Windswept - by Lynwood Shiva Sawyer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>What if the man you loved embezzled money to save an island people from ruination by the corporation for which he worked? And they were about to assassinate him. What would you sacrifice and how far would you go to save his life? Meghan Joyce is about to find out, exhilarated and terrified to discover the things of which she is capable.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Windswept</p><p>After a brutal Queens childhood and several struggling decades, <strong>MEGHAN JOYCE</strong>, 30s, has finally attained a fulfilling job and an ideal lover: the wryly eloquent corporate executive, <strong>THOMAS CATHERTON LOCKHART</strong>, an Englishman in his early 40s.</p><p>On their first anniversary, however, Thomas announces he wants nothing further to do with her. Devastated, Meghan soon discovers that Thomas is targeted for assassination--his attempt to break up was only to protect her, and the depths of his life were very different from its apparent surface.</p><p>Thomas works a predatory multinational mining corporation, run by a charming sociopath, <strong>LOCKE MURDOCK</strong>. To protect an indigenous tribe whose island has been targeted for development, Thomas has embezzled a large sum of money to give to the tribe in their fight for independence.</p><p>Meghan, determined to save her lover's life, tries to flee New York with Thomas. Everywhere the desperate couple turns, they find the Murdock's well-financed killers lying in wait.</p><p>Having exhausted all alternatives, Meghan engineers an intricate rescue plan. When her scheme goes awry, it shatters the lives of an innocent young chef, <strong>GIL DE LEO</strong>, and his devoted friend, <strong>BARBARA ANDERSON</strong>.</p><p>The events Meghan has set in motion, however, have startling and unforeseen repercussions far beyond her and Thomas's apparent tragedy.</p><p><strong><em>Windswept</em></strong> ultimately illustrates that the basest deeds can be redeemed by selfless sacrifice</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Kirkus Reviews<br /><br /> Meghan Joyce and Thomas Catherton Lockhart are both at turning points in their lives when they meet by chance. She's just about given up on finding a decent man in New York; he's just about given up on his own ability to be a decent man. He's about to let himself fall off a cruise ship in the harbor when Joyce steps in and stops him; they quickly hit it off, but after a whirlwind year of romance, Lockhart informs Joyce he must break it off with her and never see her again. It turns out that the specific reason that he was going to end it all was because he'd become embroiled in the work of a nefarious multinational criminal named Locke Murdock. While trying to get himself out of the business and possibly make amends, Lockhart finds himself pursued by Murdock's assassins - one of whom, Randall Yearwood, is a personal friend.<br /><br /> Thus begins a chase around New York City, with Joyce sticking by Lockhart's side; along the way, Joyce involves a man named Gil DeLeo, a shy chef who has a crush on her; and his friend, Barbara Anderson.<br /><br /> There are a lot of fun elements in this story as it makes use of different settings around the city. Joyce, Lockhart, and Yearwood are all well-drawn characters; Joyce is shown to crave an escape from her dead-end job, Lockhart reveals a certain fussiness, and Randall is a hit man who never killed anyone whom he didn't think deserved it. For the most part, this is a charming cat-and-mouse story, and it's often amusing to watch the chase. However, the dialogue is sometimes clunky, as when Anderson tries to convince DeLeo of tawny-haired Joyce's dangerousness by saying, "That woman might have a map of Ireland all over her face, but the capital city's not Dublin, it's Troublin'." The descriptions can be overwrought, as when Sawyer says that Murdock's "eyes harmonized well with his professionally jovial countenance.</p><br /> <p>An often enjoyable romp, despite some awkward prose.</p></p><br>
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