Ms. Black has given us a tale of Viking and Irish history in the eleventh century mixed with Eba’s adventures and misadventures. She does a great job of showing Eba as a fourteen year old, mentally innocent, stubborn, willful, sometimes courageous while surrounded by men who want her body. The pictures she paints of the people, their lives, their culture is so well done we can almost smell the unwashed bodies, see the open pit fires in the Viking homes. The historically accurate portrayals of the kings and battles of the times are well-woven into Eba’s tale. Finlay of Alba, the king who had taken Eba into his home while waiting for her brother to make payment for his crimes is one of the heroes of the story, a totally honorable man in times when men didn’t always take responsibility for their actions. Ms. Black's scenes are painted in words that make them seem real in our minds to make the story flow easily. I have always like historical romance and this author does it well.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Very sensual

Reviewer: Dee Dailey
April 30, 2008