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The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen SagaIt is said that every man is haunted by one mistake...The year is 881. Ten years have passed since fifteen year old Ceridwen set out from her Priory home to make her own life. She has known love and loss, triumph and heartbreak... -
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Shield-Maiden: Gambit of Swords by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA broken prince.A shield-maiden bent on vengeance.A Viking world set on fire.With the war against the Gauls over and Angantyr crowned king, everything should have been peaceful. But the arrival of Prince Hlod and its devastating consequences have brought nothing but heartache and darkness... -
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Hunter's Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen the gods play in mortals’ lives, the only certain outcome is uncertainty. Especially when that god is Loki. In the course of a night, I found out my entire life was a lie. Now, Yrsa, Eydis, and I will set off to recover Tyrfing. I must leave Dalr—and the dream I’d shared with Hofund—behind. Eydis is sure the gods have a plan for me. I hope she’s right...Categorized as:
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Blood Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs the blood moon rises, the shadow of Ragnarok falls on Uppsala.With the dark days in Dalr behind them, Hervor and Hofund journey to Grund. Hervor’s focus turns to tracking down the sea kings and taking vengeance, but she soon finds that life in Grund is convoluted. Family grudges, secret alliances, and shady friendships abound in the capital...Categorized as:
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Dark Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor Odin’s chosen, all roads lead to Valhalla.With Gudmund dead, Hervor and Hofund are crowned queen and king of Grund. The pair soon discover that ruling a Viking land is not without difficulty. Enemies from without and within threaten the new rulers. While her dreams are the same, Hervor’s future becomes unclear. The gods have grown silent... -
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsChosen by Odin. Destined for Valhalla. In my dreams, Odin whispers to me. He tells me I’m destined to wield a legendary sword.He tells me my road will bring me to Valhalla.But when I wake, I’m only Hervor. Fatherless. Unloved. Unwanted. Jarl Bjartmar, my grandfather, calls me cursed. My mother, her memories stolen by the gods, has forgotten me... -
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Thunder Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsUnder the thunder moon, the war-horn will sound, and Odin’s Valkyrie will rise.Reunited with Hofund, and with Bolmsö safe from its enemies, Hervor takes her place as jarl. But the All-Father has bigger plans for his favorite shield-maiden. When Hervor learns that Jarl Bjartmar has vowed vengeance on Leif, she knows she must stand by her cousin...Categorized as:
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Shield-Maiden: Gambit of Blood by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn orphaned descendant of Loki.A princess without a kingdom.A shield-maiden plagued by the shadows of ValhallaBorn to rule two jarldoms, Ervie should of had a life of ease. But fate has not been kind. Her parents’ jarldoms destroyed in the wars of a previous generation, Ervie is set adrift in the world... -
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The Land of the Living and the Dead by Shauna Lawless
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe old world will die in flames…Ireland, 1011 AD. Brian Boru is now High King of Ireland. His queen, Gormflaith, instructs their young son in his heritage - but only on his mother's side. For Gormflaith, an immortal Fomorian skilled in fire-magic, intends to finally defeat the Fomorians' hated foes, the Descendants, and establish control over Ireland... -
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The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA haunted chieftain. A lass without hope.What happens when their lives cross paths?Lennox MacVey, chieftain of Clan MacVey, is haunted by memories of being kidnapped as a child by a man named Egan. Now seven and twenty years old, the nightmares of the event are becoming clearer, beckoning him to right the wrongs committed against him.For Meg, life has become unbearable... -
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The Burden of a Scottish Chieftain by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA haunted chieftain. A lass without hope.What happens when their lives cross paths?Lennox MacVey, chieftain of Clan MacVey, is haunted by memories of being kidnapped as a child by a man named Egan. Now seven and twenty years old, the nightmares of the event are becoming clearer, beckoning him to right the wrongs committed against him.For Meg, life has become unbearable... -
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The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) by Snorri Sturluson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe Prose Norse Mythology (Classics), compiled by the Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, is a fundamental work for understanding the rich world of Norse mythology and Viking lore. This text is a comprehensive collection of stories about the gods, heroes, and creatures of Norse mythology, including tales of Odin, Thor, Loki, Freyja, and the creation of the world itself... -
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Highland Bride by Hannah Howell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThough she has yet to be courted by any man, spirited Gillyanne Murray decides the time has come to visit the dower lands gifted to her by her father's kinsmen. She arrives to find the small keep surrounded by three lairds, each one vying for her hand...and property...Categorized as:
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Highland Blood by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsScotland, 1032—When a marriage contract calls Gruoch away from Ynes Verleath, she leaves with the hope she'll be reunited with Banquo. But fate has different plans. Lies, betrayal, and violence await her. Set on a collision course with destiny, Gruoch soon finds herself thrust into the arms of another man... -
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Highland Queen by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe king is dead. Long live the queen. With Duncan defeated, Gruoch becomes Queen of Scotland. Now she must rule at Macbeth's side, a difficult prospect as the new King of Scots grows increasingly unstable. To keep her son, her love, and her country safe, Gruoch must call upon the raven...Categorized as:
