Scottish Viking Historical Romance
Cursed to see the future, but never to escape it.
Aoife has been cursed by visions and dreams her whole life and is viewed with suspicion by her own people. Even after saving her family from a terrible fate when the Norse attacked Alt Clut, they despise her and send her away to pray for deliverance.
Her father forces her to marry one of the Kingdom of Strathclyde's Norse invaders, which rids his family of one problem, and rescues her from a miserable existence as a nun, she may be in more danger among the enemy if they discover her secret.
Jarl Tormod intends to remain on the River Clut and a high-born bride from amongst the Britons ought to help ensure the safety and prosperity of the Norse settlement. But when relentless attacks threaten their future, Tormod realises his new wife is lying to him.
Determined not to be played for a fool by a woman again, Tormod considers extreme measures to exact revenge. Traitors are everywhere and trust, once broken, is hard to regain, but unless Aoife can trust Tormod with her secret, then the future looks bleak for them all.
Will Aoife’s curse be their salvation or their downfall?
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The Viking’s Cursed Bride is a historical marriage of convenience romance set in ninth-century Strathclyde, Scotland. It is the first of four books in the Brothers of Thunder series.
Two warriors who fight side by side. Two lovers who avoid commitments.
But convenience just got complicated.
Determined to redeem her father’s name through her own brave deeds as a warrior, Ylva has no desire to give that up to be a mother. On the eve of returning home to the Norselands to find a foster family for her child, she is injured in an attack by a mysterious group of mercenaries. When Bjorn discovers her secret, everything changes. He has never wanted a family, his own father’s betrayal has seen to that, and yet what else is truly worth fighting for?
After a series of attacks by mercenaries on Car Cadell, they disguise themselves as traders and travel up the River Clut to gather information. As they travel, the situation grows stranger with every village they visit. All around them they find missing villagers, a mysterious bard and a population unhappy with their king and his choice of allies.
When they visit the supposedly abandoned former royal residence at Alt Clut, a mysterious woman and her son stow away on the trade boat, putting all their lives in danger and prompting them to make a final stand.
How much are they willing to sacrifice for their future?
Kidnapped by Britons. Rescued by Vikings!
Maithgemm, Princess of the Strathclyde Britons and sister to the king, is hiding in the Norse settlement at Kirkjaster. Every day she looks across the River Clut to the lands that rightfully belong to her son, but claiming them will put both of their lives at risk. Staying with the Norsemen, however, is becoming intolerable thanks to one man — Arne Olafsson. He sees her not as a victim, but as an enemy. When she learns that even the other Britons living amongst the Norse fear that her presence compromises their safety, she takes her son and flees — straight into a snowstorm.
Brutally tortured and left for dead, Arne Olafsson has a reputation as a fierce warrior but is recognised by his scars — scars that cover almost his entire body. Betrayed by a former lover, he avoids relationships -- after all, who needs a woman who might kill you? -- so when he follows the princess onto the moors, he fears she’s leading him into an ambush.
Instead, they find themselves stranded in a snowstorm and just as a tentative trust develops, the past returns to drive a wedge between them.
Do their lives, or deaths, lie together or alone?
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