Each will unite in marriage with an extraordinary woman who has her own special gift - and her own dreams of bringing about an end to war. Together these three men will strive to overcome centuries-old rivalries and hatred. They know that their only hope for peace is to persuade the Saxon Lord Hawk to unite his noble family with theirs - in a bond sealed forever by the sanctity of marriage. They were two Viking lords, the brothers Wolf and Dragon, bound both by blood and by a shared ambition to end the war with their lifelong enemies, the Saxons. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries.Complete in one breathtaking volume - Books One and Two of an unforgettable historical romance series by an exciting new author This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students.
There are not many romance novels set in this time period, which makes this a worthy purchase for larger collections.Ī-Recommended for advanced students and adults. Bailey has an obvious comfort with both descriptive sex and action scenes and she keeps the author's pace rather than imposing her own. Though the stories are similar, each couple must defend their marriage in unique ways. Bailey's heroes are commanding but not irrational, which makes it easy to hear the villains.
The men hide their finer feelings behind hard-earned shells of steel while the women hide their equally hard-won cores of steel behind soft-spoken demeanors and innocent sensuality.īailey's soft British accent lends appropriate foreignness to this trilogy set in ninth-century Norway and England. The three couples, Wolf and Cymbra, Hawk and Krysta, and Dragon and Rycca, are all well matched. But peace is not easily won either on the battlefield or in the marriage bed. Peace between them would give their common enemy, the Danes, a war on two fronts.
With those unspoken words, Wolf Hakonson suggests the first alliance between Norse and Saxon.
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