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Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEinar and the Wolf Coats undertake a dangerous mission to war-torn Northern France in this thrilling Viking adventure from Tim Hodkinson.936 AD. Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King Aethelstan's England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at Aethelstan's court... -
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The Warrior Brothers of Skye: The Complete Series by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTravel back in time to Dark Ages Isle of Skye and meet Galan, Tarl, and Donnel. Three warrior brothers, three strong women—and three unforgettable love stories. BLOOD FEUDA forced marriage ... and a passion that could forge peace or start a war. Tea, the daughter of a Pictish chieftain, prepares to wed her enemy... -
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The Border Series: Box Set by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first three books plus a bonus prequel novella in the bestselling Border Series: The Ward's Bride, The Thief's Countess, The Lord's Captive and The Chief's Maiden. THE WARD'S BRIDE: PREQUEL NOVELLA English knight Sir Adam Dayne is offered the ultimate prize by the earl who raised him: lordship of Langford castle... -
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Shield-Maiden: Winternights Gambit by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAn heir to ashes.A princess without a throne.Ervie, the daughter of the warrior-shaman Jarl Mjord and the völva Lady Blomma, was born to rule two jarldoms and wield a magical bloodline reaching to Asgard itself. But the Norns have not been kind. Her father dead, now all she has is a famous name and a lingering sense of what might have been...Categorized as:
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The Circle of Ceridwen by Octavia Randolph
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsYoung women with courage. Swords with names. Vikings with tattoos. Danger. Passion. Survival. Warfare. Sheep. And Other Good Things... The year 871, when England was Angle-Land. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. Across this war-torn landscape travels fifteen year old Ceridwen, now thrust into the lives of the conquerors... -
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The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures the ancient world with the gripping detail, thrilling action, and vivid historical elements of Game of Thrones and Outlander... -
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The Axe by Sigrid Undset
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSet in 13th-century Norway, The Axe is the first volume in Undset's epic tetralogy, The Master of Hestviken. In it, we meet Olav Audunsson and Ingunn Steinfinnsdatter, who were betrothed as children and raised as brother and sister. In the heedlessness of youth, they become lovers, unaware that their ardor will forge the first link in a chain of murder, exile, and disgrace... -
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Highland Vengeance by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScotland, 1032. Everything Gruoch loves has turned to ash. With Gillacoemgain gone, Gruoch rides north with her newborn son and a broken heart. While she desperately clings to hope, Gruoch’s new alliance with Macbeth proves more challenging than she ever anticipated. Only her unexpected reunion with an important person from her past offers solace...Categorized as:
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Breanna's Surrender by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman dedicated to the cause, a man who has given up hope—and the fake marriage that brings them together. Passion and patriotism collide in Medieval Scotland.Breanna will stop at nothing to defend Scotland from the English—even if that means she has to work with a jaded mercenary, a man whose loyalty can only be bought with silver. Cameron Stewart has learned that loyalty doesn’t pay... -
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Spark City by Robert J. Power
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAn alternate cover edition of this ASIN can be found here. Erroh has a plan. A simple plan. It’ll never work. Young warrior, Erroh, is destined for a life of duty and tradition. By birth-right, the mysterious trials of The Cull await him. A chance to win the greatest prize Spark City can offer. However, he’d rather spend his days drinking, gambling and travelling the roads as a free man... -
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The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe epic Viking saga begun in The Half-Drowned King continues with this exhilarating tale filled with the excitement, romantic adventure, political intrigue, violence, and rich history that have made Game of Thrones, Outlander, and Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology popular bestsellers... -
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The Heart of a Highlander by Julie Johnstone
He finally has the chance to clear his family name. The only thing standing in his way is his tempting new wife. Known as the King Maker, Ada MacQuerrie yearns to wed for love and not the magical gift she possesses. But her ruthless stepbrother doesn’t care what she wants; he just needs her to marry one of his treacherous allies...Categorized as:
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Highland Strength by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA lonely woman with far too many secrets…Greer Gunn feared for her life every day that she breathed the same air as her father. An unwanted reminder that he had no heir, Greer employed her greatest defense. She looked and learned, tucking away her clan’s secrets that she used silently to defend her people against her father’s inept leadership and to keep their enemies at bay... -
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Lena & Ivar by Celeste Barclay
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat happens when love and war don’t mix? Ivar Sorenson is not only his father’s heir to their jarldom, he’s his parents’ last remaining son. There isn’t much choice for the future jarl when his father demands an alliance with their feuding neighbor. That alliance can only come in the form of a marriage...to a woman Ivar doesn’t want and doesn’t like... -
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Highlander Sworn by Jayne Castel
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLetting her instincts rule could mean her ruin. A prisoner, a clan-chief’s daughter, and an impossible love.Beautiful yet flighty, Eilidh Munro has caught a chieftain’s eye—but it’s not him she wants. Instead, she longs for the enigmatic Gunn hostage, who works the fields by day and is locked away in the dungeons beneath her keep at night...Categorized as:
