Special Agent Trace Dyson races around the world, retrieving priceless artifacts from criminals. But his one dream is to recover a spear, stolen from The Valkyrie’s Tomb. It’s his family’s White Whale, his father and grandfather’s unfulfilled mission–and when he sees a beautiful and mysterious woman steal a bracelet from the tomb’s exhibit, he’s intrigued. Before he takes her to jail, he has a … a few questions.
Laila Nyland is a Valkyrie on the edge–worn out from her duties, her final mission is to come to Midgard and find a mystical spear lost centuries ago. Forced into a partnership with Trace, she can’t help but be attracted to the hardcore treasure hunter even if he drives her up a wall. The more she learns about him–the harder it is to lie to him about her mission.
Before their secrets rip them apart, these two will be responsible for saving the world–that is if they can trust each other longer than two minutes.
Each book in the Odin’s Bastards series is STANDALONE:
* Her Alpha Viking
* Warrior Nights
* Warrior in Love
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He races around the world, retrieving priceless artifacts from criminals, but Special Agent Trace Dyson’s dream is to recover a spear that was stolen from The Valkyrie’s Tomb. He sees a woman steal a bracelet from the tomb’s exhibit and he’s intrigued, so before he takes her to jail, he has a few questions. Worn out from her duties, Valkyrie Laila Nyland’s final mission is find a mystical spear lost long ago. Forced into a partnership, Trace and Laila’s respective missions become one mission – one that makes them responsible for saving the world – that is if they can trust each other longer than two minutes.
The ‘Odin’s Bastards’ series just keeps getting better and better. Laila and Tyson are strong, bold characters that easily fall for and their chemistry is full of electrical sparks that set off lots explosive clashes with each other whether steeped in passion, heat, or combatant. Their secrets cause quite a bit of problems for the couple as well which keeps emotional turmoil at an all-time high throughout.
The plot is fast paced with lots of thrilling suspense, exhilarating excitement and jaw dropping moments that ratchets the enjoyment of the is reading experience to epic proportions. The story has quite the adventurous “Raiders of the Lost Ark” feel to it and keeps readers’ fingers ready to turn the page at a split seconds’ notice. The author incorporated more paranormal and mythological elements to the story that includes a very exciting battle with monsters and the story itself keeps readers in suspense regarding the HEA until the end of this riveting read.
Since I have reawakened my love for historical romance, I tend to read only the authors I already know in fantasy or paranormal romance.
But the blurb caught my eyes, I made me think of Anna Hackett and her new series Team 52.
But it was only the magical artifact which could be linked between these two series, the similarities end there.
There was so much arriving, it is impossible to sum it up. But I do loved how the relationship between Laila and Trace moved. I was just at time upset by Laila as she didn’t trust him enough to explain the whole scheme and only gave him scraps of the story.
I loved Trace Dyson, he is a good man, working to restore stolen items to the relevant. But doing this he tries also to avoid causing hurt. He knows his line of work is not a major deal but in the crime world, it does not stop him from trying to righting the wrongs done by greedy beings. And he trusted Laila instantly even when he knew she was hiding things from him, he still was ready to help her.
I needed a bit more time to warm to Layla, it do understood the importance of her role but why keep going and still hiding secrets when the future was at stake and Trace proved to be more than reliable. Eventually he is a too good man to not forgive her but I would have preferred her to have more faith in him a little earlier in the story.
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The last twist in the plot felt a bit far-fetched why I thought the end a little rushed, but in all it was a very entertaining action-packed story.
I was provided an advance copy thanks to Netgalley and the publisher Entangled Publishing, but I choose to give my right and unbiased opinion.
4.5 stars
Trace may be an Interpol agent but I can’t help likening him to a certain intrepid archaeologist! He and his family have been involved in restoring artefacts to their owners for generations. But his white whale is the valkyries tomb – almost all the artefacts have been returned to the tomb but when a mysterious woman turns up at the tomb alarm bells begin to ring in his mind.
Laila may be a Valkyrie, but even they can come to the end of their tether. Laila is burned out and ready for hanging up her wings and remaining cloistered in the compound but when Freya herself requests she undertakes a mission then Laila is compelled to do so. She did not figure on meeting Trace or finding her mission at odds with both her feelings for Trace and his family oath to return all treasures.
The Fenris Wolf has made a pact with an earthborn billionaire scumbag and Laila and Trace have their work cut out for them.
Brilliantly crafted, unusual take for PNR, the Norse legends are woefully underrepresented. The fast-paced action does not deter from the love story or passion between the leads but is entirely appropriate to the story and not just stuck in willy nilly.