Customer Reviews

Ride the Winter Wind

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If you can get past the concept of a villain so totally evil, greedy, etc as this one is depicted, and a heorine who only realizes the depths of his perfidy much too late, then you can enjoy this book. It's plot is fast paced with a reasonable amount of suspense and the main characters capture your interest. Having not read the other books in the series I was a bit lost by certain references, though.

I prefer more time spent on character development and less extravagant more everyday plots (and much more subtle villains) so I only gave it 3 stars. Enjoyed reading it but won't keep it.

Lady Alissa Alana Collington learns that for her to inherit the family fortune she must marry before her twenty-fifth birthday or her odious uncle gains everything. That would not be a difficult accomplishment except Alissa has one week to that particular birthday and has no suitors. In fact, several of the men who have courted her have been murdered; leaving Alissa to conclude her uncle killed them.

Desperate she flees to London in the hopes that the Bow Street Runners will find evidence of the dastardly deeds of her uncle. However, besides the blizzard impeding Alissa's journey, her uncle pursues her too. Veteran Lord Guy Michael Mathers rescues Alissa and agrees to marry her though he feels not worthy due to the loss of an arm during the recent war. Still love enters the relationship, but there remains her villainous relative still trying to kill her and now her beloved.

RIDE THE WINTER WIND is an exciting Regency romantic suspense that requires reader acceptance of the basic axioms that propel the tale forward. The audience will enjoy the action-paced, very descriptive plot but must ignore that Alissa is unaware of how malevolent her uncle is until it is almost too late. Once clearing that hurdle, sub-genre fans will enjoy Alissa's desperate gamble and find much empathy towards the hero in spite of instant love. Christina Kingston provides sub-genre fans with an exhilarating thriller that never slows as Alissa begins her last ditch quest.

Harriet Klausner

This was a great book! A must-read! A keeper!

I loved this hero (and heroine) from the start! Though neither is perfect they both have needs that only the other can fulfill - and scars that only genuine love and complete acceptance can heal.
Add to that a mystery set in historic England with just the right touch of murder and mayhem, and you have the perfect novel. Like I said, a "real keeper."

This is the first book I've read from this author, and I plan on reading her other books after this. Miss Kingston has a true talent for evoking the regency period and spinning a heartfelt, emotional tale. The hero is a gallant officer, one of a group of British heroes called the "Lucky 7".

He sustains a wound to his arm that paralyzes it, and unfortunately, paralyzes any zest he has for life. Until a fateful meeting with a beautiful, though not uncourageous, damsel in distress. Through Alissa and her family, the hero finds that life is truly worth living.

Well thought out dialogue, a more mature aspect to this period (no flighty teenage hoydens here), and gently written but thought provoking love scenes make this an enjoyable book. I'd give this book 4 and 3/4 stars instead of 5 simply because the villianous uncle should have been made to meet his maker but receives a punishment much too nice for him, IMO. Otherwise 5 stars!

"Ride the Winter Wind" by Christina Kingston was a finalist for the prestigeous Holt Medallion. Chris felt truly honored. I know her readers will be pleased, too.