Charlotte Boyett, Compo Nightwind

Nightwind

Charlotte Boyett Compo

Hard Shell Factory, Jan 2004, 274 pp.

ISBN: 075993269

Forty-four years old loner Lauren Fowler is such a scared cat, even normally kind people pick on her. Her recent birthday was ignored by everyone and at the bookstore where she works she is treated with disdain. Everything changes when Synthian Cree arrives at the store where Lauren works. He is not only nice to her, a revelation to the normally abused female, but he seems to court her as if he loves her. Even more surprising is the increase in nastiness towards Lauren followed by terrible incidents haunting those who hurt her.

As much as he blew into her life, Synthian just simply vanishes without a warning or a trace. Though out of character for how she has lived for four plus decades Lauren begins investigating who Synthian is, why he sought her out, and what happened to him? Lauren is unaware that the shocking answers could cost her more than just her heart and her life as her very soul could be on the line since he is spellbound to be loyal and obey her nasty cousin though he loves Lauren.

This is an exciting paranormal romance starring two delightful star-crossed lovers and a selfish villainous soul using their love against them. The support cast has a mob mentality when it comes to Lauren so when Synthian retaliates, he surprisingly will receive accolades from the audience for protecting his woman. Readers will enjoy this stupendous smooth synthesizing of The Ugly Duckling with My Demon Lover that displays the skill of Charlotte Boyett Compo as a top rate author.

Harriet Klausner