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Viking I #3
The Tarnished Lady
Exiled from polite society for being an unwed mother, Lady Eadyth of Hawks' Lair is forced to embark on a marriage of convenience with notorious rogue Eirik of Ravenshire when her son's much despised father threatens to destroy everything she holds dear. Reissue.
390 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Sandra Hill
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Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons.
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Sandra Hill is a graduate of Penn State and worked for more than 10 years as a features writer and education editor for publications in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Writing about serious issues taught her the merits of seeking the lighter side of even the darkest stories. She is the wife of a stockbroker and the mother of four sons.
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September 18, 2016
Sandra Hill is known for her rollicking silly time travel romances and I love those. This love story is a straight up historical set in the era of the Vikings and it so good!
It isn't campy. I like campy but what Hill does here is a wonderful time period exploration of what it would take to be an independent woman and the man who would love her.
It is a great romance and the book is filled with bee keeping and mead making and gives you a wonderful sense of the time period as well as wonderful characters you really hope get their HEA. And they do, yea!
It isn't campy. I like campy but what Hill does here is a wonderful time period exploration of what it would take to be an independent woman and the man who would love her.
It is a great romance and the book is filled with bee keeping and mead making and gives you a wonderful sense of the time period as well as wonderful characters you really hope get their HEA. And they do, yea!
March 4, 2016
Walau awalnya aku tidak terlalu tertarik membaca buku Eirik karena dalam bayanganku dia hero tipe Lord sopan. Ternyata buku ini memberikan kejutan yang menarik sbb :
- heroinenya tidak seperti yang kubayangkan. Pekerja keras, mandiri dan supportif. Dia bukan tipe lady manja dan aku jatuh cinta pada karakternya.
- eirik yang serius, perlahan menjadi lebih rileks ketika menemukan "chewing toys" baru. Ketika dia tahu istrinya yang tua dan kaku adalah gadis muda yang menyamar? Itu membangkitkan semua naluri usil eirik untuk berburu. Ada scene lucu yang agak aneh, biarpun Eirik digambarkan agak rabun jauh tapi dia tetap bisa melihat dan mencurigai kemulusan kaki istrinya yang tua saat sedang memanjat pohon.
- jangan lupakan siapa yang jadi figuran nakal di buku ini? Tykir yay!!! Jujur aku juga mau dijaga babysitter seperti dia.
- konflik utama buku ini berputar pada bagaimana eirik menyelamatkan istrinya dari musuh utama yang mengincarnya. Diluar dugaan dia menemukan beberapa fakta rahasia yang menyangkut keluarganya dan juga keluarga Selik, pamannya.
Salah satu buku yang menarik dari SH. Tak sabar untuk lanjut ke buku Tykir dan fetish harem 1001 malamnya.
- heroinenya tidak seperti yang kubayangkan. Pekerja keras, mandiri dan supportif. Dia bukan tipe lady manja dan aku jatuh cinta pada karakternya.
- eirik yang serius, perlahan menjadi lebih rileks ketika menemukan "chewing toys" baru. Ketika dia tahu istrinya yang tua dan kaku adalah gadis muda yang menyamar? Itu membangkitkan semua naluri usil eirik untuk berburu. Ada scene lucu yang agak aneh, biarpun Eirik digambarkan agak rabun jauh tapi dia tetap bisa melihat dan mencurigai kemulusan kaki istrinya yang tua saat sedang memanjat pohon.
- jangan lupakan siapa yang jadi figuran nakal di buku ini? Tykir yay!!! Jujur aku juga mau dijaga babysitter seperti dia.
- konflik utama buku ini berputar pada bagaimana eirik menyelamatkan istrinya dari musuh utama yang mengincarnya. Diluar dugaan dia menemukan beberapa fakta rahasia yang menyangkut keluarganya dan juga keluarga Selik, pamannya.
Salah satu buku yang menarik dari SH. Tak sabar untuk lanjut ke buku Tykir dan fetish harem 1001 malamnya.
August 15, 2023
3.5 stars
April 8, 2023
I haven't read one of this author's Viking books in ages. I think this book was originally published around 1995 or so and set in the late 900's in England. Excellent writing and historical details. Lots of drama, action, swordplay, some fun scenes and steamy romance. Loved it!
