NightWind [CD-ROM]

Charlotte Boyett-Compo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1999

The first novel in the WindDemon Trilogy from Charlotte Boyett-Compo. A demon comes from the depths of hell to claim a woman as his own. Lauren ultimately discovers she has an ancient heritage and incredible powers, but first she must choose to use them. A compelling horror story with a twist.

Editorial Reviews

Review

....I would most highly recommend it to lovers of darker Lackey or McCaffrey romances, though anyone who likes popular conceptions of witchcraft may also enjoy it. My favorite part of Nightwind was Lauren herself: her strength and believability as a character formed the core of the book, forcing me to re-examine my own preconceptions about what makes a great fantasy hero. For Boyett-Compo, the strength of a person lies in their capacity for love, and that is where Lauren triumphs. We would all do well to learn from her.

Raven -- Raen's Reviews

Don't let the first few pages fool you. Though an unusual and compelling love story, NightWind is not a Romance. It is a Dark Fantasy that explores both obsessive love and the seductive power of evil. Charlotte Boyette-Compo has created a believable and frightening world. Her descriptions of Milton Florida, Lauren's home town, are vivid and sensual, and her prose is as seductive as her hero. -- Word Museum

Five Stars. Blending horror and romance with masterful skill, Charlotte Boyett-Compo weaves a tapestry of witchcraft and love, passion and revenge, horror and beauty that is hard to forget. A terrific novel it merges sensuality and love with a horrific secret that makes for a compelling read. I highly recommend this book. -- genrEZONE

I don't usually review new books but I couldn't resist this one. I recommend this book highly... Enjoy! -- Ibn Qirtaiba Magazine

My fingernails are bitten down to the quick after reading NightWind. A spine tingling tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the end. Ms. Boyett-Compo has done a wonderful job of taking the reader into the world of the Nightwind. If you like the scary and out of the ordinary - you'll love NightWind! -- Scribe's World

NightWind's hero, Syntian Cree, is alluring, seductive, and down right chilling. The very talented Charlotte Boyett-Compo has created a demon-riveted tale that will keep you rooted to your seat, turning pages until the wee hours of the morning right to its heart-wrenching conclusion. -- Patricia A. Rasey, author of Deadly Obsession

This is an excellent book, of the kind that grabs hold of your heart and mind and won't let go until the last page is turned, and even then, leaves deep questions behind. It is not for the squeamish, but those able to stomach it will find it a rich and rewarding erotic romantic horror novel. -- Science Fiction Romance Newsletter

About the Author

Charlee is the author of seventeen books, the first nine of which are the WindLegend Saga, soon to be released by Twilight Times Books. Married 33 years to her high school sweetheart, Tom, she is the mother of two grown sons, Pete and Mike, and the proud grandmother of Preston Alexander and Victoria Ashley. A native of Sarasota, Florida, she grew up in Colquitt and Albany, Georgia and now lives in the Midwest. She is a proud member of the Authors' Guild, National Writers' Union, the Writer's Club Romance Group, Romance Writers of America, Romance Foretold, EPIC (the Electronically Published Internet Connection), Women for Literature, Ardeon, E-Authors, the Phenominal Women of the Web, and the first author to be published by Twilight Times Books and the first Amercian author to be published by Bell Ventures in Denmark. Recently, she won Soliloquoy's Fine Writers Online award. She is a member of Beta Sigma Phi, the HTML Writers Guild, and is the parish secretary of her local Catholic church as well as the creator and webmaster of its webpage. Her hobbies are writing, watching Canadian actor Eric McCormack do his magic, and collecting wicker bird baskets (she has over fifty duck, rooster, and chicken baskets). She is owned by six cats and one hall monitor Chow. Currently, she is at work on a new anthology.

Charlee Compo can be reached at [e-mail]

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 200 pages
• Publisher: Dark Star Publications (July 1, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0966820940
• ISBN-13: 978-0966820942
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,419,154 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unholy Love!!!, October 11, 2001

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Carolyn Christy "Caro" (Fairhaven, Ma. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nightwind (Paperback)

I had searched for a copy of this book for weeks. I am soooooooo glad that I finally found a copy. Nightwind is a chilling, incredible read but it is not for everyone.

