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On a Viking fortress raid, the Lord of Hawkfell Island plans to take the beautiful Mirana hostage. But she has other plans for the lord.Tags
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Rorik abducts Mirana, the sister of his enemy Einar, and takes her back to his stronghold on Hawkfell Island. She's an independent Viking woman who defies him at every turn and even helps the other women on the island show some independence from their alpha male Vikings. This baffles the strong men and leads to some amusing situations as well as some brutal events. Rorik has strong feelings about Einar who killed his family and raided his household which he takes out on Mirana.
This first part of the book was interesting, but then the story became a bit too "Marvelish" with constant improbable action sequences to wrap up the story. The ending took away from my enjoyment as a result, but I'm on a Catherine Coulter reading kick right now, show more so I'll continue on with her other back catalog. show less
This first part of the book was interesting, but then the story became a bit too "Marvelish" with constant improbable action sequences to wrap up the story. The ending took away from my enjoyment as a result, but I'm on a Catherine Coulter reading kick right now, show more so I'll continue on with her other back catalog. show less
Good not great. Fairly typical historical romance.
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- 1993-11
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- Rorik; Mirana
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- The halt can ride, the handless can herd
the deaf can fight with spirit:
A blind man is better than a corpse on a pyre —
A corpse is no good to anyone.
—The Hávamál is a ninth century compil... (show all)ation of earlier poems consisiting of sayings attributed to Ódin. - Dedication
- To My Grandmother Schatz—
She taught me to read when I was three years old and told me "Tricker" stories. She was one great lady, blessed with a beautiful soprano voice, a wonderful imagination, and she loved me bun... (show all)ches. - First words
- Clontarf, Ireland
Danish Fortress, 910
He placed his finger to his lips as turned to his two men. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Tamak fell asleep finally, his throat soothed from the sweet mead, dreaming of the beautiful silver hair of the queen, a beautiful lady, indeed, but one whose temper wasn't perhaps all that gracious and tranquil all the time, but no matter, and of the sweet smile of the woman, Entti who'd given him the mead.
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