In twelfth century Scotland, it took a half-Gael with a Viking name to restore the clans to their rightful lands. Once an exile, Somerled the Mighty now dominates the west. He’s making alliances, expanding his territory, and proposing marriage to the Manx princess.
It’s a bad time to fall for Breagha, a torc-wearing slave with a supernatural sense of smell.
Somerled resists the intense … the intense attraction to a woman who offers no political gain, and he won’t have a mistress making demands on him while he’s negotiating a marriage his people need. Besides, Breagha belongs to a rival king, one whose fresh alliance Somerled can’t afford to lose.
It’s when Breagha vanishes that Somerled realizes just how much he needs her. He abandons his marriage plans to search for her, unprepared for the evil lurking in the shadowy recesses of Ireland—a lustful demon who will stop at nothing to keep Breagha for himself.
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I really liked this book in the dealings with the people. The battles, injuries, type of food, dwellings, slavery, etc. It was like a peak into history. Very realistic. The evil creature was quite awful though – a bit much.
A teacher once told me, “Who cares if someone has written on your subject before? The world hasn’t heard YOUR version…get writing!” Doherty will never have to worry about another author writing along the same subject matter as her.
I’m filing this under WTF Did I Just Read. It is Celtic history/Norse mythology/Celtic Christianity/Roman …
Not a fun story. It’s depressing, slow, weird, and hard to follow. The storyline is hard. The ending is pretty awful. I hated the whole book.
Started this book but could not finish it. Very confusing. Not my style of writing.
Not exactly happily ever after unless you count centuries later.
sorry I just could not get interested in this book, sure there are others that would love it.
This was a very different type of book. It had a good and interesting premise but the ending wasn’t very good in my opinion.
Disgusting! I would not recommend this book.
DEFINETLY NOT FOR ME
A very unique tale, moves rapidly and spans several decades. I enjoyed it a lot.
This was a great book in a very unique way . Loved the plot
Captured my interest right away. Early mankind, genetic horror, struggling to survive peoples, terrible treatment of woman, rough world with a genuine twist of true enduring love through the eons of time! Enjoy an easy captivating read.
Since I am a happy ever after gal, this ending was not my first choice but acceptable.
Not what I expected
Not at all what I thought. I was disappointed big time. I got close to the end and just couldn’t muster up the desire to finish it. Things skipped around and nothing pulled together to make it interesting. I won’t say more than that. I won’t give up on this author just yet.