Enslaved Handmaiden Finds Love and Freedom in the Viking Warrior Adventure Love’s Captive Heart by Phoebe Conn920(AD), Land of the DanesThough she is the beloved handmaiden of Viking lord Raktor’s spoiled daughter, Celiese d’Loganville is a slave in a gilded cage. When her mistress refuses to wed a man rumored to be horribly disfigured, Celiese seizes her chance for freedom—maybe even love.Mylan … chance for freedom—maybe even love.
Mylan Vandahl has no need of a wife who pities him. But the enchanting—and perplexing—young woman, who fears him and boldly ignores his scars, arouses a need to soothe and tenderly seduce.
But after a wedding night of unparalleled passion, the rising dawn reveals Celeise’s treachery. Now in the fight of her life, for her dream of home and family, Celeise must find a way to heal Mylan’s shattered trust.
Other books by Phoebe Conn
Savage Destiny
Defiant Destiny
Forbidden Destiny
Wild Destiny
Scarlet Destiny
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Gripping and Suspenseful! Soooo many emotions swirl through you as you read Love’s Captive Heart Phoebe Conn weaves a story from beginning to end with threads of intrigue, conflicts, stubbornness, misunderstandings and treachery that will hold you spellbound from the moment you begin the journey with Celiese and Mylan until the very end! It’s a heart-stopping story that is filled with tension-building twist and turns, a story filled with characters that come off the pages and pulls you into their tale, that is smoothly written, with a superb plott, and passion.
Exhausting characters.
Great storyline
Celiese d’Loganville was captured when she was young and became the handmaiden to her captors Lord Raktor’s daughter. She stayed out of sight of the rest of the family because the Vikings she knew were violent and kidnapped people as well as more brutal stuff. Mylan Vandahl is a Viking from another area that has not been seen in a few years and they are to wed Lord Raktors daughter to him. But they have a plan of deceit instead that Celiese is not involved in. Of course it all goes wrong. The book if full of adventures that are interesting to read just be prepaiired to be angry at several of the “good guys” for being idiots. I would have given the book 4 stars but I had issues with Mylan always distrusting Celiese even after his brothers trusted her. I also had a huge issue with the family loving Lord Raktor’s daughter Olgrethe when she was there even though they distrusted Celiese because she was “from” that same family. Nobody ever really stopped to find out her back ground even when Mylan found out where she was from and what family he did not believe it until way past her old servants showing up and recognizing her.
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This was one sensational roller coaster ride! So much emotion lots of action, I coundt put it down.
Celiese d’Loganville has been captured by lord Raktor a Viking at the age of twelve, raped by her captor and his sons she watched her family brutally mudered. She’s given as a handmaiden to his daughter Olgrethe.
Olgrethe is offered in marriage to the Vandahls to bring peace to the feuding families. Olgrethe has no desire to become the wife to a man that has been mauled beyond recognition. Switching places with Celiese is the only way out for her. Celine’s life takes an unexpected twist from slave to marriage with Mylan to running for her life. Her journey to be free will bring her danger peril and a love so great that will defy the bonds of time.
This was a well written book that is captivating, entertaining, and intriguing characters. Phoebe Conn delivers a PHENOMENAL story. I will definitely be looking for more of her stories.
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This book had so much potential with a basic plot that could have been richly embroidered, however it fell sadly short of the mark. As a noble lady in captivity, Celiese was abused, misused and mistrusted, then hung out to dry! The fact that her captors used her as bait was one thing, but that the man who married her chose not to try to understand her situation, was really sad. I found the constant bickering, insults and abuse hard to tolerate but continued reading, hoping that the story would redeem itself. It did to some extent in the last chapter but as a reader I found it too little, too late. I cannot accept that a nation of people who had the ability to build magnificent sailing ships for their times, who conquered and settled new lands and went where no men had gone before, could jump to conclusions and be as small minded as portrayed in this book, especially as it was 920 AD and not BC. I do hope that the author takes another look at this book and rewrites it, taking into account the history of the times and to major more on building relationships than petty jealousies. I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily post this review. This is my honest review.