April 16, 2013
2.5 stars.
Lackluster and a bit snoozeworthy, which is a pity, considering that the first two books were significantly more engaging.
Lackluster and a bit snoozeworthy, which is a pity, considering that the first two books were significantly more engaging.
September 24, 2022
The couple fought non-stop. It was pretty amusing.
April 16, 2012
Sandra Hill’s 1995 reprint of her classic The Tarnished Lady finds Lady Eadyth of Hawk’s Lair (nicknamed the Silver Jewel of Northumbria) asking Eirik of Ravenshire for her help in protecting her and her son from the father of her child and since Eirik is the sworn enemy of Steven of Gravely and wants his revenge upon him he weds Lady Eadyth.
Their marriage is not a happy one from the start, Eirik demands Lady Eadyth discontinue her bee making business-after all Eirik is rich enough- and in turn Lady Eadyth demands that Eirik keep his hands to himself. Eirik has no problem with this for Eadyth wears hideous clothing and a veil to hide her unnatural beauty and so Eirik and everyone think she is ugly. But when Eirik finds out her secret, he vows to get his own personal revenge in the manner of seduction, but it is not easy to ignore Eadyth’s demanding ways and take charge attitude. But miraculously after they have bone melting sex, Eadyth is his slave and falls instantly in love with him and he with her. Although they say they were a little in love with each other already.
The battle between Steven of Gravely and Eirik of Ravenshire is easily fought and won by none other than the hero of the book. Of course.
The Tarnished Lady I knew from the start was not going to be a very good read; at least for me. I had trouble with the flow of the book as I kept having to try and pronounce the names of the characters, because I just can’t gloss over one word without knowing I have the pronunciation right. I also had trouble with Eadyth herself, she seemed too domineering of the household before it was her’s, she was too demanding of everything and everyone around her, even the dogs that were not her’s to command. And maybe lastly, I find it really hard to believe that she could cloak her ungodly beauty between a few pieces of carefully worn clothing and a monstrous head veil for all those months.
In conclusion, maybe it was the heroine that made me cringe when reading? It was most definitely not the hero…*sigh* nor his hunky brother Tykir (who I could pronounce his name well enough). Who gets his own book thankfully, entitled The Bewitched Viking. Crossing my fingers that it will be marginally better than The Tarnished Lady.
Their marriage is not a happy one from the start, Eirik demands Lady Eadyth discontinue her bee making business-after all Eirik is rich enough- and in turn Lady Eadyth demands that Eirik keep his hands to himself. Eirik has no problem with this for Eadyth wears hideous clothing and a veil to hide her unnatural beauty and so Eirik and everyone think she is ugly. But when Eirik finds out her secret, he vows to get his own personal revenge in the manner of seduction, but it is not easy to ignore Eadyth’s demanding ways and take charge attitude. But miraculously after they have bone melting sex, Eadyth is his slave and falls instantly in love with him and he with her. Although they say they were a little in love with each other already.
The battle between Steven of Gravely and Eirik of Ravenshire is easily fought and won by none other than the hero of the book. Of course.
The Tarnished Lady I knew from the start was not going to be a very good read; at least for me. I had trouble with the flow of the book as I kept having to try and pronounce the names of the characters, because I just can’t gloss over one word without knowing I have the pronunciation right. I also had trouble with Eadyth herself, she seemed too domineering of the household before it was her’s, she was too demanding of everything and everyone around her, even the dogs that were not her’s to command. And maybe lastly, I find it really hard to believe that she could cloak her ungodly beauty between a few pieces of carefully worn clothing and a monstrous head veil for all those months.
In conclusion, maybe it was the heroine that made me cringe when reading? It was most definitely not the hero…*sigh* nor his hunky brother Tykir (who I could pronounce his name well enough). Who gets his own book thankfully, entitled The Bewitched Viking. Crossing my fingers that it will be marginally better than The Tarnished Lady.
July 19, 2018
Kecantikan itu di hati. Bukan di mata.
