During a raid in Ireland that took her family, her home and all her food, a Viking intentionally let Shannon Carr live. At first, she did not see it as a kindness, but as time passed, the reason he let her live often haunted her. More pressing still was her need for revenge, so she set out to find the Vikings in Scotland. In England, Brightie Tweddle prayed rumors of a giant in the north were true and believed he alone could save her from an abusive brother. The moment she made good her escape, she too headed for Scotland.
Marti Talbott (www.martitalbott.com) is the author of over 45 full length novels, all of which are written without profanity and sex scenes. She lives in Seattle, is retired and has two children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The MacGreagor family saga begins with The Viking Series and continues in Marti Talbott’s Highlander’s Series, Marblestone Mansion, the Scandalous Duchess series, and ends with The Lost MacGreagor books. Her mystery books include Seattle Quake 9.2, Missing Heiress, Greed and a Mistress, The Locked Room, and The Dead Letters. Other books include The Promise and Broken Pledge. Watch for her new trilogy - THE FOX, THE LION, and THE BEAR (A Triplet Trilogy)
This review is generic across all Talbott's Viking and Highlander books (so if you look for my review of another in this series you'll just see this).
Talbott has done a superb job of recreating the environment and culture of medieval Scotland and Northern England in these two series. No explicit sex and no gratuitous violence (though there is violence appropriate to the time and place of the novels). Perfect romantic historic fiction with enough swashbuckling tension to appeal to almost anyone. While I am well past adolescence (nearly to senescence), I believe YA readers looking for an entertaining read would like these novels as much as I did.
So much going on in this one. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and storyline so much. I laughed quite a bit too. I was sad when the girls lost their families. But it all worked out in the end. I did think Shannon would stay but 🤷🏻♀️. On to Book #6. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜
Fraught with people having various spellings to their names. This book was a disappointment to the series. The series needs to have more Vikings join the MacGeagor tribe. At this point, how can they even claim a Viking connection when it’s been 100s of years?
An amusing story with good characters that takes the mind on holiday. Her stories are always clean and fun. Happy to add this one to my library and hope for more.