TAKEN (Before the Storm)

Before the kidnappings.

Before the lies.

Before TAKEN... there was Before the Storm.

For years, Amanda Smith dreamed of the day Michael Johnson might finally notice her. When their feelings are finally revealed, the two discover that first love may have been worth the wait all along.

But while one love story is just beginning...

A friendship is quietly unraveling.

As Amanda’s lifelong best friend drifts toward a new crowd, old promises are broken, jealousy takes root, and the friendship they once believed was unbreakable slowly begins to fade.

Desperate to find where she belongs, she slowly begins losing herself, never realizing that one betrayal and one tragic car accident will change the course of every life around her... including her own. Forever.

Because sometimes the worst storms don’t begin with rain...

They begin with heartbreak.