In the Wind's Eye

Coming home after two years in a Yankee prison camp, Captain Sinclair ‘Sin’ McGregor was not prepared to learn that his home had been sold for back taxes and his fiancé’ Ivonne is married to another man. Sin could live without WindLass but he did not see how he could live without Ivonne, as he had loved her his entire life.

Grace Vivienne Brell has plans now that her hated grandson is home to reacquire WindLass. And if Sinclair is killed in the process then that is an added bonus. Weaving her webs and pulling her strings, she will endanger both Sinclair’s life and his sanity. Will love be enough to save him?

IN THE WIND’S EYE by Ms. Boyett-Compo takes the reader to the deep south right after the Civil War. To a time when women protected their men without endangering their pride; to a time when a man could and would love one woman to their dying day. The reader is immersed so deeply in the culture and the characters that coming up for air to televisions and telephones is quite the shock.

The characters in IN THE WIND’S EYE really contribute to the reader’s experience. They are all so well developed and so real that they will stay with the reader long after the book is finished. The villainess, Grace Vivienne, is the epitome of evil. The tragedies caused by her are enough to make anyone despise her. Sin is a true hero even with or perhaps because of all of his flaws. He is handsome, moody, intelligent and loyal. And when he gives his heart it is forever. There are several different secondary characters, all with distinct personalities, that contribute greatly to the story; especially the women of this tale.

This reviewer recommends IN THE WIND’S EYE to any readers who enjoy Civil War romances. Just be prepared to fall in love with the gallant gentlemen and the women of the South.

September 2006