The Making of a Storm (Paperback)

2025 Chatelaine Awards Short List — Romantic Fiction

The Making of a Storm has been named to the 2025 Chatelaine Awards Short List for Romantic Fiction, recognized for its standout character moments, emotional depth, and compelling narrative craft.

A wild pianist. A controlled heir. One blind date changes everything.

Roxanne Childs is chaos in red lipstick, pouring grief into her piano and refusing to bow.
Alex Wolfe is control in a tailored suit, raised on duty and restraint—until Roxanne crashes into his world and rewrites every rule.

She’s too much for everyone else.
He’s the one man who can’t let go.

But passion collides with past scars, family secrets, and the terrifying freedom of being truly seen.

Bold, sexy, and emotionally raw, The Making of a Storm is a steamy opposites attract romance—perfect for readers who love chaotic heroines, magnetic banter, and love that refuses to be silenced.

Tasha Zima grew up trading romance novels with her mom like sacred artifacts, rereading dog-eared paperbacks until the spines gave out. She never expected to write one herself-until a small-town girl with too much pride and not enough sleep marched into her head and refused to leave. That girl became Katie, and However Much or Little, her first novel, poured out like a love song she didn't know she'd been humming for years.