Trade Winds (Choc Lit)

Christina Courtenay

Oct 2010 · Choc Lit

About this ebook

Marriage of convenience – or a love for life?

It’s 1732 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it’s a man’s world. She believes she’s being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather – and she’s determined to stop it.

When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, himself disinherited by his grandfather, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience. Then Killian is offered the chance of a lifetime with the Swedish East India Company’s Expedition and he’s determined that nothing will stand in his way, not even his new bride.

He sets sail on a daring voyage to the Far East, believing he’s put his feelings and past behind him. But the journey doesn’t quite work out as he expects….

1st novel in the Kinross Series

Ratings and reviews

The characters are likeable, but so predictable. The romance is intermittant at best. The storyline mushes out like uncapped toothpaste left on the shelf.

Enjoyed the book.

About the author

Christina lives in London and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens, the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East.Christina is a committee member of the Romantic Novelistsâ Association. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy for a historical short story in 2001 and the Katie Fforde Bursary for a promising new writer in 2006. Her short story was published in âSolanderâ, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. She has three novellas published by DC Thomsonâs âMy Weekly Pocket Novelâ series and a fourth to be printed soon!Her first Choc Lit novel, Trade Winds was published 30 September 2009, her second The Scarlet Kimono will be released in March 2011.