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Swan Bride
Moria grew to womanhood in the realm of Myr, wise in the art of women and utterly innocent of the ways of men. Her delicate beauty belied her inner strength...yet she wondered, trembling. For tonight she passed through the circle of stones into the world of men.
Wulfsun was every mesmerizing inch a man, hard muscled and tawny maned. No Viking was more feared, for Wulfsun fought without mercy and expected none. Until he captured a maiden as beautiful as moonlit shadows, and was enslaved for all time. He would have her willing or not at all, though his blood coursed hot with wanting her. And though Moira wore a golden collar of thralldom, her desire for the mighty warrior was the greater bondage. In the long northern night, they surrendered at last to their sweet destiny. But Wulfsun would go forth once more, to die.. or claim forever the free, enchanting heart of his own.
Wulfsun was every mesmerizing inch a man, hard muscled and tawny maned. No Viking was more feared, for Wulfsun fought without mercy and expected none. Until he captured a maiden as beautiful as moonlit shadows, and was enslaved for all time. He would have her willing or not at all, though his blood coursed hot with wanting her. And though Moira wore a golden collar of thralldom, her desire for the mighty warrior was the greater bondage. In the long northern night, they surrendered at last to their sweet destiny. But Wulfsun would go forth once more, to die.. or claim forever the free, enchanting heart of his own.
307 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1990
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October 3, 2008
SWAN BRIDE - Poor
Lindsey, Betina - 1st in series
Moira grew to womanhood in the realm of Myr, wise in the arts of women—and utterly innocent of the ways of men. Her delicate beauty belied her inner strength...yet she wondered, trembling. For tonight she passed through the circle of stones into the world of men...
Wulfsun was every mesmerizing inch a man, hard-muscled and tawny-maned. No Viking was more feared, for Wulfsun fought without mercy, and expected none...until he captured a maiden as beautiful as moonlit shadows, and was enslaved for all time.
He would have her willing or not at all, though his blood coursed hot with wanting her. And though Moira wore a golden collar of thralldom, her desire for the mighty warrior was the greater bondage. In the long northern night, they surrendered at last to their sweet destiny. But Wulfsun would go forth once more, to die—or claim forever the free, enchanting heart of his own.
Can you say "awful"? Trite, cliched, not well done.
Lindsey, Betina - 1st in series
Moira grew to womanhood in the realm of Myr, wise in the arts of women—and utterly innocent of the ways of men. Her delicate beauty belied her inner strength...yet she wondered, trembling. For tonight she passed through the circle of stones into the world of men...
Wulfsun was every mesmerizing inch a man, hard-muscled and tawny-maned. No Viking was more feared, for Wulfsun fought without mercy, and expected none...until he captured a maiden as beautiful as moonlit shadows, and was enslaved for all time.
He would have her willing or not at all, though his blood coursed hot with wanting her. And though Moira wore a golden collar of thralldom, her desire for the mighty warrior was the greater bondage. In the long northern night, they surrendered at last to their sweet destiny. But Wulfsun would go forth once more, to die—or claim forever the free, enchanting heart of his own.
Can you say "awful"? Trite, cliched, not well done.
February 20, 2011
At first, I was skeptical that this book would be any good. I mean, I really kind of disliked the idea that the main character had two souls to one body ((the swan and the maiden)). I would have greatly preferred if she had basically been a shape shifter and a sorceress who was a woman with swan attributes to her personality. It would have made more sense to me.
However, as I read along, I got used to the idea though I never fully embraced it, and I was able to feel a little better about it all. The writing was pretty decent despite a few weird typos where letters were missing from words, and the characters were pretty believable.
Another thing that bothered me was the random crap that was just stuck into the book part way through it with nothing even remotely mentioned about it near the beginning like the idea that she can read minds in a sense or the whole dragon thing that wasn't even mentioned until about two fifths of the way through. It just seemed like the author was like, "Oh, I hadn't thought about this when I started writing, but I'll add it now!" without bothering to go back to the beginning to insert some allusions to it beforehand.
Anyway, overall, this book wasn't awful, but it wasn't amazing. Three stars should cover it.
However, as I read along, I got used to the idea though I never fully embraced it, and I was able to feel a little better about it all. The writing was pretty decent despite a few weird typos where letters were missing from words, and the characters were pretty believable.
Another thing that bothered me was the random crap that was just stuck into the book part way through it with nothing even remotely mentioned about it near the beginning like the idea that she can read minds in a sense or the whole dragon thing that wasn't even mentioned until about two fifths of the way through. It just seemed like the author was like, "Oh, I hadn't thought about this when I started writing, but I'll add it now!" without bothering to go back to the beginning to insert some allusions to it beforehand.
Anyway, overall, this book wasn't awful, but it wasn't amazing. Three stars should cover it.
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December 28, 2015
Moira, a wereswan, swan shifter, whatever, is in - well, she's in heat. Might as well call it what it is. She steps into the mortal world in search of a man to scratch her itch and is immediately captured. Wulfsun the Viking, recognizing Moira for what she really is, uses some old world magic of his own to bind her from transforming back into a swan. This doesn't stop Moira from wanting some hot Viking love but Wulfsun is afraid her magic hoo-ha will put him under an enchantment. (Specifically he's convinced she'll take away his ability to salute the flag.) So here's your chance to read a rare HR in which the heroine is all systems are go while the hero is the one who is whoa Nellie.
October 29, 2016
Interesting adaptation of the swan story. He's a bit mean to her, he's sorry at the end but she is very hurt a lot of the way through the book. The cover picture is not how I imagined a Viking hero to look.
October 22, 2020
Sorry, this just wasn't for me.
October 28, 2015
All the while reading I couldn't quite figure out whether I was reading an earnest romantic fantasy/fantastic romance, or a parody. Two stars, cause I did finish it....
April 28, 2017
I liked it. It's not great literature, but I enjoyed reading this book.
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