A young girl steps back in time.As a child Paige Renner is no stranger to loneliness and sorrow. When her mother dies, she’s left with her grief-stricken father, a man reduced to a shadow of his former self. But Paige discovers the perfect escape.A hidden and secret place, lost in time – the medieval village of Caistley.Only Paige can enter the tiny hamlet. There, among the children of the … There, among the children of the villagers, she finds friendship and affection. As the years pass, she grows into a young woman, and her visits grow fewer. Home from college, Paige decides to return one last time. But instead of finding a peaceful village, she arrives to find it in flames – Vikings are attacking Caistley.
A brutal Viking Berserker leads a raid.
The English town offers Eirik and his men little in the way of booty. A few pigs, a few sacks of grain, some gold and silver. Most of the inhabitants have already fled, but a few remain. One in particular – a woman – catches the warrior’s eye. She’s oddly dressed, but comely, and she seems innocent – as if she’s never known a man’s touch. After a little teaching, the chestnut-haired wench should warm his bed nicely.
But the woman is as frightened as a spring lamb. Her panic and terror of Eirik makes bedding her a test of his patience. To coax her into his arms, he’ll have to be gentle with her, take his time, and show her a more tender side of himself. As the days pass, and his heart softens, Eirik vows to win Paige’s love.
A harsh winter keeps Paige trapped with her Viking captor. The nights are long and cold. As the snow deepens, a fragile truce forms between them. With every tender touch, he claims a little more of her heart. But the memories of her old life linger. She worries about her father and her duty to return to modern times for his sake.
An agonizing choice.
When Eirik is wounded, Paige realizes that without modern medicine, her Viking lover will likely die. Does she dare return to the future and risk never making it back to him? Or does she remain by the side of the man she has come to love, as he fades away before her eyes?
Authors Note: Eirik is a 110k time-travel romance novel and the first book in the Mists of Albion series by Joanna Bell. Due to adult situations and language, Eirik is intended for readers over 18.
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Eirik is the story of a young girl, Page, who doesn’t belong in her own time. Motherless, virtually fatherless, lonely – little Page stumbles into a tree on her family’s wooded acreage and literally fall into East Anglia, in the ninth century! In the village3 of Caistley, she finds friends. Her return through the tree brings her “home” where she’s accused of fantasizing and suspected of psychosis. When she grows up, she takes refuge in East Anglia agin, where she meets Eirik, an invading Viking jarl, who inadvertently prevents her return to her own time. The mad panic and crazed fandom that marks her return is too much to be borne. Should Page once and for all give up on her father and her life? Should she be in River Falls NY or in the Viking past? Stunningly realistic depictions of the life and times of the Viking invaders vie with the emotional roller-coaster Page must endure, and the painful loss that EIrik faces if she chooses to stay in the present. Incredible angst and burning romance, in the best time travel/Viking romance I’ve ever read. My thanks to the author for an ARC, and this is a voluntary, independent, and totally enthusiastic review.
My favorite time travel viking series. Ive read this book twice. Great set up and background of the characters. Interesting angle of what would be happening in modern time when someone disappears and I actually learned a lfew pieces of the Viking lifestyle
This is the first book in the series of 4. They are all wonderful. Read them in order. Magnus (book 4) will definitely make you cry, but gives a very good perspective on life.
This was such a good book. I FLOVED the whole concept and world building. Im so pleased to have discovered this author. My only complaints were that Eric didnt seem like a Viking leader would be he was almost gentle. I loved the ending. I did wonder why the book was named The mists of albion. That was never explained. I liked Paige as the heroine-she was very believable. I love the idea too that people in that time would have lost teeth. I never considered that
I’m going to start off by saying I really hated all the jumping around. I would just get into the time setting and then the book would go back to the 21st century or I would get into the 21st and it would go back in time. It was hard to really connect with either in the first place but jumping back and forth in chapters really took a huge toll on me staying connected. I understand why it was that way, but it got to be tedious at times. The overall story was really good. I liked the time travel and the romance. The setting and descriptions were good enough to make me imagine what it would be like. I liked that Paige didn’t become weak. She stood her ground and florist. I plan to read more in this series because it’s intriguing. 4 stars #2OCCJD