A Novel with Thoughts and Ponderings

THE NORSE KING'S DAUGHTER

Author: Sandra Hill ISBN: 9780061673511 10/2011 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Viking

The Norse King's Daughter by Sandra Hill
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Princess Scorned!

Princess Drifa can certainly see why Sidroc Guntersson is a living legend— on battlefield and in bedchamber both. But the King of Stoneheim’s willful daughter pitches a royal fit when she learns of the true reason for the virile Viking’s passionate attentions. A third-born son with no hope of inheriting the family jarldom, scheming Sidroc must marry and is interested in Drifa only for her father’s land and money. The barbarian is lucky she just cracks him on his fool head with a pottery pitcher!

Five years later, Drifa needs Sidroc’s protection— in Byzantium, no less!—though revenge holds more appeal for this man she left for dead. ’Tis a pity two such perfect enemies match each other so well, passion for passion. So much so that the bold Viking berserker is soon thinking marriage again . . . only this time it will be on his terms!

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

Sidroc Guntersson of Vikstead needed a mother for his daughter, after the death of his wife. Drifa, the daughter of the Norse King Thorvald, would be perfect for the job.  His evil father, Jarl Gunter Ormsson, had given him six sennights to find a bride or he was putting the baby to death. He was in dire need to return to his father in that time. 

However, when Drifa overheard him speaking ill of her to his best friend Finn, she became so angry that when she saw him face to face, she picked up a pitcher and bashed him over the head.  He was rendered unconscious.  Would he recover in time to get her to change her mind about marrying him and save his daughter’s life?  If the worst happened, would he travel the world in misery?

THE NORSE KING’S DAUGHTER is filled with humor.  Ms. Hill does a marvelous job of filling this story with ‘laugh out loud’ anecdotes. Her main characters are stubborn, fun-filled and loving.  The story line is captivating and held my interest from the first paqe. This is the first novel I have read of Ms. Hill, but it will not be the last.  It was a most enjoyable story.

THE NORSE KING’S DAUGHTER is a must read for the lover of historical romance.

Mariah LeGrand

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