Begitulah yg dialami Eirik. Mengira dirinya sial krn menikahi istri yg sudah tua, cerewet dan ringkih, Eirik bertekad mengabaikan istrinya, Eadyth yg tidak bisa diam tsb. Begitu mengetahui dirinya ditipu oleh istrinya, Eirik pun "membalas dendam" dgn penyiksaan seksual (verbal maupun nonverbal) kpd istrinya yg ternyata cantik tsb.
Saya suka sekali novel ini dan nyaris ngakak pd hampir tiga per empat jalan cerita. Pasangan ini dari awal sudah "berantem" tiada henti, tapi sama-sama cerdas mengeluarkan segenap kata-kata kotor dan kaya sarkasme dalam dialog-dialognya. Yg tidak disangka, Eadyth yg kompeten dlm mengurus manor ternyata super naif dalam soal ranjang. Dan invasi Eirik yg menggempur pertahanan Eadyth tanpa ampun (baca saat Eirik menceritakan dongeng sahibul hikayat pd Eadyth, yg isinya ngibul sengibul-ngibulnya, dijamin ngakak kejer) benar-benar kocak dan hiburan super hilarious.
Dan yg mengejutkan lagi adalah kemampuan Eirik utk membalas urusan tipu-tipu Eadyth yg jutek ini lumayan mencengangkan. Dan yg terpenting, keduanya mengubah masing-masing pihak ke arah yg lebih positif. Eadyth tidak lagi menjadi terlalu kaku dan judes. Sedangkan Eirik jadi lebih memperhatikan kesejahteraan manornya berkat Eadyth yg bossy.
Kesalahpahaman tetap jd bumbu utama dlm novel ini. Bagi kebanyakan kaum wanita, mulutmu harimaumu sangat berlaku bagi Eadyth. Hati-hati dlm mengeluarkan ucapan jika tidak menginginkan apa yg diucapkan terjadi. Ketidakpercayaan pd pasangan jg bisa berakibat fatal. Untunglah Eirik terbukti hero yg cerdas walaupun awalnya sempat rabun juga.
Novel ini wajib baca bagi pecinta Historical Romance terutama Viking. Super kocak yg dijamin mengguncangkan hidup Anda.
Begitulah yg dialami Eirik. Mengira dirinya sial krn menikahi istri yg sudah tua, cerewet dan ringkih, Eirik bertekad mengabaikan istrinya, Eadyth yg tidak bisa diam tsb. Begitu mengetahui dirinya ditipu oleh istrinya, Eirik pun "membalas dendam" dgn penyiksaan seksual (verbal maupun nonverbal) kpd istrinya yg ternyata cantik tsb.
Saya suka sekali novel ini dan nyaris ngakak pd hampir tiga per empat jalan cerita. Pasangan ini dari awal sudah "berantem" tiada henti, tapi sama-sama cerdas mengeluarkan segenap kata-kata kotor dan kaya sarkasme dalam dialog-dialognya. Yg tidak disangka, Eadyth yg kompeten dlm mengurus manor ternyata super naif dalam soal ranjang. Dan invasi Eirik yg menggempur pertahanan Eadyth tanpa ampun (baca saat Eirik menceritakan dongeng sahibul hikayat pd Eadyth, yg isinya ngibul sengibul-ngibulnya, dijamin ngakak kejer) benar-benar kocak dan hiburan super hilarious.
Dan yg mengejutkan lagi adalah kemampuan Eirik utk membalas urusan tipu-tipu Eadyth yg jutek ini lumayan mencengangkan. Dan yg terpenting, keduanya mengubah masing-masing pihak ke arah yg lebih positif. Eadyth tidak lagi menjadi terlalu kaku dan judes. Sedangkan Eirik jadi lebih memperhatikan kesejahteraan manornya berkat Eadyth yg bossy.
Kesalahpahaman tetap jd bumbu utama dlm novel ini. Bagi kebanyakan kaum wanita, mulutmu harimaumu sangat berlaku bagi Eadyth. Hati-hati dlm mengeluarkan ucapan jika tidak menginginkan apa yg diucapkan terjadi. Ketidakpercayaan pd pasangan jg bisa berakibat fatal. Untunglah Eirik terbukti hero yg cerdas walaupun awalnya sempat rabun juga.
Novel ini wajib baca bagi pecinta Historical Romance terutama Viking. Super kocak yg dijamin mengguncangkan hidup Anda.