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Lady of the Glen by Jennifer Roberson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"A marvelous tale." --Diana Gabaldon Bestselling author Jennifer Roberson captures readers' hearts and imaginations in this haunting, lyrical tale of an era of savagery and splendor, set against the heather-strewn hills of a divided Scotland. . . From birth, Catriona Campbell and Alasdair Og MacDonald are enemies--for he is the second son of her clan's most powerful foe... -
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Warrior of Sapphire and Steel by Violet Froste
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSvagnar is the ferocious warrior jarl of Arkavic. To stop the neighbouring king from constantly attacking his country, he's formed an audacious he will abduct his enemy's daughter and make her his wife, hoping that tying their countries together through marriage will end the war. But the last thing he intends is to become dangerously attracted to his stolen bride...Categorized as:
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A Restless Knight by Deborah Macgillivray
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHad the music stopped, or had she just ceased to hear it? All she could do was stare into the dragon green eyes. Drown in them. This man was her destiny. Nothing else mattered. He removed the netting from her grasp and then dropped it.Shaking, Challon took her face in both hands. The hunger in his eyes rippled, tangible. So strong, it nearly robbed her of breath... -
![The Princess: A Medieval Romance by Claire Delacroix]()
The Princess: A Medieval Romance by Claire Delacroix
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrincess Brianna of Tullymullagh is determined to marry only for love-until her father's holding is conquered and the king decrees that she must wed one of the victor's sons. Thinking she can outwit this condition, Brianna issues a the son who brings her a gift that makes her laugh will win her hand. Thus begins the Bride Quest of the three brothers Fitzgavin... -
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The Shield of Three Lions by Pamela Kaufman
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe return of a classic, by bestselling author Pamela Kaufman. “Richly rewarding, superbly written. . . . The richness of the characters, the historical details, and the story as a whole make this novel a memorable reading experience.”—Chicago Sun-Times Eleven-year-old Alix is the daughter of the baron of Wanthwaite, whose lands along the Scottish border are among the best in England...Categorized as:
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Avalon by Anya Seton
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMerewyn has grown up in savage tenth-century Cornwall - a lonely girl, sustained by stubborn courage and by pride in her descent from the great King Arthur. Rumon, a young French prince, has always dreamt of finding the idyllic island of hearsay and legend, Avalon. He gladly leaves his home in Provence but his hopes are dashed when his ship is wrecked off the Cornish coast... -
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Lord of Raven's Peak by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMerrik Haraldsson, the younger brother of Rorik, the Lord of Hawkfell Island, embarks on a journey that begins in Kiev where he comes away with two slaves-- Laren and her younger brother. Laren wants to tell stories to earn enough silver and gold to buy her and her little brother from Merik, only he refuses to sell her... -
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Daughter of a Thousand Years by Amalia Carosella
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreenland, AD 1000More than her fiery hair marks Freydís as the daughter of Erik the Red; her hot temper and fierce pride are as formidable as her Viking father’s. And so, too, is her devotion to the great god Thor, which puts her at odds with those in power—including her own brother, the zealous Leif Eriksson... -
![The First Princess of Wales: A Novel by Karen Harper]()
The First Princess of Wales: A Novel by Karen Harper
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe daughter of a disgraced earl, she matched wits with a prince.It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded maneuverings of her peers... -
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Avelynn by Marissa Campbell
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne extraordinary Saxon noblewoman and one fearless Viking warrior find passion and danger in this dazzling and sensuous debut Marissa Campbell's debut novel is a winning combination of romance, history, and adventure sure to appeal to fans of Diana Gabaldon. It is 869... -
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The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBrynhild is a Valkyrie: shieldmaiden of the All-Father, chooser of the slain. But now she too has fallen, flightless in her exile.Gudrun is a princess of Burgundy, a daughter of the Rhine, a prize for an invading king – a king whose brother Attila has other plans, and a dragon to call upon.And in the songs to be sung, there is another hero: Sigurd, a warrior with a sword sharper than the new moon... -
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The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsUSA Today Bestseller! What kind of woman becomes the wife of two kings, and the mother of two more? Saxon England, 1002. Not only is Æthelred a failure as King, but his young bride, Emma of Normandy, soon discovers he is even worse as a husband... -
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Seducing the Knight by Gerri Russell
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTemplar knight Sir Alan Cathcart and the Moorish princess, Jessamine Burundi, whom he saves from an arranged marriage must search for the legendary Ark of the Covenant. It’s a journey that takes them from the deserts in the cradle of civilization to the misty heathered Highlands of Scotland... -
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The Viking's Witch by Kelli A. Wilkins
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScotland, 803 A.D. About to be burned at the stake by her fellow villagers, Odaria does what any betrayed witch facing certain death would do. She calls down a curse. Within seconds, rampaging Norsemen raid the village, capturing everyone except her. But her reprieve is short-lived, and Odaria lands in the clutches of the Norse leader Rothgar... -
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