Oops, been a little remiss here. I made a sale. And I forgot to blog about it! In my defence, I am knee deep in edits already.

So, what have I sold? What's cooler than pirates? Yup, Vikings. An offhand comment from my editor (You've got a good voice for historical, thought about writing one?) and a trip to Norway made this inevitable really. Norway is such a fabulously beautiful place. Dark and brooding, draped in cloud, seemingly built for secrets.

I mean, look at this:

A day at Geiranger fjord and in my head I was thinking 'And the feasting hall is there, and the blacksmith's is over there and…' And then my hero turned up. With a secret he has to keep, if he wants to stay alive. Then on our way out of the fjord, we saw this:

And I was sunk. Odin's helm overlooking the fjord was my first thought. Now, a Viking would think that a lucky place, yes? Not so lucky for Einar, our poor hero.

And so, A Kindness of Ravens was born. Coming from Carina Press January 2nd 2012.

If you're interested, here's my pitch.

Eight years ago, Einar and Wilda witnessed a murder and saved each other from being the next victim.

Today, they have to do it again.

Norseman Einar lives under the threat of the murderer's rune-cut curse—if he should speak of it, his family will die and so he lives his life as a silent outcast. Until the Saxon girl Wilda comes back into his life, his brother's new thrall and one who is bound to recognise, and reveal, the murderer. Unable to tell her why she shouldn't speak of it, Einar has to try to get her away but is bewitched by the fact that Wilda still thinks him the brave youth he'd once been. For Wilda, Einar is a quiet presence she craves, the only man she can trust in a violent new world.

Between them they have to gather the courage to face the murderer head on.