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    The Shield-Maiden's Secret: A Viking Romance
    The Shield-Maiden's Secret: A Viking Romance
    The Shield-Maiden's Secret: A Viking Romance
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Shield-Maiden's Secret: A Viking Romance

    Written by Wendy Dalrymple

    Narrated by Veronica Paulton

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    For as long as she can remember, Katje has dreamed of adventure and exploring faraway lands. The myths of the shield-maidens sparked her curiosity as a young girl — tales of strong, independent women that fought alongside the other Viking warriors and sailed on the open seas. After escaping an arranged betrothal to a much older man, she lands in the village of Fjallen, where women aren’t permitted to join the ranks. Katje is forced to sit back and watch from the sidelines; working as a fishmonger and pining for one particularly handsome raider from afar.

    Posing as a man, Katje is able to finally serve, fight and sail, though she soon finds that her freedom comes at a price. Though her outward appearance is masculine, inside, Katje still has the heart and desires of a woman, and she can’t deny the feelings that surface for Ingmar, her friend and fellow man-at-arms. Ingmar is unlike anyone else in their raiding party — beautiful and brimming with humor and joy, even during their darkest times. Katje finds it harder and harder each day to mask her true feelings for Ingmar, but when her morals are pushed to their final limit, it takes everything for Katje not to reveal her true self. No matter what, she must keep her identity secret or she’ll risk losing her freedom, her will to fight and possibly the love of a fellow warrior and friend.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryant Street Shorts
    Release dateSep 14, 2020
    ISBN9781094412061
    Author

    Wendy Dalrymple

    Wendy Dalrymple crafts highly consumable, short and sweet romances inspired by everyday people. When she’s not writing happily-ever-afters, you can find her camping with her family, painting (bad) wall art, and trying to grow as many pineapples as possible. Keep up with Wendy at www.wendydalrymple.com!

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful story. Please write more books on this and similar subjects. The narrater spoke clearly and easily. Audio engineers, great job with volume, clarity and choice of frequency bands. I hope this team will produce many more audio books. Thank you

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Most enjoyable. I am a lover of Viking lore, movies and novels. This quick short was well done and without the sex (and I am NO prude) that is so prevalent with most novels of this type past and present.

      As an avid listener of audio books, narration is extremely important to me and the narrator of this book was superb.

      Highly recommended for quick and enjoyable reading or listening.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this book and especially loved the characters. A woman posing as a man to learn how to be a shield maiden so she can get her own ship!! Yes,please!!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      nothing much to say except that i enjoyed it even though it was a short audio... straight to the point and it delivered a nice story.
    • 4/5
      This is another short story that she wrote. Not my type
    • 5/5
      Good book could of been more action and sex but it's got my interest
    • 5/5
      Really good and really short this is a good book for young readers to no vulgar or sex like a p movie rating
    • 5/5
      Omg this is one of the BEST love stories I have ever read….I fell in love all over again with this omg 100 out of ten a million stars with hope of a sequel!!!! WELL DONE!
    • 4/5
      Lovely premise. I wish it didn't fade to black and wasn't so short. Otherwise well written and the narrator chosen read this clearly and without annoying voices.
    • 3/5
      Awh! What a cute little story! I love Norsemen stories and this one was great - short, but great!
    • 2/5
      This started out veer interesting, however, it got very unrealistic and unbelievable along the way. The ending was also rushed and didn’t make a lot of sense. I did enjoy the audio was well done however the plot and execution was lacking.
    • 4/5
      I liked it pretty well, it definitely could have been fleshed out a bit more to be a full length novel instead of a short novella.
    • 3/5
      Enjoyed it for what it was but it could have been far more complex rather a quick short and the quick wrap up ending wasnt what I was hoping for but it wasn't a terrible quick listen.
    • 4/5
      It was a good start but felt like there could have been more.
    • 2/5
      I think it really just would have been better if it had a completely different plot one that was even remotely believable or could just allow the reader to get behind a little good old sustained disbelief, but this was just ridiculous. I couldn’t get into it and the pacing is all over the place.
    • 4/5
      Good idea that would make a fun movie if fleshed out, but the ending was basically summarized and wrapped up too quickly.
    • 1/5
      The audio is good, but the story is not very believable. I found it hard to believe how she accomplished getting her ship and how she became chieftain.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book! Amazing writing and love story without having to be explicit and over the top!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Short story and really enjoyed hearing it. I will check out other books from this author.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Quick story, well written, perfect way to end my day!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This was a fun, very short story that features an H that wants to lead a ship which was unheard of during these times.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is the first time I have listen to Veronica. I think she did a great job. This is my first book by Wendy and it won't be my last.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Loved it! Ended too soon! Would have loved to listen more!

      3 people found this helpful

    • 1/5
      DNF