(Valiant Vikings Book 1)
By Jennifer Ivy Walker
By Jennifer Ivy Walker
Publisher: Green Mermaid Publications
Page Length: 322
Genre: Viking Historical Romance
Skårde the Scourge, bastard son of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth, is a fierce Viking warlord who earned the prestigious title Dragon of Denmark through victorious battles and lucrative Viking raids. When his royal father announces that Skårde will forge a Viking alliance through an arranged marriage to the daughter of Richard the Fearless, the Dragon of Denmark considers the voyage to Normandy an infuriating banishment.
Illegitimate daughter of Richard the Fearless, the Viking Duke of Normandy, Ylva is a Druid priestess and Celtic healer with the otherworldly gift of sight. She learns that she must leave her Breton village behind and travel to Normandy, where she will marry the Viking brute that she has foreseen in a terrifying vision.
When the Frankish king, determined to drive the Vikings from Normandy, attacks and seizes Richard’s clifftop fortress, the Dragon of Denmark must ally with Ljósálfar Light Elves, a Viking völva with powerful seiðr magic, and a vitki-- a shapeshifting sorcerer who can assume the form of a falcon--to reclaim the ducal palace.
Dragon of Denmark is a sizzling, scintillating blend of historical fiction, Norse mythology, paranormal fantasy, and steamy Viking romance!
Praise
"Dragon of Denmark" by Jennifer Ivy Walker is a well-crafted historical romance novel that successfully intertwines spirituality, mythology, history, and romance. The author’s strengths lie in the portrayal of complex and likeable characters, the integration of Norse and Celtic elements, and the attention to sensory details. The plot is well-structured with a clear narrative arc, and the pacing keeps the reader engaged. With its captivating storyline and immersive setting, this novel comes highly recommended to fans of historical romances with a touch of the fantastical.
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Jennifer Ivy Walker
JEnthralled with legends of medieval knights and ladies, dark fairy tales and fantasies about Druids, wizards and magic, Jennifer Ivy Walker always dreamed of becoming a writer. She fell in love with French in junior high school, continuing her study of the language throughout college, spending summers in France as a foreign exchange student, exploring medieval castles and troglodyte caves in the Loire Valley, sites of pilgrimage such as le Mont-Saint-Michel, eventually becoming a high school teacher and college professor of French.
As a high school teacher, she took her students every year to the annual French competition, where they performed a play she had written, "Yseult la Belle et Tristan la Bête"--an imaginative blend of the medieval French legend of "Tristan et Yseult" and the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", enhanced with fantasy elements of a Celtic fairy and a wicked witch.
Her debut novel, "The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven"--the first of a trilogy-- is a blend of her love for medieval legends, the romantic French language, and paranormal fantasy. It is a retelling of the medieval French romance of "Tristan et Yseult", interwoven with Arthurian myth, dark fairy tales from the enchanted Forest of Brocéliande, and otherworldly elements such as Avalonian Elves, Druids, forest fairies and magic.
Explore her realm of Medieval French Fantasy. She hopes her novels will enchant you.
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I have signed up for the tour for Wolf of the Nordic Seas, will this book be going on tour as well in the future?
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DeleteThis sounds like such a fun read! I really like the mix of Vikings, mythology, and paranormal elements, and the characters already seem interesting. Definitely adding this to my TBR — I’m looking forward to checking it out!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for featuring Dragon of Denmark! I am honored to be the recipient of your Bronze Award for Rook of the Year in Romance!
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