WyndRaider

by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

A trio of destiny-crossed lovers.Saxxon Kell is a fierce warrior with a penchant for running his blade through very bad men. He's not looking for a woman but should one fall in his lap, he won't push her off.General Meilich Caisil-Chrò is Kell's sworn enemy, having long ago taken the warrior's betrothed from him on their wedding night. He has a penchant for taking what doesn't belong to him.Lillian Connors has been abducted by the general and Kell has been sent to rescue her. As beautiful as she is feisty, she has a penchant for wanting a man to make her toes curl when he kisses her.Two men plus one lovely, sensuous woman equals an adventure in the making. With both men head over heels in love and lust with her, Lillian will have her hands full.

250 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2007

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

[Bitten_by_Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Queen Lillian of Ceomhar is kidnapped by the ruthless General Meilich Caisil-Chro, a Dealachan, her king and husband King Grayham hires the Cuideag warlord Duke Saxxon Kell to get her back. While Lillian and Grayham are human, the Dealachans and Cuideags are both types of vampires. The Cuideags, while still fierce warriors, are a relatively gentle race in comparison to the Dealachans. Both take Sustanence in the form of blood but the Dealachans are known to consume their victim’s flesh as well as their blood...

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