is how these people try to make it out of a seemingly impossible situation and the treacherous, heart-stopping events that transpire in their effort.
The first 40% of the book is a bit slow (not boring), but in exchange for that, the reader is introduced to several well-developed minor characters. Just before the halfway point, the tension is cranked up considerably, and the book becomes unputdownable. An engaging additional theme emerges during this part of the book, involving the build up of a deep trust between the two main characters as their lives became totally dependent on each other.
This is the first book I have read by this author. Ms. Baldwin's prose is simple, yet highly effective in telling the story. She has researched her topics well, especially the techniques, the thrills and the travails involved in mountain climbing. Overall, I was highly entertained by Taken by Storm and will likely read more of Ms. Baldwin's novels.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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on September 25, 2014
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I've been going back and forth about whether this book is a 2 star or 3 star. I really wanted to like this book. Not only is it Baldwin's first novel on her own in several years, but the subject matter is right up my alley. I applaud any author who can create a profound, moving connection between characters who are literally fighting for their lives. Because let's face it, it's really hard to make romantic development between people believable when they haven't eaten in three days. Pyramid of concerns and all that. But after I finished it and really digested the work as a whole, I'm finding a lot more criticisms than positives. There are some spoilers ahead.
The main theme I'll probably keep coming back to in this long review is this book lacks identity. O Book, What Art Thou??! Are you adventure? Are you romance with adventure? Are you an in depth look into human survival-ism? Are you a study of like 18 different characters and how they all react to a tragic situation? It seems at times you are all these things and more, and frankly you aren't very good at any of them.
Let's start with the romance. There is nary a touch, hand hold, hug or even a sleeping situation until like 70% in! So if I'm stuck in a buried train not knowing whether or not I am even going to be alive by the end of the week, I'm throwing caution to the wind and spooning the hot chick in the tour group by night 2. For body warmth of course. There is just very little chemistry between Hudson and Steffi, in fact at one point in the story, they barely like each other. And even when they finally start having heart to heart conversations waaayyy late, it's almost clinical in the way it's done.Read more ›
The main theme I'll probably keep coming back to in this long review is this book lacks identity. O Book, What Art Thou??! Are you adventure? Are you romance with adventure? Are you an in depth look into human survival-ism? Are you a study of like 18 different characters and how they all react to a tragic situation? It seems at times you are all these things and more, and frankly you aren't very good at any of them.
Let's start with the romance. There is nary a touch, hand hold, hug or even a sleeping situation until like 70% in! So if I'm stuck in a buried train not knowing whether or not I am even going to be alive by the end of the week, I'm throwing caution to the wind and spooning the hot chick in the tour group by night 2. For body warmth of course. There is just very little chemistry between Hudson and Steffi, in fact at one point in the story, they barely like each other. And even when they finally start having heart to heart conversations waaayyy late, it's almost clinical in the way it's done.Read more ›
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on September 16, 2014
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Taken By Storm is an exciting story of a scenic passenger train in the Swiss-Italian Alps which is buried by an avalanche. Baldwin does a great job of introducing the two main characters separately in their home settings. Steffi Graham is a librarian in a small town in Washington. She has never traveled out of the country before. Hudson Mead is an award winning reporter for the Associated Press. Steffi is traveling with her rock climbing club, while Hudson is traveling with her photographer. Both women are looking forward to a well earned vacation.
Baldwin beautifully increases the tension as the train passes through the heavy snow in the Alps. She raises the ante when the train is hit by an avalanche and plunges off the tracks and down into a gorge. The twenty-two survivors must work together, pooling their skills, food, and water so that all can survive. Their techniques for melting snow for water, dividing up what food they have, and helping the injured are told in detail, helping readers get to know the supporting characters. Kim Baldwin is a former CNN executive, and I really chuckled over the portrayal of a character from a less esteemed news station.
As food and water are running out, it becomes obvious that the survivors must do something to help rescue themselves. Hudson and Steffi are the best candidates for this, as they are fit, and Steffi has good rock climbing skills. This is where the story takes on more danger and drama, and where Steffi and Hudson must learn to trust each other.
If you're a fan of adventure, good characters, and a love story, Taken By Storm is for you! It has it all!
Baldwin beautifully increases the tension as the train passes through the heavy snow in the Alps. She raises the ante when the train is hit by an avalanche and plunges off the tracks and down into a gorge. The twenty-two survivors must work together, pooling their skills, food, and water so that all can survive. Their techniques for melting snow for water, dividing up what food they have, and helping the injured are told in detail, helping readers get to know the supporting characters. Kim Baldwin is a former CNN executive, and I really chuckled over the portrayal of a character from a less esteemed news station.
As food and water are running out, it becomes obvious that the survivors must do something to help rescue themselves. Hudson and Steffi are the best candidates for this, as they are fit, and Steffi has good rock climbing skills. This is where the story takes on more danger and drama, and where Steffi and Hudson must learn to trust each other.
If you're a fan of adventure, good characters, and a love story, Taken By Storm is for you! It has it all!
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