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Song Trilogy #2
Windsong
ADRIFT UPON THE SURGING TIDES OF LOVE...
the incandescent beauty Carolina and her dashing buccaneer, Kells, sail from his Caribbean stronghold to her native Virginia there to await his royal pardon and their glorious wedding. But when an imposter masquerades as Kells, savaging British ships, he is once again outlawed. Fleeing to England, the lovers are swept into a torrent of danger, treachery and desire. Their vows are doubly threatened by the rich ransom for Kells' capture and by a sultry Spanish duchess who claims him as her own. Carolina, wed in her heart and wed forever, embarks on a desperate voyage that may cost her Kells' love and his life and cast into the raging seas the shimmering promise of their WINDSONG.
the incandescent beauty Carolina and her dashing buccaneer, Kells, sail from his Caribbean stronghold to her native Virginia there to await his royal pardon and their glorious wedding. But when an imposter masquerades as Kells, savaging British ships, he is once again outlawed. Fleeing to England, the lovers are swept into a torrent of danger, treachery and desire. Their vows are doubly threatened by the rich ransom for Kells' capture and by a sultry Spanish duchess who claims him as her own. Carolina, wed in her heart and wed forever, embarks on a desperate voyage that may cost her Kells' love and his life and cast into the raging seas the shimmering promise of their WINDSONG.
541 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1985
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October 23, 2012
The worst thing about this series is her damn hair. Who has white hair at 17? You can call it silver, or shimmering, but it is white. Oh, and the covers suck big time. Sigh. Love the series though. The second in the trilogy was just as engaging and kept my interest. Carolina is remarkably unimpressed with her own breathtaking beauty. Her enduring love for Rye is the thread that runs throughout the adventures and misadventures they experience. An English lord turned buccaneer, Rye is appealingly confidant and strong without arrogance. The last book should be interesting, to see where Sherwood can take them.
October 27, 2017
When I read the first book in this trilogy, LOVESONG, it took me awhile to get into the story. The beginning was good but not fantastic. WINDSONG started out the same way, and while it took a bit longer to pick up, I did eventually get completely sucked in and mesmerized. I do really like the author's writing, so I'm not sure why it took so long to get invested in the story.
The first part of the book follows Carolina and Rye as they travel to Virginia and her family's home. While they've already married in a buccaneer ceremony on board Rye's ship, they keep that from Carolina's family and announce their betrothal, letting Carolina's mother plan the wedding. But a group of men, posing as the buccaneer and his crew, begin attacking ships, and our lovebirds are forced to flee Virginia so Rye can avoid capture and try to clear his name.
I've just realized something both books have in common. The point where the story really picked up for me in both books is when Carolina leaves America and goes to England. From there many adventures follow. Carolina's sister, Virginia, travels with them, and I really enjoyed her parts of the story and getting to know her better, and especially watching her character's growth once she's out from under her mother's thumb. We also meet Rye's brother, and are reunited with Carolina's schoolmate, Reba.
Of course there needs to be conflict, which arrives in the form of a Spanish duchess whose appearance throws Rye for a loop. And then he sets sail with the Spanish lady, leaving Carolina behind to continue her travels with his brother and her sister. We soon learn that the Spanish lady is Rye's first wife, whom he believed to be dead. And upon being reunited, he promptly falls into bed with her, which angered me something fierce! It took me quite awhile to get over his betrayal of Carolina, and when she went off half-cocked looking for revenge I hurt for her while cheering her on.
Fortunately everything comes right in the end, and I'm eager to read the next book, NIGHTSONG.
...England's king had offered a general amnesty to the buccaneers, but a king's word was the wind's word and easily blown away...
The first part of the book follows Carolina and Rye as they travel to Virginia and her family's home. While they've already married in a buccaneer ceremony on board Rye's ship, they keep that from Carolina's family and announce their betrothal, letting Carolina's mother plan the wedding. But a group of men, posing as the buccaneer and his crew, begin attacking ships, and our lovebirds are forced to flee Virginia so Rye can avoid capture and try to clear his name.
I've just realized something both books have in common. The point where the story really picked up for me in both books is when Carolina leaves America and goes to England. From there many adventures follow. Carolina's sister, Virginia, travels with them, and I really enjoyed her parts of the story and getting to know her better, and especially watching her character's growth once she's out from under her mother's thumb. We also meet Rye's brother, and are reunited with Carolina's schoolmate, Reba.
Of course there needs to be conflict, which arrives in the form of a Spanish duchess whose appearance throws Rye for a loop. And then he sets sail with the Spanish lady, leaving Carolina behind to continue her travels with his brother and her sister. We soon learn that the Spanish lady is Rye's first wife, whom he believed to be dead. And upon being reunited, he promptly falls into bed with her, which angered me something fierce! It took me quite awhile to get over his betrayal of Carolina, and when she went off half-cocked looking for revenge I hurt for her while cheering her on.
Home was the Tidewater – no, it was not there either. Home was a man's arms, held wide and welcoming.
