The Sun Tower

by Violet Winspear

The Sun Tower by Violet Winspear released on Nov 23, 1979 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Harlequin Presents, Romance

Paperback

First published September 1, 1976

About the author

Violet Winspear was a British author renowned for her prolific output of romance novels, publishing seventy titles with Mills & Boon between 1961 and 1987. In 1973, she became a launch author for the Mills & Boon-Harlequin Presents line, known for its more sexually explicit content, alongside Anne Mather and Anne Hampson, two of the most popular and prolific British romance writers of the time. Winspear began writing while working in a factory and became a full-time novelist in 1963, producing her works from her home in South East England, researching exotic settings at her local library. She famously described her heroes as lean, strong, and captivating, “in need of love but capable of breathtaking passion and potency,” a characterization that provoked controversy in 1970 when she stated that her male protagonists were “capable of rape,” leading to considerable public backlash. Her novels are celebrated for their vivid, globe-spanning settings and dramatic tension, often employing sexual antagonism to heighten conflict between the alpha male hero and the heroine, who is frequently portrayed as naïve or overwhelmed by his dominance. Winspear never married or had children, and she passed away in January 1989 after a long battle with cancer, leaving a lasting influence on the romance genre.

Reviews

[Naksed · Rating 1 out of 5]

The hero spent the entire book begging the heroine to grow a spine, break her engagement of convenience and set aside the prejudices of class, wealth and status in favor of true love. But to the end, she stubbornly clung to her duty over her heart. I wanted her to be brave enough to deserve the relentless hero but she was weak. If it wasn't for a plot contrivance at the eleventh hour, with her godmother going crazy and committing a heinous crime and by the same token freeing her of any of her obligations, this spineless leaky jellyblob would have gone on to enter a marriage of convenience with a man she didn't love. For me, it would have only been a true love story if she ceased to be such a coward and she was brave enough to risk it all for love.

[RomLibrary]

I want only what's best for you, Dina."
Bella, Dina's godmother, sensed from their first meeting that Raf Ventura was a disruptive force. He wanted to save Dina from the perfect marriage Bella had arranged for her to one of California's most eligible bachelors.

Raf was a dark, passionate stranger - a man as different from Dina's elegant friends as fire from ice. He was not acceptable in Bella's circles, so he couldn't be acceptable in Dina's heart.
And yet nothing seemed able to keep them apart - not even Bella's startling act of revenge.
That one hour with Raf Ventura had been more distressing to Dina Caslyn than anything that had ever befallen her.

His words returned mockingly to her: 'You're a protégée for your godmother to be proud of. In a few more years the coatings of ice will be so thick on your flesh and your feelings that you'll glisten like a diamond - a lovely frosty diamond with no fire at its heart.'
No, Dina knew, she couldn't risk seeing him again!

[Christine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not much to say it was a DNF