Reviewed by Sandra Scholes Synopsis: This novel started out life as Wing of the Swan, a short story in the anthology Sexy Beast VI and this acts as the second part of it. Odette is the Swanmaiden’s daughter and was left orphaned from being a young girl when her land was destroyed by cruel enemies. [...]
Reviewed by Sandra Scholes Synopsis: Get ready for fourteen stories of erotic fantasy romance. There’s a queen from a far off lands, the usual array of dragons, unusual kingdoms, sacrifices, saints and heroes. This anthology seems to have been labelled as Game of Thrones style literature, but taken to a sensual extreme, yet these stories [...]
Reviewed by Sharon S. After reading the blurb I thought that despite the old school romance cover, it would be a paranormal romance I would enjoy. Who wouldn’t like a Viking Warrior that can wield fire magic? What I got was a quasi-historical romance with very little paranormal-ness. The hero Brendr, who is very sexy, [...]
Joining us today is Mia Marlowe, Lord of Fire and Ice Keira: How far has Brandr traveled to earn the designation as Far-Traveled? Mia Marlowe: Brandr’s been walrus hunting in the Frostlands where the ice never melts and the sky blazes with eerie light. He’s journeyed to Iceland to secure trading rights for his people. [...]
by Keira on April 24, 2011 · 4 comments
in 5 Stars, ARC, Contemporary, Cooking, Low Self Esteem/Confidence, Magic Users, Paranormal, Reading, S-U, Sailing, Scandinavia, Scarred Hero, Supernatural, Survival, Time Travel, Travel, United States of America, Viking, Warrior, Working with Land
Warning: This post contains gushing… and a lot of it. Susan Squires has written without a single doubt a masterpiece of romantic fiction in A Twist in Time. It far outstrips the time travel romances—I’ve so far had the pleasure to read—that the story is in a class of its own. Or should I say [...]
by Keira on January 24, 2011 · 2 comments
in 3 Stars, Book Review, Bride Stealing, Doctor, Kidnapping, M-O, Rape/Abuse, Scandinavia, Survival, Viking, Warrior
His world was shattered two summers ago when on a trading voyage his farmstead was ransacked by Danes. His wife and unborn child were slaughtered. When the news reached him Wulf’s heart vowed to make the Danish rue the day they ever dared to set foot on his soil. His quest was a tidy package [...]
by Keira on January 3, 2011 · 6 comments
in Bride Stealing, Defining the Genre, Enemies, Kidnapping, Rape/Abuse, Sailing, Scandinavia, Seas, Viking, Virgin Heroine, Warrior
Who were the Vikings? Vikings were warrior men from the Scandinavia region of the world including specifically Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Viking is linked to naval expeditions or naval raids. A member of such a trip is called a Viking. Typically it is thought that the Viking period began as early as 700 A.D. and [...]