Fire in the Wind

This twisted romance was the second adult romance I ever read and after the experience I went straight back to Barbara Cartland. The heroine takes a mountain of emotional abuse from the angry hero and Alexandra Sellers is such a good writer that probably for most of her readers she made the abuse palatable. Between the twisted, strange relationship and the lavish descriptions of the Canadian city where the heroine restarts her life this was a memorable book. I never wanted to read it again and I certainly wouldn't want any kid of mine reading it but I never forgot it. It's an ugly story with beautiful writing.