Viking Bride

by Jen Black

A proposed marriage. The bridegroom loves another. She does not want to marry at all.The haughty chief’s daughter was not popular. Neither was her father’s decision. It unleashes violent emotions in their Hebridean island community.Persuasion will not change the chief's mind.When Flane and Emer attend as wedding guests, they are unprepared for what happens.A great storm sweeps the islands and the bride is missing, believed dead.Thrown together by fate, trapped by the storm, the haughty chief's daughter and the attractive outsider learn to understand one another. But will their love change anything? Will the chieftain insist on the original marriage?Viking Bride is a Viking Romance Series tale of love, heartache and jealousy in the 11th century Hebridean islands.Pick up your copy today!"A great story about Vikings in the Hebrides " Anna (5 stars)"I quickly became immersed in the story and in the time setting. " Jeanette Ford (4 stars)

238 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 27, 2019

About the author

Jen's home town is Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England. She lived within sound of Durham Cathedral bells until she was seven, then moved to Stockton where she attended Grangefield Grammar School, and later went to Newcastle University as a mature student and gained an Honours degree in English Language & Literature. Work in various industrial, public and academic libraries in the north east followed, including a stint as library manager at Gateshead College for a number of years.

She updates her blog three times a week: http://jenblackauthor.blogspot.com
and can also be found on Twitter and Facebook as well as Goodreads.

Reviews

[Jeanette Ford · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quickly became immersed in the story and in the time setting. It’s obvious that the author has done her homework and is able to write very convincingly about the life of the Vikings who settled in the Hebridean Islands. The story unfolds under Ms Black’s skilful story-telling and it was easy to ‘see’ everything that was happening in my mind’s eye. The characters are well-rounded and the reader can sympathise immediately with the young couple’s dilemma and pain when they discover that Asgeir’s father has arranged for him to marry the chieftain’s daughter.
The daughter, Breda, at first comes across as a very stiff, unlikeable person and one’s sympathies are not with her, but with the unwilling groom and his sweetheart, for a while. Until certain events happen that makes you see her in a different light and she becomes the focal-point of the story, although the other characters are far from forgotten, and you want things to come right for her and for her to be happy.
Human nature doesn’t change and people who lived centuries ago were afflicted by similar circumstances as they are today – children suffer from parents who leave a lot to be desired, or from the demands of those around them. So many complexities in the human nature are dealt with by Ms Black, showing how one young man, through his own strengths, manages to overcome and become the good person he wants to be and the other loses the battle. In some ways, I found the story sad and I couldn’t help sorrowing for poor Asgeir, who had suffered much at the hand of his father and didn’t have the strength of character to overcome in the way that Thorry had.
I thought the ending somewhat abrupt, but possibly that’s because there may be a sequel?

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great story about Vikings in the Hebrides with a bit of a love, duty and all that.
If you like books of Philippa Gregory, I'm quite sure you will enjoy this one.
I seriously recommend this as a read for a cold, windy weekend, especially because research is strong, and I learned quite a lot as Hebrides is not the most popular destination in the world.