Lauren Fowler is in her forties, plain and somewhat mousey. She has never known love, not from her parents or from anyone in the town in which she lives. She has no friends and is somewhat tormented at work. She is constantly overlooked and is utterly alone. One night, her desolate cries of anguish are heard and are about to be answered.

Syntian Cree, a NightWind Demon, hears her cry. It is different from all the rest and he centers in on it, instinctively knowing that Lauren is different. She is meant to be his and his alone. He rises out of Hell's own pit, bent on claiming her.

As soon as Lauren encounters Syn, life begins to change for her. He is alluring and seductive. With his charm and handsomeness, he easily sweeps the lonely Lauren off of her feet. She cannot prevent herself from falling madly in love with him. But there is a chilling side to Syn one which she does not see. Bad things happen to those who hurt Lauren . . .

This is an incredibly written story filled with love, sadness and betrayal. The ending totally left me stunned.

I would recommend this book to all who love paranormal romances. If I could change one thing, though, it would be the ending. No! I won't give anything away but for me, Syntian Cree was the ideal "dark" hero. I know there are those out there who would totally disagree with me but I (like Lauren) grew to love Syntian Cree. Despite his chilling wickedness, I didn't want his story to end in the manner in which it did. Despite this, NightWind was an incredible, chilling read.

Highly Recommended!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I very highly recomend this book, July 6, 2001

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Rebecca Woods (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: NightWind (CD-ROM)

I highly recomend this book as well as all her others. Each book captures your attention and you won't stop reading till the very last page. In "NightWind" you will find, love, happiness, obsession, magic, and triumph, all of which Lauren finds as well as finding her ancient heritage and magic. And Sentian, a very sexy man and one who finds love across the ages proving that love can be found everywhere. This is a very compelling story that will stay with you, a story that you will not soon forget. For all you dark fantasy fans and romance fans alike, Charlotte Boyett-Compo's books are not to be passed up. She gets better with every book she writes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very highly recommended, February 3, 2001

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NightWind (CD-ROM)

In the "Afterward" of NIGHTWIND, Charlotte Boyett-Compo tells the story of sitting in a bus station waiting for family members to arrive. She loves to watch people, and a young woman who went totally unnoticed by everyone around her captured Boyette-Compo's interest. Her skirt was a little too long, her blouse a little too loose, her hair mousy, and she seemed to shrink into her surroundings. Amid the hustle of the terminal, she was an isolated island of loneliness. A gorgeous guy approached where she sat, and as her gaze lingered on his sexy attractiveness, he didn't see her, but looked right through her as if she didn't even occupy space. Boyette-Compo vividly carries this image of loneliness, of a woman who longs for her presence to be noticed, in a vivid, haunting tale of the paranormal in NIGHTWIND.

At forty-six, Laureen Fowler had never been kissed, had never been on a date, had never had friends, and had never even been given a polite greeting by her neighbors. She was the target of disdain and cruelty at the bookstore where she worked and of her mother's cruelty outside of her job. In her loneliness and isolation she often cried herself to sleep, crying out to the universe her agony. She didn't know someone heard and answered.

Syntian Cree, the NightWind, heard Laureen's call and takes vengeance on Laureen's oppressors. Under his loving attention, she grows into her full potential, becoming a strong, forceful, beautiful woman. Syn's victims lie damaged or dead, and Laureen is vindicated. She's also in love with a force she does not understand. And as powerful as he is, Syn is oath bound to another. Refusal to answer this other's call will cast him into the pits of the Abyss. Indeed, Laureen has many powerful, dangerous secrets to learn and battles to fight if she is to find the answers and results that she seeks.

The first novel in the WindDemon Trilogy, NIGHTWIND Combines elements of the paranormal, including demonology, witchcraft, and the supernatural. Indeed, Boyette-Compo captures the very essence of what it is to be isolated, and the amazing transformative power of love and faith in one's self. NIGHTWIND is one of those gripping novels that shocks, horrifies, and mesmerizes the reader. The highly developed characters, the mythology that provides the foundation of the tale, and the deft plot twists and turns lead to a satisfying, though shocking, conclusion. This novel is a must read.