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By: Jianne Carlo | Other books by Jianne Carlo
Categories: Erotic Romance, Erotica Fiction, Historical
Word Count: 21,078
Heat Level: SCORCHING
Published By: Etopia Press
To Viking warrior Magnus, marriage is naught but a contract, a bargain between men for land and title. Lust, love—he scorns such notions as weak and unmanly. But three days before he’s to wed a highland princess, he falls into the maelstrom of a maid’s startled eyes. Their passionate tryst has him rethinking his notions, and he struggles to find a way to keep the beguiling Deidra while honoring the marriage contract he’s arranged with the father of his betrothed.
Deidra cannot take a walk in the forest without finding a wounded dove. Devoted to her menagerie of injured bears, peacocks, and wolves, she vows to disobey her Da when he betroths her to the Norse warrior known as the Destroyer. Until, disguised as a maid, she’s rescued from a would-be rapist by the Destroyer himself. How can any call him ugly or cruel? For he treats her as if she is made of spun glass, and teaches her the magikal pleasures of the flesh.
But Magnus is furious when he learns the woman he’s fallen so deeply for is none other than his betrothed. For there’s nothing he despises more than a deceitful female...except, perhaps, two of them...
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The Destroyer
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Excerpt
The space at the table betwixt Magnus and The Falcon intended for Magnus’s betrothed yawned its emptiness. The hour grew late, the warriors restless, the brothers irate, and Magnus’s temper at the insult of his betrothed’s tardiness tripped higher and higher.
Jarvik remained as jovial as ever and Magnus felt sore tempted to douse him with a bucket of melted snow. He drained his horn of ale and wiped the foam from his mouth. “You are not alone in your impatience. Methinks The Falcon is sore annoyed at his daughter’s lateness.”
Indeed from the chieftain’s frequent squinting at the chamber’s archway and the drumming of his ringed fingers on the table, The Falcon’s infuriation spiked with each passing moment.
“At long last.” The highland chieftain rose and Magnus followed his glance. His jaw dropped.
“She is a beauty.” Jarvik’s remark carried and the lass gliding through the packed room lifted her chin, met his gaze, and smiled.
Magnus had not expected a golden goddess, a nymph with waving daffodil locks reaching mid-thigh that framed a slender but curved torso. The top of her head would ne’er even graze him midarm. She moved as if her feet bore wings, and the curious men thronging the hall went silent and stared.
The men nearest her collapsed onto a bench gawking. One wizened man wiped his grimy cheeks with a stained tunic. Another drained his goblet and reached for another.
“‘Tis a fairy.”
“Aye.”
Whispers and murmurs of agreement rustled and echoed.
Valan the Viper dismounted the dais and captured the female’s hand.
“My lord, my compliments on the improvements in the hall. ’Tis a pleasant miracle. I shall be happy to break bread with the assembled company this eve.”
Valan’s bronzed complexion reddened. “‘Tis glad I am you are pleased, lady.”
The damsel glanced pointedly at their joined hands and Valan promptly released his hold. “I am cert you would greet your father and the high table.”
“Aye, my lord.”
Magnus and Jarvik exchanged glances. “‘Twould seem your betrothed has cast a spell over Valan.”
“Aye.” Magnus studied Valan as he returned to his seat. The warrior stumbled because while he moved one way, his gaze stayed fixed on the woman.
“Good eve, Father.” She sank into a flawless curtsey, spine and carriage one a queen could not better. “Brothers.”
“Where is your sister?” The Falcon fair hissed the question.
“Fiona has taken to her bed, Da.”
The lass lifted on tiptoe, cupped a hand, and whispered in her father’s ear. The man’s complexion ripened to that of a roasted beet.
Magnus braced for an explosion.
“My sister, Fiona, begs you excuse her this eve.” The sprite strolled to stand beneath Jarvik. “She will join us to break the fast on the morrow. I am Deidra, your betrothed.”
Jarvik flushed scarlet. He sputtered.
Magnus levered to his feet. “I am your betrothed, Lady Deidra. You address my brother, Jarvik.”
She turned to face him. Aghast couldn’t begin to describe the expression on the haughty beauty’s face. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened. She scooted back, bumped into a table, and listed. She grabbed the wood with both hands and swayed.
The roses in her cheeks faded, and when the whites of her eyes showed, Magnus swore and jumped over the table. He caught her before she crumpled to the floor.
He didn’t know what to do with the limp female in his arms and glanced briefly at her features. Some faint memory niggled his mind and he returned his gaze to her delicate features. For ’twas a cert familiarity he could not identify to her nose and lips.
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