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    To Sin With a Viking

    Written by Michelle Willingham

    Narrated by Deirdre O'Connell

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    About this audiobook

    Caragh O'Brannon defended herself bravely when the enemy landed - only now she finds herself alone with one angry Viking... Styr Hardrata sailed to Ireland intending to trade, never expecting to find himself held captive in chains by a beautiful Irish maiden. The fiercely handsome warrior both terrifies and allures Caragh, but he is forbidden. He is the enemy, and he is married. Yet Styr harbours a secret that might just set them both free...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateSep 4, 2014
    ISBN9781471272134
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    To Sin With a Viking
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    Michelle Willingham

    Michelle Willingham has published over forty-five romance novels, novellas, and short stories. Currently, she lives in Virginia with her children and is working on more historical romance books in a variety of settings such as: Viking-era Ireland, medieval Scotland, Victorian England, Regency England, and medieval Ireland. When she’s not writing, Michelle enjoys baking cookies, playing the piano, and chasing after her cats. Visit her website at: www.michellewillingham.com.

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    • 1/5
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      The stars are falling.

      The more I write this review, the fewer I want to give to this book. And the more I want to give a serious review to what I first thought of as a silly diversion.

      This book left me with a strange feeling I finally identified as sadness. It's not a bad thing for a book to make me feel sad, far from it. But this was not a life-changing sort of sad book. It was a potentially sizzling romance that ultimately read more like a thought experiment on the topic of infidelity. The result, in my mind, showed that infidelity and hot romance may not mix. Good people who experience heartbreak and a slowly dying marriage are not that sexy.

      The first sign of trouble was the author's note that appears before the story begins, telling the reader that this book is going to tackle a special and perhaps undesirable topic. Yelp!

      From the start, in order to make sure the male lead was not a jerk, the writer was very careful to lay out an impossibly depressing marriage for him. It made the infidelity seem far less wrong. To me, I read it as a cheap out. Rather than handling the subject of cheating head on, she justified his cheating from the get-go.

      On a more detailed note, it's a pet peeve of mine when an author, perhaps in an attempt to evoke a historical period, uses deliberately longer or more convoluted words and phrases than necessary. For example, "He took her hand within his," instead of "He took her hand." Or, "the anger of him" or "anger within him" instead of "his anger." I understand wanting to create rhythm and flow in narrative, and thus sometimes making choices like this. But there were so many withins in this book that I started to dread them.
    • 5/5
      Very good book with a different sort of theme. Caragh and her people are slowly starving to death. She has been left in charge of her younger brother while her two older brothers go trade for supplies. One day a Viking ship is spotted landing. Her brother and his friends decide to attack the ship and take its supplies. Styr and his wife and men have come to Ireland for a fresh start. Theirs is an arranged marriage that is not doing well. They have no children and Elena is withdrawing more from him every day. When they are attacked the Irish take Elena and his men captive and sail away and Styr is taken prisoner by Caragh. I really liked both Caragh and Styr. Caragh was doing her best to keep herself and her brother fed, but finding food had become increasingly difficult. During the fight when Brenden and his friends attacked the Viking ship she used all the strength she could summon to stop Styr from attacking her brother. When she took him prisoner she felt bad about chaining him but not for protecting her brother. She has a soft heart and cares for the people of her tribe. She also treated Styr's injuries and made sure he had food, such as it was. She was attracted to him but fought it because of who he was, and even more when she found out he was married. Her fiance had cheated on her and she has a hard time trusting men now, but finds herself trusting him. I liked the way that she worked with him over getting food and then making sure that he takes her along to find Brenden and Elena. She had a pretty good understanding of what makes men like Styr the way they are and was able to use it to get what she needed. I liked the way that she respected his vows even as she fell in love with him. Their love grows slowly, but always with the knowledge that nothing can come of it. I also enjoyed her ability to get the men in her life to behave around her. She broke up several altercations between the various male characters. Her heartbreak was obvious when they finally caught up with Elena, but she had the strength to do what had to be done. I enjoyed the ending and look forward to Elena's story to see how it all turns out.Styr was an interesting hero. He and Elena had married young. It was an arranged marriage where they had been friends but there was no love between them. In the five years they had been married she had never gotten pregnant and was growing to resent Styr because of it. He was determined to do whatever necessary to save their marriage and planned to start a new life with her away from the bad memories. Styr was frustrated because no matter what he did for Elena nothing seemed to help. It had gotten to where what little affection they had for each other was gone. When they were attacked and Elena was kidnapped, Styr was furious that he hadn't been able to protect her. When he regained consciousness he was stunned to find himself chained and captive of Caragh. Her care of him was something completely outside his experience. He found himself intrigued by her and wanting to help her. I liked the way that he tried to help her without her being aware of it. Her kindness to him touched something in him that he hadn't even been aware he was missing. As they worked together to find his wife and her brother, Styr found himself caring for her more than was wise. He fought very hard to resist his feelings as he refused to dishonor his vows to his wife. I really liked that sense of honor that caused him to fight against his own happiness. I loved seeing his protectiveness toward Caragh. He really wanted to find a way for them to be together. It hurt to see how unhappy he was once he found Elena and that he had to give Caragh up. I loved his surprise at Elena's actions and the difference it made to his life. Also loved the way that he still had to make things right with Caragh and that her brothers weren't pushovers.
    • 4/5
      'Like all of them she was fighting to live' (Caragh's thoughts as she is suffering from starvation)The tragic life of the Irish during drought and famine is brought to life in this historical romance set in 875 AD. The relations between Vikings and Irish is based on historical fact and interestingly portrayedViking Styr is seeking to inject new life into his relationship with wife Elena. He and his men sail to Ireland.After a long and tiring voyage they land at a cove removed from Dub Lihn. The reality of the drought conditions in this embattled part of Eire is not what they'd envisaged.Styr is captured by a young woman, Eleanor and his men are taken by the Caragh's brother and the story follows the finding of Elena and Stry's men, and the doomed love that grows between Styr and Caragh.Willingham says that in this historical romance she is exploring the idea of arranged marriages that don't work despite the willingness of the couple to make it succeed. And then what happens if they meet their soul mate. I think she has successfully fulfilled her aim with this novel.I look forward to more in this series!A more than enjoyable read!A NetGalley ARC
    • 3/5
      A decent historical romance set during the Viking explorations of Ireland. The female MC is innocent but resourceful and the male MC is pretty honorable. The Irish brothers are well-developed characters too. The cover needs some work though.Net Galley Feedback[book:To Sin with a Viking|17382941][author:Michelle Willingham|543507]