December 19, 2017
3.5 stars!
There's no Time travel happened in this one...
The reason I gave this 3.5 stars is I got annoyed with the heroine at times hahaha. But it's a fun read :-)
There's no Time travel happened in this one...
The reason I gave this 3.5 stars is I got annoyed with the heroine at times hahaha. But it's a fun read :-)
September 21, 2018
kocaaakkkk bangettt ampuunnn hahahhaa
December 15, 2015
Not the usual fun of Sandra Hill. For me there just wasn't any laughs. All the jokes seemed forced. The premise of a presbyopic knight who couldn't see up close was idiotic. Their fight in the end was forced also. So I disliked most of it from the beginning to the end. Disliked the premise, and disliked the characters.
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This was my second Sandy hill book. The first "Truly, Madly Viking". I guess I was expecting more because of that one. At the end of this one, I really didn't like either character. The beginning started funny enough, and I could suspend my disbelief over his FARSIGHTEDNESS, not nearsight like the other reviewer had said. The big problem I had with this is, "why couldn't he see her once she was backed away?" I put that to the back of my mind and started enjoying the humor of the first part of the book.
The turning point in my enjoyment, the first time he really mistrusts her, he finds out that it was a plot and untrue, in a manner that totally humiliates her. OK, I could accept her change from humiliation/hate when he explains why he mistrusts people. He opens up and that should have been the start to a real relationship.
Then it fell apart... When she found out that he couldn't abide lies and it was time to confess, she did not force the truth. (OK, a lot of romance novels have this mis-communication but this was a flat out lie) Then all the times she starts and doesn't finish telling him, even if he misdirects. I just didn't find it appealing because he was deceiving as much as her "little secret", it was like they were playing with each other and not a very nice game.
When he finally admits his knowledge of her deception, he only trusts her because of his knight who tells him that she's innocent. That was it for me, there was nothing more that a couple of pushes against him and calling him names and then she gives into her sexual attraction (rather than be outraged again).
And then it didn't stop coming, he keeps humiliating her, and she keeps on falling for her sexual attraction. He keeps not trusting her, and vice versa, and she keeps falling in love. Why?? I didn't understand it.
In the end, she concocts an incredible stupid plan, of deception, when he could have helped her, but there was no trust as far as I could see, on either part. Nothing brings them together in the end except their sexual desire, and I am not sure what he valued, it was not made clear. It was made clear what she excelled in, but he didn't seem to value any of it. Only the visions of family made him seem like he cared. At least in the end you should think they will trust one another but you don't. What kind of relationship is built on looks, sex and mistrust?
Normally I would not write such a long review of a book I didn't like much... it was so so. But I ordered this one for its high marks, 4 1/2 stars. Wow... I cannot understand the 5 stars. "Truly, Madly Viking" I would give 4 stars because it made me laugh the whole way through, you really had to suspend disbelief, but it was fun and the characters sizzled. Here I read through the sex scenes almost at a skim because I really didn't care for them.
Hill has an ability to write comedy but this strayed away after the first 1/3 of the book. I would suggest trying another.
June 11, 2011
The book wasn't really bad, but I wasn't all woohoo about it either. I found at times that both the hero and heroine could be quite "loathsome". That word is also used quite often throughout the book and found myself wondering if the heroine couldn't come up with some more interesting insults. There were times where she was shrewish and stubborn and downright selfish, but then other times quite lovely, a force to be reckoned with, and a deep lover of children (which is a bonus for me). The hero, wow, sometimes I just wanted to bash him over the head with some sense. He could be quite arrogant and downright mean and actually handled her quite abusively a couple of times, which I wouldn't have forgiven him so easily for as she did. Later he was okay and warm and teasing, but then turned in to a right bastard when she was only trying to help out. I believe he blew that WAY out of proportion. This hasn't turned me off of the books, but I think I will be a little bit more weary before I read them. Like I said, not a bad book, but not altogether great either.
September 23, 2015
So I was reading the back matter of Frankly, My Dear and was like...wait! I've read that book! I named my cat Eirik, for heavens sake! I was twelve, but what's that matter? I can still recite lines from it like it was yesterday.
