The Keeper of the Wind — Charlotte Boyett-Compo

The first book in The WindLegends Saga, the nine volume dark fantasy/sword & sorcery romance series, The Keeper of the Wind is the story of a young prince coming into his own in a dark, forbidding world of sorcery and evil. With his arranged wedding only months away, he meets and falls in love with a mysterious beauty whose magical powers rival his own. Great evil has already laid claim to the young man's soul and it will take his stalwart strength, as well as his lady's, to defeat the powers of evil and save young Conar McGregor from the horrors of the Abyss!