In the Heart of the Wind [Paperback]

Charlotte Boyett-Compo (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Romance Foretold Inc (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586979299
• ISBN-13: 978-1586979294
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,596,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlotte "Charlee" Boyett~Compo began her writing career as an entertainment editor for one of millionaire Warren Buffett's Sun newspapers in Omaha, NE in the early 1970s. Her first novel, The Keeper of the Wind, was released in mass market paperback in 1996. In 1998, BloodWind, NightWind, In the Wind's Eye, Prince of the Wind, WindFall, and WindChance were released a month apart. Since then, she has had over 70 novels published in print and e-book format. There are over twenty of her titles available in Kindle format. She writes for Cerridwen Press, Ellora's Cave, New Concepts Publishing, Phaze Books, Ravenous Romance, and Samhain Publishing. Her website...located at www.windlegends.org...has over 900 reviews of her novels plus synopses and excerpts from her 70+ works.

Charlee writes in the speculative fiction genre with a heavy emphasis on dark fantasy, paranormal romance, and SF/futuristic. Her signature Reaper series of novels have a large fan following. Vampire/werewolf hybrids, Reapers are tall, dark, and handsome tortured heroes with black hair and amber eyes. You can find her Reapers in the WindVerse, WindWorld, DemonWind, and WesternWind series of novels. The award-winning novels all have the word 'wind' in the title in some form or other as a tribute to her husband, Tom: the wind beneath her wings and the love of her life.

Adopted at birth, she was born in Sarasota, FL but was raised in Colquitt and Albany, GA. Because of this, she proudly labels herself a Sunshine Cracker. Married 43 years to her high school sweetheart, she became a widow on April 18, 2009 when her beloved husband...known affectionately to her fans as Buddha Belly...passed away from lung and brain cancer due to exposure to Agent Orange during his tours of duty in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Their two sons, Pete and Mike as well as Pete's son and daughter, Preston and Victoria, live with her in the Heartland of America. The willing caretaker of ten indoor felines, she spends her free time reading, writing, and cleaning litter pans.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book blew me away!, August 22, 2000

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Kathy Boswell (Beaufort, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Heart of the Wind (CD-ROM)

This book was about the how horrible evil is and how love can overcome anything! I thoroughly enjoyed it and have put Charlotte Boyett-Compo on my list of auto-buy authors!

Gabe James has a BIG secret. Not even his wife Annie knows who he really is. Then Annie opens a big can of worms and Gabe's evil father finds him. Now it's up to Annie and the town where they live to get him back.

This book gave me goosebumps. I literally could not put this book down and read it in one sitting on the edge of my chair!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In The Heart of the Wind, August 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: In the Heart of the Wind (CD-ROM)

"In The Heart Of The Wind" will keep you inthralled to the very last page. This is a book that just about anyone who loves the passion of reading will enjoy. The book is extremly well written as well as an emotional and poweful book. It will grab you till the end and won't let you go. This is definatly not a book to miss. You will be caught up with Jamie Malone who just wants to live a quiet life, but his mobster father won't let him live in peace and will do anything to keep him out of the way. But he doen't count on Jamie's friends to band together to find him. This book is a story of a deep friendship and the lengths that they will go to help a friend. It is filled with adventure, emotion, and power. You will see the charactors come alive and tell their tale. If you enjoy reading as much as I do, don't miss this book or any of her other books. They are all well written books and well worth reading. All her books are a five plus rating in my book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very highly recommended, February 2, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Heart of the Wind (CD-ROM)

Evil has a new face in the remarkable hands of Charlotte Boyett-Compo. IN THE HEART OF THE WIND is a heart rending psychological drama revealing that cruelty and injustice have no limits in the quest for power--sometimes even within families.

Gabe and Annie James have a wonderful, loving life together. Married for two years, Annie knows little of Gabe's past, and is sometimes surprised at the jobs he chooses, which don't seem to live up to the expectations set by a college degree. Although Gabe's secretive about his past, Annie hasn't asked a lot of questions; that is, until now. While doing the laundry, Annie finds a news clipping about the death of a policeman in Florida. Later, she finds a trunk filled with such clippings and such paraphernalia as a policeman would own.

Iowa winters can be brutal, especially for a southern boy. Despite the frigid temperatures and piles of snow, Gabe was happy living with Annie. But there were times when his silence, preoccupation and nightmares frightened Annie. Nevertheless, the whole town loved Gabe, so when he was suddenly kidnapped from his home, an illegal act witnessed by neighbors, the town rallied to his rescue. Even when they learn of Gabe's past and his mobster family, the townsfolk never gave up their relentless pursuit to find Gabe.

Gabe James is really James Gabriel Tremayne, son of mobster Liam Tremayne, a man whose quest for power leads to kidnapping and torturing his own son. Gabe was the only child of four that didn't conform to Liam's expectations. Unwanted since his conception, the young Gabe had only wanted his father's time and affection. What he got was inconceivable abuse. And now the abuse has committed him to a mental institution, ordered shock therapy and plastic surgery, and promised to never set him free. Further, Liam promises harm to Annie if Gabe attempts escape.

IN THE HEART OF THE WIND provides psychological drama guaranteed to satisfy the appetite of the most demanding thriller fan. Previous fans of Ms. Boyette-Compo will relish this familiar, exciting voice while new fans will quickly find themselves addicted. Fast paced plotting, excellent characterization and a powerful voice combine in this heart rendering tale of power gone mad to reveal the dangers IN THE HEART OF THE WIND.