January 3, 2020
I really enjoyed the first two books in this series. The way the author pokes fun at bodice rippers is hilarious. At 60% I’m finding it hard to continue on with this one though. I really don’t like Eadyth. At all.
September 15, 2016
Hilarious and a step up for strong, gutsy heroines. First-rate!
September 1, 2025
My expression was the same as Tykir, Selik, and Rain when Eadyth said that Eirik was a sneer. 🤣 Shocked and couldn’t believe it. In the previous book, Eirik's character was described as a polite and serious figure, but here he was 100% different. He liked to joke, being mischievous, chatty, storyteller, and vengeful (in a funny sense).
Eadyth was also a super girl. She was bees handler, guys. It was really funny when Eirik was stung by bees. 🤣 Since the arrival of Eadyth, Eirik's whole life had become more colorful and more hygienic. 🫣 Eadyth was very ideal type of hostess, wife, and mother. She also had a naive character who believed in Eirik's talk, which made this story even funnier. 🤣
By the way, Tykir was here as a support system for this couple and really.. his character was getting cuter and funnier.
The conflicts in this novel were not that complicated. There were often misunderstanding scenes because of Eirik's short-sighted eyes and Eadyth's overly independent character. Most of them were quite funny. The climax of this main conflict was quite a plot twist, which made me feel sorry for the villain due to my human side.
One thing I like about Sandra Hill's work is that she is consistent with all her Viking characters. If the viking men are lied to (even for good reasons), they are still angry and disappointed with their women. They are firm to their women about role as their protector, and give 'punishment' for their women's mistakes. Not the type of man who is touched and becomes whipped because of the sacrifice of his woman. But a stubborn man that has to protect their women desperately.
The novel was quite entertaining with quite a lot of funny scenes, both from this couple and from other supporting characters. There were quite a lot of smut scenes but they could be hot and funny at the same time. 🤣🤣
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Ekspresiku sama seperti Tykir, Selik, dan Rain ketika Eadyth bilang kalau Eirik itu selengekan. 🤣Kaget dan nggak percaya. Di buku sebelumnya, karakter Eirik digambarkan sebagai sosok yang sopan dan serius, tapi di sini berbeda 100%. Dia suka bercanda, jail, cerewet, pendongeng, dan pendendam (dalam artian lucu).
Eadyth juga tipe cewek super. Dia pawang para lebah guys. Ngakak banget pas adegan Eirik disengat lebah. 🤣 sejak kedatangan Eadyth, seluruh hidup Eirik jadi lebih berwarna dan lebih higienis. 🫣Tipe nyonya rumah, istri, dan ibu idaman banget Eadyth. Dia ini masih punya sifat naif yang percaya aja sama bualan Eirik, yang bikin cerita ini tambah lucu.🤣
Oh ya, Tykir hadir sebagai support system untuk pasangan ini dan sungguh karakternya makin lucu dan tengil banget.
Konflik dalam novel ini nggak begitu rumit, cuma cukup sering ada kesalahpahaman karna mata Eirik yang rabun dan sifat terlalu mandiri Eadyth tapi konfliknya cukup lucu. Hasil akhir dari konflik utama ini cukup plot twist, yang bikin aku secuil kasihan sama villain nya karna sisi manusiawi ku.
Satu hal yang ku suka dari karya Sandra Hill adalah dia tetap konsisten sama seluruh karakter Viking nya yang mana kalau para pria viking itu dibohongi (bahkan karna alasan baikpun), mereka tetap marah dan kecewa dengan wanitanya. Mereka tegas ke pasangannya tentang peran sebagai pelindung mereka dan memberi ‘hukuman’ untuk kesalahan wanitanya. Bukan tipe tersentuh terus jadi bucin abis karna pengorbanan wanitanya. Pokoknya tipe keras kepala kalau mereka yang harus melindungi wanitanya mati-matian.
Novelnya cukup menghibur dengan cukup banyak adegan lucu, baik dari pasangan ini maupun dari tokoh pendukung lainnya. Lumayan banyak juga adegan smut nya tapi bisa jadi panas dan lucu di saat bersamaan.🤣🤣
Eadyth was also a super girl. She was bees handler, guys. It was really funny when Eirik was stung by bees. 🤣 Since the arrival of Eadyth, Eirik's whole life had become more colorful and more hygienic. 🫣 Eadyth was very ideal type of hostess, wife, and mother. She also had a naive character who believed in Eirik's talk, which made this story even funnier. 🤣
By the way, Tykir was here as a support system for this couple and really.. his character was getting cuter and funnier.