Fortunately everything comes right in the end, and I'm eager to read the next book, NIGHTSONG.
August 4, 2013
This sequel will leave you torn if you've read the first, Lovesong. It feels like the author was pushed to stretch out the story into a trilogy when it would have ended perfectly with the first book. At the same time, Windsong follows the love story and HEA of some of my favorite secondary characters from the first, including Reba and Virginia.
I just hated that Carolina and Rye had very few scenes together and when they were the conversation was flat and redundant. It also seemed a little too convenient for conflict purposes, that Rye had yet another secret life and first love (who of course is an evil bitch) to keep Carolina on her toes. For nearly 600 pages of composition, very little romance or adventure actually carries the story. Really it's just a series of obligations the main couple has to follow with a few misunderstandings thrown in. By the end, I felt a bit cheated. The author puts the couple through the ultimate test of faithfulness and trust but the quick, mindless reunion and forgiveness makes all the previous inner torment and doubt seem debase.
The characters are great and the intentions are good, but other than highlighting the romance of secondary characters, this sequel was sort of pointless. I'm going to give Nightsong a try just for the sake of having read this far into the trilogy but I have low expectations that it won't be just another manufactured cliche misunderstanding fest that the publisher pushed. Especially knowing that amnesia plays a big role in it *rolls eyes*.
I just hated that Carolina and Rye had very few scenes together and when they were the conversation was flat and redundant. It also seemed a little too convenient for conflict purposes, that Rye had yet another secret life and first love (who of course is an evil bitch) to keep Carolina on her toes. For nearly 600 pages of composition, very little romance or adventure actually carries the story. Really it's just a series of obligations the main couple has to follow with a few misunderstandings thrown in. By the end, I felt a bit cheated. The author puts the couple through the ultimate test of faithfulness and trust but the quick, mindless reunion and forgiveness makes all the previous inner torment and doubt seem debase.
The characters are great and the intentions are good, but other than highlighting the romance of secondary characters, this sequel was sort of pointless. I'm going to give Nightsong a try just for the sake of having read this far into the trilogy but I have low expectations that it won't be just another manufactured cliche misunderstanding fest that the publisher pushed. Especially knowing that amnesia plays a big role in it *rolls eyes*.
August 4, 2020
The middle book in Sherwood's mid-80s buccaneer series, "Windsong" moves the action along. At the end of "Lovesong," the first novel in the trilogy, Carolina Lightfoot and Rye Evistock have been "wed" on Tortuga and anticipate repeating the ceremony legally at her home in the Tidewater. Of course fate has other ideas. The first part of the book happily punctures those expectations, while spending time once again with Carolina's eccentric, quarrelsome family. After that, the action moves to London, where things threaten to come apart--both for the couple and for Sherwood. Rye's past comes back to haunt him in multiple ways, which culminates in the Azores. Sherwood takes a great risk with what--to her, unlike her contemporary Rosemary Rogers--was previously a guiding principle: the monogamous bond between the central couple. It doesn't quite work, at least it didn't for this reader, no matter how much Sherwood and Carolina/Rye try to explain it. Despite that sour note, Sherwood sets up everything for a conclusion in "Nightsong," the third book. Not filler material by any means, "Windsong" is enjoyable despite its potentially fatal flaws.
November 5, 2021
This would have been a good story if not for the fact there is too much emphasis on other things other than the main characters. I tolerated the first book and I'm hoping the third will be better. I missed chapters as I found them irrelevant. For the two main characters there is danger, treachery and desire. It also seems to be fate that keeps them apart and not able to marry. Eventually they do. Still not a bad read.
December 3, 2014
synopsis:
carolina and kells are headed to her homeland, the americas, for their wedding. kells is supposed to be getting a pardon for being a pirate, but someone masquerading as him is attacking british ships, and kells is on the run again. carolina follows after him. when they are in london, kells runs into his wife, whom he thought long dead, and leaves carolina without a thought. carolina, heartbroken, takes another ship. along the way, she discovers the impostor and is eventually reunited with kells, but not before she and the impostor become much closer.
what i liked: again, the unabashed bodice-rippery.
what i didn't like: entertainment at it's most ludicrous and ridiculous.
carolina and kells are headed to her homeland, the americas, for their wedding. kells is supposed to be getting a pardon for being a pirate, but someone masquerading as him is attacking british ships, and kells is on the run again. carolina follows after him. when they are in london, kells runs into his wife, whom he thought long dead, and leaves carolina without a thought. carolina, heartbroken, takes another ship. along the way, she discovers the impostor and is eventually reunited with kells, but not before she and the impostor become much closer.
what i liked: again, the unabashed bodice-rippery.
what i didn't like: entertainment at it's most ludicrous and ridiculous.
September 1, 2015
This will be my 3rd or 4th reading of this trilogy. It is a good easy read. Some of the history in the book is accurate which helps invision what life was like in America and Europe in the late 1600's. The author does go into a little too much detail about what the characters clothes look like.
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