WindWeeper

WindLegends Saga #3

by Charlotte Boyett-Compo

'Till Death Do Them Part.... Conar McGregor ... Disinherited Prince of Serenia; Lost Soul. From the shores of Oceania to the castle at Boreas, Conar and his lady-wife triumph over The Brotherhood, only to have their world shattered by a destiny written long ago and a King afraid of the truth. A Prince without a crown, a man without a legacy, Conar must face a fate worse than death. Liza ... A Princess without a Prince, whose heart grieves for the pain suffered by her h

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, M F Romance

360 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

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]

Conar is really not a lucky guy: When returning to his homeland with his wife and newborn daughter Nadia, Conar confesses to his father that he has been abused by the evil Tohre to protect his wife. Then his daughter is kidnapped and days later found dead. When the king is attacked, he is arrested and tortured. He finally signs a confession because they threaten beloved wife Liza. He is then sentenced to 150 lashes by the Tribunal, which amounts to a death sentence. Now his father, the king, regrets his actions, but it is already too late. The punishment is executed but eventually stopped, as the people and his friends revolt. But it is too late for Conar: The healer can do nothing for him and confirms his death. His coffin is loaded onto a ship. Liza marries Galen, Conar's twin brother, as she expects Conar's child and wants to save it from the evil Tohre. Tohre now governs the country: Tax increase, harassment of peasants and nobles, war with neighboring countries and the suppression of a revolt. Tohre also kills Galen, who is the father of Liza's next child. She also has a one-night stand with Conars half-brother Bre, from which emerges another daughter.
Bre hopes that Liza may become his wife, but Tohre chooses Conar's oldest half-brother for her. He loves Liza unrequited for a long time. Tohre can blackmail Liza because he knows that her son Corbin is actually Conar's son. To protect him, she would do anything.
Only on the last page of the book we meet Conar again. He is not dead, but had been drugged. Tohre has taken him to a kind of penal colony 'The Labyrinth' --- cliffhanger ending