The conflicts in this novel were not that complicated. There were often misunderstanding scenes because of Eirik's short-sighted eyes and Eadyth's overly independent character. Most of them were quite funny. The climax of this main conflict was quite a plot twist, which made me feel sorry for the villain due to my human side.
One thing I like about Sandra Hill's work is that she is consistent with all her Viking characters. If the viking men are lied to (even for good reasons), they are still angry and disappointed with their women. They are firm to their women about role as their protector, and give 'punishment' for their women's mistakes. Not the type of man who is touched and becomes whipped because of the sacrifice of his woman. But a stubborn man that has to protect their women desperately.
The novel was quite entertaining with quite a lot of funny scenes, both from this couple and from other supporting characters. There were quite a lot of smut scenes but they could be hot and funny at the same time. 🤣🤣
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Ekspresiku sama seperti Tykir, Selik, dan Rain ketika Eadyth bilang kalau Eirik itu selengekan. 🤣Kaget dan nggak percaya. Di buku sebelumnya, karakter Eirik digambarkan sebagai sosok yang sopan dan serius, tapi di sini berbeda 100%. Dia suka bercanda, jail, cerewet, pendongeng, dan pendendam (dalam artian lucu).
Eadyth juga tipe cewek super. Dia pawang para lebah guys. Ngakak banget pas adegan Eirik disengat lebah. 🤣 sejak kedatangan Eadyth, seluruh hidup Eirik jadi lebih berwarna dan lebih higienis. 🫣Tipe nyonya rumah, istri, dan ibu idaman banget Eadyth. Dia ini masih punya sifat naif yang percaya aja sama bualan Eirik, yang bikin cerita ini tambah lucu.🤣
Oh ya, Tykir hadir sebagai support system untuk pasangan ini dan sungguh karakternya makin lucu dan tengil banget.
Konflik dalam novel ini nggak begitu rumit, cuma cukup sering ada kesalahpahaman karna mata Eirik yang rabun dan sifat terlalu mandiri Eadyth tapi konfliknya cukup lucu. Hasil akhir dari konflik utama ini cukup plot twist, yang bikin aku secuil kasihan sama villain nya karna sisi manusiawi ku.
Satu hal yang ku suka dari karya Sandra Hill adalah dia tetap konsisten sama seluruh karakter Viking nya yang mana kalau para pria viking itu dibohongi (bahkan karna alasan baikpun), mereka tetap marah dan kecewa dengan wanitanya. Mereka tegas ke pasangannya tentang peran sebagai pelindung mereka dan memberi ‘hukuman’ untuk kesalahan wanitanya. Bukan tipe tersentuh terus jadi bucin abis karna pengorbanan wanitanya. Pokoknya tipe keras kepala kalau mereka yang harus melindungi wanitanya mati-matian.
Novelnya cukup menghibur dengan cukup banyak adegan lucu, baik dari pasangan ini maupun dari tokoh pendukung lainnya. Lumayan banyak juga adegan smut nya tapi bisa jadi panas dan lucu di saat bersamaan.🤣🤣
March 8, 2025
My main problem with Viking historicals, or just historicals set in earlier times, is the way the men act and the way women are treated.
I GET those were "the times," but make the characters a bit more likable. You're writing fiction, where you are in control, yet that's what you choose to make historically accurate? The men acting like animals and the women being doormats for the most part? Heaven forbid the mc shows a bit of spirit cause then her barbaric husband will try to "take her in hand."
All in all, I enjoyed this book, and am interested in reading the others in the series.
I GET those were "the times," but make the characters a bit more likable. You're writing fiction, where you are in control, yet that's what you choose to make historically accurate? The men acting like animals and the women being doormats for the most part? Heaven forbid the mc shows a bit of spirit cause then her barbaric husband will try to "take her in hand."
All in all, I enjoyed this book, and am interested in reading the others in the series.
