Loyalty to the Brotherhood comes before all. Including women. Formidable Viking leader Rurik knows the law. His loyalty to the Forgotten Sons is his bond, and no woman will threaten what he’s built from the ground up. But the Sons are a roving band of Vikings, and Rurik is growing restless–so when Normandy’s chieftain offers land, the proposal intrigues him. And the sultry Parisian thrall he … thrall he finds in his tent intrigues him even more…
Safira is cunning and clever and full of secrets. Rurik’s men have no interest in securing her safe passage home, but, piqued with lust, Rurik views Safira’s wiles as a captivating challenge–one he’s determined to conquer, even if lying with her is as defiant as it is inevitable.
Traveling with Safira has been a fantasy come true–what started as lust is quickly turning to the kind of partnership Rurik could never have dreamed. But their arrival in foreign lands marks a new chapter, one that demands a Viking wife. With impossible decisions to be made, Rurik’s alliances are fraying, and past promises may not be enough to save him from having to betray those he’s sworn loyalty to–including Safira.
This book is approximately 83,000 words
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A Viking tale that will keep you entertained. Rurik is a Viking leader and is very loyal to his fellow brothers of the Forgotten Sons. But he has been wanting more than just moving from place to place and when offered some land, he is anxious to get to it. Beautiful Safira, the pampered daughter of a spice merchant has asked Rurik for safe passage home and an agreement is struck. But Rurik is anxious to get to his land and not take Safira home, but the more time they spend together he begins to have strong feelings for her. Will he do the right thing and take her where she asked or go claim his land? This is a story filled with adventure, action and a love that can breach the barriers of differences in class. Cannot wait for more in this series!!
KEPT BY THE VIKING by Gina Conkle is an awesome Viking Romance. #1 in her new and exciting FORGOTTEN SONS series, and what a beginning!
I absolutely loved Rurik, the Viking leader, who is brave, strong, his word is his bond and Safria, a sultry Parisian thrall, who uses her wits as well as is cunning and full of secrets and surprises.
Fast paced, filled with secrets, intrigue, surprises, romance, danger, and a HEA. The characters are well developed, engaging and a force to be reckoned with. I was captivated by Safria’s will to survive and her survival skills. Very impressive young lady! Rurik has strength, has a kind and gentle heart but is also strong, and a definite challenge for Safria, as she is to him. Another fascinating and captivating read by Gina Conkle. This book grabbed me from the first page and didn’t let go, lingers long after the last page. I can hardly wait for book 2.
I received a complimentary copy, however, all opinions are my own
Awesome read!
Great story. Lots of research went into this book, you can tell by the story. I found it fascinating. Gina kept me turning pages all the way through. She wrote a rich privileged heroine who grows stronger and finds the opportunity of independence through her kidnapping and rescue. The hero was impossible to resist with his sense of fairness and responsibility to his family of brothers by choice.
Safira is a mystery when Rurik of Birka meets her. She invades his bed at daybreak with a warning that the trader he’s about to depart from has cheated him. The price for her information is taking her from the trader’s camp where she’s a kidnap victim. And so begins the story of Rurik, leader of the Viking Forgotten Sons and Safira, the second daughter of a rich Paris spice dealer. As a woman her maiden-head is up for bid to the best alliance her parents can make for themselves. She know this and sees her kidnapping as a way to re-write her future. Ruric is about to make a deal with Will Longsword for a holding of his own, to keep and defend in north France. He has to make it to Longsword’s longhouse in Rouen in 4 more days or the deal’s off. He hasn’t told his brotherhood yet since they value their roaming ways and figures they won’t stay with him. Along the journey and throughout the story Safira’s wisdom and diplomatic skills help him with his challenge. She wins over the brotherhood and those of Longsword’s keep while she’s at it. Will Rurik keep her or bow to Longswords requirement of a Viking wife? You’ll have to read the book to find out.
Thank you Harlequin-Carina Press and Gina for the ARC of this book for my honest review. Awesome start to a series.
Whoa was this book amazing! I love Gina’s Viking tales. The First in “Forgotten Sons” Series, Rurik meets a beautiful woman who makes him an offer he can’t refuse. Safira has been kidnapped and needs to get back home to Paris. Safira was supposed to marry a wealthy Prince; however, she was kidnapped and must lie to keep her virginity. She weaves one tale after another letting the man who bought her think she is a seer. She is not but she can tell stories (Skald) and can she barter. Trade is her game!! There is one catch she must keep who she is to herself. If anyone finds out she is fearful she will be sold again or worse “kept”…SO here come Rurik and the Forgotten Sons. Warriors everyone who live by three rules…1 being NO WOMAN. Safira finds Rurik and tells him he has been cheated in a trade and that men will ambush him and the sons. What she wants in return is to be taken back to Paris. Rurik agrees but gives Safira a choice. She is “with” him (for protection) or she can pick one of the sons. She chooses Rurik and off they journey to Rouen not Paris. Rurik tricks her for he has plans of his own. He must figure out how to make her his and satisfy his Jarl who wants him to marry a true Viking woman. Along the way, Safira shows her skills and true worth and she learns just what kind of man Rurik is…and she likes it!!! She must convince not only Rurik but everyone else she is a worthy prize for this Viking! CAN NOT wait for the next story!
I received this book as an ARC and having not read any of Ms Conkle’s books, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I really enjoyed this book. I have only given this book 4 stars because I found it a little hard to get into because I hadn’t read the books before it and also Ms Conkle likes to use authentic words, which can be a little hard to understand but after the first chapter, the characters really came to life for me. I found that all characters where well written with each of their own very distinct characters and as I read I was hoping that each would have a story of their own. If you like the tv series the Vikings you will love this.
Kept by the Viking by Gina Conkle is the first book in the Forgotten Sons series. This is the story of Rurik and Safira.
Rurik was immediately wanted Safira as soon as he saw her but she was a strong women with a plan to get to Pairs. Safira cut a deal with Rurik if he for him and his fellow crew to take her to Pairs but Rurik agree to it but was really not going to honor it. Rurik had plans to go lay claim to some land in the other direction but while traveling with Safira attraction turned to love and that turned to a choice he had to make…deliver her to where she asked to go or lay claim to the land he wanted.
This book had me in just a few pages and I could not put it down until I finished it!
Absolutely loved this story!
I love this autbors ability to put the reader in the time period. It’s like being there.