Diane Groe, Erinsong

Erinsong

Diane Groe

Leisure, November 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 0843957891

Without a thought for her own safety, Princess Brenna races to her sister Moira, who just shrieked, but to her elation her sibling is okay, but the muscular Normanni lying on the beach looks dead. However, this Northman proves to be alive when he grabs Moira's wrist. Outraged by his touching her sister, Brenna buries her staff into his thigh forcing him to let go of her sibling. To her surprise he understands her cursing him in Gaelic, but he cannot remember why or even who he is. He takes the name Keefe.

Unable to let him die, Brenna helps him heal. As he recovers his health, Keefe displays a kind gentle nature instead of the berserker warrior stereotype raider she expected like those who assaulted her sister. As Brenna and Keefe fall in love and her father chooses him as her handfast husband, they learn who he truly is when they travel to Dublin where the King of the Vikings rules.

ERINSONG is an engaging medieval star-crossed romance, as the Irish princess and the Viking warrior fall in love, though their people detest and distrust one another. The storyline is driven by Brenna's changing attitude towards Keefe; as he heals he proves not to be a raging marauder, but instead he shows kindness to everyone, especially her sister. Though the action picks up in the latter half when the lead duo journeys to Dublin, historical romance readers will want to read Diane Groe's fine tale that brings to life early Eire at a time when the Vikings have already raided and conquered part of the country.