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Bride of the Wind
First published 1992 · 416 pages
A tempestuous, high-seas tale of vengeance, captivity, and a passion that burns through bitter betrayal.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into the eye of a romantic hurricane. It delivers the quintessential old-school historical romance experience, where emotions run as high as the storm-tossed seas and every glance is laden with dramatic tension. The narrative sweeps you up in a brisk, tempestuous current of betrayal, vengeance, and undeniable attraction. The prose is lush and unapologetically melodramatic, perfectly suited for a tale of captive hearts and brooding, dangerous heroes. You are immersed in a world of velvet gowns, salt spray, and smoldering resentment that slowly ignites into consuming passion. It is a perfect escape for readers who crave the intense, unapologetic angst and sweeping emotional arcs of classic bodice-rippers, where love is a fierce, untamed force.
- Mood
- stormy
- tempestuous
- sweeping
- sensual
- Tone
- melodramatic
- passionate
- intense
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- betrayal and vengeance · captive romance · consuming passion · enemies to lovers
- The writing
- Lush, dramatic, and heavily focused on sensory details and emotional extremes typical of classic historical romance.
- The arc
- Moves from bitter betrayal and captive resentment to a tempestuous, all-consuming reconciliation.
- Who it's for
- Fans of old-school, high-angst historical romances featuring alpha pirates, captive heroines, and sweeping revenge plots.
Content notes
- kidnapping
- dubious consent
- sexual violence
- murder
About the book
The daughter of a wealthy Virginia planter, innocent Rose Woodbine curses cruel fate for leading her to the court of the British King Charles - and into an unwanted marriage with handsome and dangerous Lord Pierce Deforte, a man she dares never love.
His soul searing desire for the stunning Rose had once blinded Pierce to the treacherous machinations of his enemies. Now banished from his beloved England, he lives the life of a pirate - seeking vengeance on those who betrayed him... including the beautiful temptress whom he once held dear. On a storm-tossed sea they are united once more - he, no longer a noble, but the notorious brigand called Dragonslayer. And she, once his bride, is now his helpless prisoner - forced to submit to his fury, his will...and the blistering, sensuous need that chains her captive heart.
Description from Open Library.
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