August 14, 2021
Eidyth ini sok2an ngelarang john ngomong kotor tapi edyth sndiri ngomongx kotor banget.iya kali lady segininya kl bicara.meski biasa gaul sm pdagang g sekasar itu jg kali.
Eirik jg g menunjukan ksatrianya.bukannya nany malah kabur.trs dikejr eidith yg ktemu malah ngambek..apa ini!!!
Pertarungan silat lidahnya lama2 bikin gedeg.awal2 lucu tapi lama2 so boring&ga penting banget yg dibahas.
Diakhir2 malah muales bgt bacanya.
Hell no 4 me!!!
Eirik jg g menunjukan ksatrianya.bukannya nany malah kabur.trs dikejr eidith yg ktemu malah ngambek..apa ini!!!
Pertarungan silat lidahnya lama2 bikin gedeg.awal2 lucu tapi lama2 so boring&ga penting banget yg dibahas.
Diakhir2 malah muales bgt bacanya.
Hell no 4 me!!!
February 28, 2024
It was okay. I liked book #2 better, which I read right before this one. The back and forth name calling/epithets (Loathsome lout, lackwit, etc) got a bit tiring after awhile. As it seemed at times, that's all they said to each other. And talk of bedding and sex. I guess I'll just say, book #2 seemed to have a bit more substance. Which is fine. Not all books have to be deep.
June 17, 2020
This book was pretty bad. At the beginning there were "Methinks" and "Dost" sprinkled into the dialogue. Thank goodness the author dropped that nonsense. Near the end the villain "laughed demonically". Ugh.
July 12, 2017
as always - great joy!!
Thank you!
Thank you!
May 23, 2018
To save her son Eadyth makes a deal with Eirik, starting out with lies they have a rocky road
December 5, 2021
Very heartfelt story
Loved the assertiveness of the heroine. Really enjoyed how others saw the hero and the way she saw him. That was the heartfelt part!!!
Loved the assertiveness of the heroine. Really enjoyed how others saw the hero and the way she saw him. That was the heartfelt part!!!
January 3, 2024
This book was fun.
April 24, 2024
Reread. I again found this story very fascinating & quite funny.
February 26, 2025
Didn’t like the H much. He was selfish and disrespectful to the h.
August 28, 2024
Overall it was good. 3 1/2 🌟🌟🌟s. It got slow at times but when it picked back up it was good.
March 8, 2017
Que Vikingo más buenote. <3
April 5, 2013
I was truly captivated by Eirik and Eadyth story, it drew me into the plot and the characters felt so real for me, that I could never put it down. Every read that I have read of Sandra Hill I fall in love with her just over and over again. I just started reading her books, and I am definitely purely satisfied with her books and the enthralling viking stories that she writes.
Eadyth fell in love and desired marriage with someone when she was young, and foolishly in love with a man names Steven. Steven tricked her just to get her into his bed then abandoned her. Eadyth finds herself giving birth and raising a son, John whom she would do almost anything for. Steven has been threatening to take John away from Eadyth so she comes up with a plan to make sure he isn't taken from her. She covers her hair with a ugly gray wimple, and dresses in clothes that are old and torn and truly downright ugly. She covers her face in gray soot, hoping to seem like a lady of forty years instead of in her early twenties so that Eirik doesn't pursue her with lustful advances. She comes to him with a proposal of marriage, where he would get her fortune, and it would be more of a business agreement than a true marriage. Eirik at first says 'no' but there is something about Eadyth that captivates him so he agree's with a few terms of his. As time goes one, his brother and many others in the keep know what is beneath her facade but it takes much longer before Eirik figures out her deception. Eirik has always been untrustful of women since he had a bad experience previously, and never knows if he can truly trust Eadyth.
Sandra Hill draws in the reader with The Tarnished Lady and bewitches the reader into thinking what is going to happen next and having a hard time putting it down. You see a young independent woman, who is stubborn, and usually takes matters into her own hands. Eirik is resistant to to her independent ways, but finds himself falling in love with her despite all that happens. Eirik has never known such happiness has existed until he marries Eadyth and has a family with her, and realizes how much that means to him. The Tarnished Lady has a great plot with a fiery passion that builds between Eirik and Eadyth, there is a mystery that is afoot with intrigue from Eirik most hated enemy, and a tender love that sweetens the story. I have no complaints with this, I truly was endeared by The Tarnished Lady and am looking forward to reading more of her.
