Trade Winds Christina Courtenay by Christina Courtenay 9781906931230, 1906931232 instant download after payment.

Short-listed for The Romantic Novelists Association s Best Historical Fiction Award 2011

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...

Awarded Four stars in a review in News of The World Sunday 3rd October 2010. --News of The World

Author Courtenay's investment in Highland history pays off big time. Brice's reclaiming Rosyth as its laird, especially as he is a stranger and potential adversary to the clansmen, illuminates a dark and struggling period in Scottish history, as well as provides evidence for the emotions and reaction Brice's return elicits. Good historical romances allow readers to romp around and experience bygone days, allow you to sympathize and relate to the characters via past events and often gives a budding relationship that extra oomph of tension. Great historical fiction builds on all of those things while grounding each and every character s motivations in the long past events. For the record, Courtenay's Highland Storms is a great historical romance. --Romantic Times

CHRISTINA COURTENAY lives in London, England 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 Vice Chairman of the Romantic Novelists 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 debut novel, Trade Winds and prequel to Highland Storms, was short listed for the Romantic Novelists Association s Pure Passion Award of Best Historical Fiction 2011. The Scarlet Kimono won the Big Red Reads Best Historical Fiction Award and was short-listed for the Festival of Romance Best Historical Read Award 2011.