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When Isabella Girardi and her friends called on lightning, in jest, to bring them an immortal man, they didn’t actually believe it would happen, especially since they were a little tipsy at the time from a girls’ night out. Thinking nothing of it, Isabella returns to work on Monday morning at KDWI Television, where she’s the top weather forecaster in New York State. She takes her career seriously, and she isn’t really thinking about finding a husband at the moment, even though her interfering mother pushes every available male she can find on her.
The station hires Galvin Haldor, and Isabella can’t seem to get enough of him. When strange weather patterns develop, it becomes harder for her to predict the weather, but Galvin doesn’t seem to have the same problem. She begins to wonder what secrets he’s hiding, and if it’s wise to give her heart to a man who doesn’t seem to have a past—at least not one on Earth.
Since an immortal woman bore Galvin, he decides to go to Earth and find a wife among the mortal women. His mother, Sif, the goddess of fertility, isn’t thrilled with his plans, mainly because he’ll have to watch his wife grow old, while he stays young. Galvin’s father, Thor, the thunder god, downright forbids it and starts messing with the weather, challenging his son. And if that’s not enough, Gavin has to keep his eye on Loki, god of pranks, because there’s no telling what he might do. But Galvin can’t resist Isabella. She might just be the woman he’d give up his immortality for.
Struck By Lightning starts out slow, with the usual boy meets girl, followed by not really liking each other, and onto hot sex—in an elevator with security cameras, no less. It’s as if the author was trying to get all of that out of the way before she got to the meat of the story. Eventually, though, the story does become interesting, and I no longer had to resist the urge to put it aside for something else.
If you liked the movie Twister, you’ll like Struck By Lightning, since there’s a bit of fast-paced storm chasing once the story gets going. The different Greek gods and goddesses of mythology add flavor to a pretty good read, and I found myself interested in reading future stories about Isabella’s friends and the immortals who drop into their lives.
