I’ve a need for knowing what potion you mixed with these, lass.” The rich baritone of his voice washed over her with a mesmerizing quality. She liked the sound. A lot. ‘Twas deep and majestic,...

A year ago on my twenty-third birthday, I rebuffed the advances of a beautiful young woman whom I did not love. Alas, she turned out to be a sorceress. She repaid me by casting a...

I’m not surprised he wants to challenge me here, where no one can protect me. He thinks I’m a weak woman. He thinks wrong.

The only other guest in the room was sprawled atop a corner table in the shadows. He was snoring away amidst a rather impressive assortment of empty mugs. The round shield wedged beneath one arm...

I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American pioneers, the Vikings, Mafia, etc. As long as I was engrossed in a...

Tell me what you felt when you first looked at me, Branwyn,” he persisted, apparently oblivious to their audience. “What you feel now.”The memory shook her with its intensity. “I saw light. I felt fire....

Di gran furore si pregna il suo scheletro,bagliori saettano, uscendo e rientrandoda essa come rincorsi durante una fuga.Sembra un dio del cielo, pieno di boria,quando ai mortali si appresta a elargiredoni che celano invero soltanto...

By Thor,” Eirik choked at last. “Unhand my future wife at once, Sven, so I may kiss her.

Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago.

He lowered his voice. “You are a true shield-maiden; you do not turn from a scar on a man’s face.”I looked at him and did not lower my eyes. “My father was an ealdorman, and...

Sheer male interest filled his gaze which was entirely focused on her. She’d never before felt so female, so utterly desirable, so wanton.

Would a dead man touch you like this?

I sought you out a-purpose in the hopes you would heal me from the effects of a spell. ‘Twas cast on me by a most wretched sorceress.

At least reindeer kisses do not cause me to take leave of my senses.

My heart might very well beat itself from my chest,” she whispered, “and ’tis difficult to breathe.””How odd.” Passion thickened his voice. “I seem to be suffering the same symptoms. Does anything else plague you?””A...

… not within my memory.””All 300 years of it?”That comment earned her a frown.”My apologies,” she amended lightly. “I supposed I should not tease you about being so old.””Nay, feel free.”His slow smile flashed in...

By Thor, I’ve been long without a woman.

They should put their clothes on if they could find them which might be difficult in the darkness.He decided that could wait until dawn.

Such is my curse, Branwyn O’Tyre. Every woman I touch is forced to lavish her affections upon me.

Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you.