In the Heart of the Wind

WindTorn #2

by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

An Enemy's Revenge -- Jamie Malone has known a lifetime of physical and mental abuse and betrayal, but at last he has found love and acceptance in rural Iowa. When he is kidnapped from his home one bitterly cold winter night, the friends he has gained will rally to his defense. Forming a tight bond of protection around Jamie's grieving wife, Jamie's protectors will set into motion an intricate plan to rescue him.

An edge of your seat thriller that delves into the intricacies of hatred, vengeance and redemption. A hard-hitting psychological drama guaranteed to keep you turning the pages until the wee hours of the morning.

A riveting tale that puts a new face on evil. It is an astounding story of love and hate, good and evil that will satisfy the most demanding thriller fan. With excellent characterization and fast-paced action culminating in one helluva surprise ending, you'll be talking about this novel long after you've set aside!

Genres: M F Romance

342 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2000

About the author

She won Inscription Magazine's 2000 Engraver Award for Favorite E-Author and The Writecharm's Simply Charming Award for promoting e-books and their authors worldwide. Her sci-fi/futuristic novel, BLOODWIND, stayed on Dark Star Publications bestseller list for over 18 months and has now been released in paperback. It was named as one of the Best Books of 1999 at eBook Connections as was her dark historical, IN THE WIND'S EYE. Her psychological thriller, IN THE HEART OF THE WIND, was nominated for a 2000 R.I.O Award and has been named as one of the Best Books of 2000 at Inscriptions and was awarded a Reviewer's Choice Award at Scribe's World. It also won the 2004 Bloody Dagger Award for mystery/thrillers. BLACKWIND won the SF/Fantasy Top Choice at Preditors and Editors for 2002. IN THE HEART OF THE WIND won the 2002 Bloody Dagger Award in mystery/thriller and NIGHTWIND won the 2002 Bloody Dagger Award for horror. Both WINDREAPER and BLACKWIND won Awards for Excellence for 2002 from WordWeaving. BLACKWIND won the #2 Top Choice from readers at Amber Quill Press for 2003. BLOODWIND was one of the Top Five Bestsellers for 2003 at Hard Shell Word Factory and has been consistently in the top 25 of Fictionwise's list of dark fantasy bestselling novels along with DARKWIND and NIGHTWIND. PRINCE OF THE WIND was honored with the 2003 CAPA (cupid and Psyche Award) for Best Paranormal Romance. Both BLACKWIND AND BLOODWIND were in the Top Five Dark Fantasy Bestsellers for 2003 at Fictionwise. DARKWIND was honored with a Top Ten in SF/Fantasy at Preditors and Editors for 2003 and in 2004 won The Fallen Angel Reviews coveted Recommended Read. In 2004, her website was awarded An Author's Site of Excellence by Preditors & Editors. In 2005, her erotica novel, DESIRE'S SIROCCO, was chosen as the Best eBook Romance of 2004 by The Historical Romance Club. In 2005, her dark fantasy PRISONERS OF THE WIND was awarded the Just Erotic Romance Reviews Gold Star Award. It also won the Blue Ribbon Award from Romance Junkies. Also in 2005, the anthology FATED MATES 1, was nominated for Reviewer's Choice for best paranormal erotic romance from Romantic Times Booklovers Magazine. In 2006, three of her works were nominated for RIO (Reviewers International Organization): BLOODWIND (which was also award the League of Amazing Writer's Uber Award), DARKWIND, and from the DREAMS OF THE OASIS IV anthology, the short story, The Sting of the Wind. Also nominated for the prestigious Ecataromance Reviewers Choice awards in 2006 were: WINDWEEPER, WINDHEALER, SHADOWLORD, DESERT WIND, PHANTOM OF THE WIND, ARDOR'S LEVECHE, and SHADES OF THE WIND. PHANTOM OF THE WIND was awarded the first annual FANTASM AWARD for Best Futuristic Romance in 2006. She has won several more awards in 2007 and 2008.

Reviews

[Wandax21 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Gabe James leads a quiet life in snowy Iowa with his wife. Suddenly he is kidnapped, taken to a hospital, given a facial surgery and drugged. Mastermind is his evil father who hates him for whatever reason. The people of his hometown try to find him and some of them (there are definitely too many names) travel incognito to the clinic. Meanwhile, Gabe got electric shocks and his personality split in 4. His people free him and somehow also FBI and police take part (far too many names !!!). He escapes and kills his father, brother and sister. The fact that he returns to his wife should count as a happy ending, but due to his definitely schizophrenic personality, the reader has to doubt that.

Much too long (500 pages). I've just skipped through at least 50%. The story (what story) is totally confused. Waste of money!