Eadyth fell in love and desired marriage with someone when she was young, and foolishly in love with a man names Steven. Steven tricked her just to get her into his bed then abandoned her. Eadyth finds herself giving birth and raising a son, John whom she would do almost anything for. Steven has been threatening to take John away from Eadyth so she comes up with a plan to make sure he isn't taken from her. She covers her hair with a ugly gray wimple, and dresses in clothes that are old and torn and truly downright ugly. She covers her face in gray soot, hoping to seem like a lady of forty years instead of in her early twenties so that Eirik doesn't pursue her with lustful advances. She comes to him with a proposal of marriage, where he would get her fortune, and it would be more of a business agreement than a true marriage. Eirik at first says 'no' but there is something about Eadyth that captivates him so he agree's with a few terms of his. As time goes one, his brother and many others in the keep know what is beneath her facade but it takes much longer before Eirik figures out her deception. Eirik has always been untrustful of women since he had a bad experience previously, and never knows if he can truly trust Eadyth.
Sandra Hill draws in the reader with The Tarnished Lady and bewitches the reader into thinking what is going to happen next and having a hard time putting it down. You see a young independent woman, who is stubborn, and usually takes matters into her own hands. Eirik is resistant to to her independent ways, but finds himself falling in love with her despite all that happens. Eirik has never known such happiness has existed until he marries Eadyth and has a family with her, and realizes how much that means to him. The Tarnished Lady has a great plot with a fiery passion that builds between Eirik and Eadyth, there is a mystery that is afoot with intrigue from Eirik most hated enemy, and a tender love that sweetens the story. I have no complaints with this, I truly was endeared by The Tarnished Lady and am looking forward to reading more of her.
January 27, 2014
Eadyth ga punya pilihan lain selain bertemu dg Lord Ravenshire, Eirik, untuk putranya, John dari kejaran ayah kandungnya yg bengis...Steven..
pilihan itu melibatkan rencana pernikahan dirinya dg Eirik....tapi Eadyth ga mau identitas dirinya sbg "permata perak" krn warna rambutnya, terungkap...eadyth ga pengen merasakan gairah pria stlh dikhianati steven...
jadilah dia menyamar jd perempuan 40tahunan.....beruntung eirik juga punya rabun dekat, jd dia percaya dg samaran eadyth...
eirik sendiri ga mau married lg...stlh istrinya meninggal dan selingkuh...tp begitu tau steven mengincar eadyth, eirik setuju....
cerita mengalir dg humor yg pas...
baik eadyth dan eirik sama2 ga mau ngalah adu pendapat...perang mulut melulu....apalagi eadyth punya karakter wanita mandiri....membuat eirik pengen mengurung eadyth....dan jelas eadyth berungkali bisa kabur dan membawa masalah....
interaksi mereka lbh hidup drpd buku mba sandra lainnya....apalagi mereka harus belajar percaya satu sama lain...sementara mata2 steven menyusup di kastil mereka...
4 bintang...
pilihan itu melibatkan rencana pernikahan dirinya dg Eirik....tapi Eadyth ga mau identitas dirinya sbg "permata perak" krn warna rambutnya, terungkap...eadyth ga pengen merasakan gairah pria stlh dikhianati steven...
jadilah dia menyamar jd perempuan 40tahunan.....beruntung eirik juga punya rabun dekat, jd dia percaya dg samaran eadyth...
eirik sendiri ga mau married lg...stlh istrinya meninggal dan selingkuh...tp begitu tau steven mengincar eadyth, eirik setuju....
cerita mengalir dg humor yg pas...
baik eadyth dan eirik sama2 ga mau ngalah adu pendapat...perang mulut melulu....apalagi eadyth punya karakter wanita mandiri....membuat eirik pengen mengurung eadyth....dan jelas eadyth berungkali bisa kabur dan membawa masalah....
interaksi mereka lbh hidup drpd buku mba sandra lainnya....apalagi mereka harus belajar percaya satu sama lain...sementara mata2 steven menyusup di kastil mereka...
4 bintang...
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