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Northern Princes #2
Embers
Embers by Helen Kirkman released on Nov 24, 2004 is available now for purchase.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2004
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About the author
Helen Kirkman
25 books12 followersHelen Kirkman has always written stories - at home, at school, during the lunch break at her local government job, on the back of an envelope in a queue at the bank...
Her sister was the first audience for adventure stories inspired by "Ivanhoe" (knights in armour) "Robin Hood" (rogues) and Star Trek (where no man has gone before). Through each step in Helen's life - travelling, a university degree in languages, marriage, various administration jobs - the stories kept coming.
When her two sons got a little older, she decided the moment for a career change had arrived at last. The "breakthrough" came when Helen won the Clendon Award for best unpublished romance manuscript. Harlequin bought her story and she now writes colourful historical stories for their mainstream romance imprint HQN Books.
Helen’s passion for colorful history provides the perfect backdrop for the powerful emotion in her writing. All About Romance nominated her as a Desert Isle Keeper and she recently finalled in the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award. The Historical Romance Writers website called her work both emotional and memorable, “with attention to historical detail that brings the past to life in a way only Helen Kirkman can”.
Helen’s early life was spent in England near the ancient walled city of Chester. She now lives in New Zealand and still travels (writing provides the perfect excuse!). She recently spent some time back in Britain, where she visited a Viking battle site, spent fascinated hours at the British Museum and ate too many pub lunches. She fell in love with the vibrancy of New York on the way home.
Her sister was the first audience for adventure stories inspired by "Ivanhoe" (knights in armour) "Robin Hood" (rogues) and Star Trek (where no man has gone before). Through each step in Helen's life - travelling, a university degree in languages, marriage, various administration jobs - the stories kept coming.
When her two sons got a little older, she decided the moment for a career change had arrived at last. The "breakthrough" came when Helen won the Clendon Award for best unpublished romance manuscript. Harlequin bought her story and she now writes colourful historical stories for their mainstream romance imprint HQN Books.
Helen’s passion for colorful history provides the perfect backdrop for the powerful emotion in her writing. All About Romance nominated her as a Desert Isle Keeper and she recently finalled in the Australian Romantic Book of the Year Award. The Historical Romance Writers website called her work both emotional and memorable, “with attention to historical detail that brings the past to life in a way only Helen Kirkman can”.
Helen’s early life was spent in England near the ancient walled city of Chester. She now lives in New Zealand and still travels (writing provides the perfect excuse!). She recently spent some time back in Britain, where she visited a Viking battle site, spent fascinated hours at the British Museum and ate too many pub lunches. She fell in love with the vibrancy of New York on the way home.
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March 2, 2019
2.5 stars
I did a buddy read for this, for more thoughts, comments, and quotes: Embers Buddy Read
It was not ten paces of Northumbrian soil that separated him from her. It was a whole country. It was grief and loss and blood and the inescapable ties of other loyalties and other cares.
You'll definitely want to read the first in this series as this one deals with Brand, the brother to the hero in the first, and follows the timeline immediately after. Brand running away with a woman, Alina, that was politically refused to him, started the fallout for both brothers. Here we have Brand meeting back up with Alina and dealing with the ending fallout.
I liked the first better than this one, as I found the story with the author's style of ethereal writing/tone slowed down the middle too much and made characters' motivations too murky; I spent a good portion of the latter half confused.
Still, if looking for different tone and style, Kirkman is vastly different from a lot of authors out there. I wish our main couple could have gotten more scenes simply enjoying being together or verbal interaction as an ending scene of them together had amazing chemistry, wit, and banter.
Read the first before this one, enjoy the wonderfully set early medieval time period, and prepare for a slower ethereal tone.
I did a buddy read for this, for more thoughts, comments, and quotes: Embers Buddy Read
It was not ten paces of Northumbrian soil that separated him from her. It was a whole country. It was grief and loss and blood and the inescapable ties of other loyalties and other cares.
You'll definitely want to read the first in this series as this one deals with Brand, the brother to the hero in the first, and follows the timeline immediately after. Brand running away with a woman, Alina, that was politically refused to him, started the fallout for both brothers. Here we have Brand meeting back up with Alina and dealing with the ending fallout.
I liked the first better than this one, as I found the story with the author's style of ethereal writing/tone slowed down the middle too much and made characters' motivations too murky; I spent a good portion of the latter half confused.
Still, if looking for different tone and style, Kirkman is vastly different from a lot of authors out there. I wish our main couple could have gotten more scenes simply enjoying being together or verbal interaction as an ending scene of them together had amazing chemistry, wit, and banter.
Read the first before this one, enjoy the wonderfully set early medieval time period, and prepare for a slower ethereal tone.
December 15, 2022
2.5 stars. I feel this could have been a good story. Just could not get into this book and book 1.
Don’t think this author is for me.
Don’t think this author is for me.
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February 6, 2021DNF 38%
Trop long, trop lent, l'histoire n'avance pas !!
Trop long, trop lent, l'histoire n'avance pas !!
March 26, 2019
May add something here
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November 16, 2014DNF at 14%.
Writing style was confusing and made it difficult for me to continue
Writing style was confusing and made it difficult for me to continue
June 25, 2016
Found this book too confusing.
September 1, 2022
La verdad se me hizo largo, lento, y un poco aburrido, creo que tiene que ver un poco con la floritura de la escritura de su autora, sentí que muy poco paso, se hablaban casi en señas , porque nunca se decían la verdad , o no se decían nada y por eso no terminaba el libro!
May 6, 2024
i did not enjoy this book
the begining started promising but then it just went down hill
the begining started promising but then it just went down hill
November 27, 2024
Un peu d'action... passé la page 270.
A certains moments comme une impression de lire Google trad.
A certains moments comme une impression de lire Google trad.
August 26, 2011
A fasinating book that zooms in on the feelings between two people.
March 30, 2016
I am sorry, but I didnt like this book, somewhere I knew that I didnt like this writer,...................from an other book,..................
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