Review: Winds of the Storm

Winds of the Storm by Beverly Jenkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’ll just say, you cannot tell a book by its cover. Zahra Lafayette aka the Butterfly, a spy rescues Archer LeVeq during the Civil War. Years later, they cross paths again, except this time she is assigned by Harriet Tubman’s network to open a brothel, disguising herself as a madame to obtain information. Zahra aka Madame Domino, masked to hide her identity, Archer is intrigued by her beauty and knows something is different about her. After finding out her real identity, they work together to complete the mission. However, during the chain of events, they experience lots of sex, passion and eventually love.

It never ceases to amaze me how a mistress is respected and a whore isn’t. I guess because a mistress sleeps with one man for money vs. many men for money. What’s the damn difference? They both jump from man to man. Like Zahra said, they are one in the same. Archer’s mistress, that was a nasty heffa. The blood! Really! I guess love and desire can break a spell. Three of my favorite parts of the book is first, when Zahra saved Archer in the beginning of the story, it was nice to see a woman play captain save a hoe. Yes, the men in the book are whores too. I’m just sayin’. Second, when Archer’s mother meets with Zahra to discuss her mission, after she found out her identity. And the end, which I found sweet. I like this book, it was a good read, and I probably would consider re-reading/listening, not sure. I am mad at the narrator, where is the accents!!! he apparently forgot the accents of the LeVeq’s and Zahra had more bass in her voice then Archer. Did the narrator forget who was speaking? It would have been nice to hear the French accent. At first, I thought that maybe the younger brothers did not have an accent, but I realize it was omitted from Drake, Raimond and their mother. What I will say, those LeVeq brothers do not disappoint.

My choice of characters:

• Kylie Bunbury as Zahra
• Broderick Hunter as Archer