Historical Fiction > Ireland
5th-8th Centuries
Dierdre
Back of the Book:
Deirdre of Gleannmara has one goal: to sail to Albion with a king’s ransom to redeem her abducted brother. No matter that she’d rather run the Saxon raiders through with her ancestor’s legendary sword. She is a princess and will do what she must. Though why her priestly companion wants to save the souls of such savages is beyond Deirdre’s grasp—especially when their ship is captures by a brash Saxon pirate!
In the face of faith-battering desperation, Deirdre becomes a heavenly—albeit reluctant—instrument, endowed with an unsettling gift and charged with the ultimate challenge: love thine enemy.
Alric of Galstead has one god: ambition. The illegitimate son of a Saxon king and an enslaved Scottish princess, Alric no more believes in his mother’s deathbed vision of his "kingdom" than he does in her Christian God. But when he captures an Irish princess and her treasure, what was incredible no longer seems so. Alric is willing to risk his very life for his destiny…but now his heart is at stake too.
Is this prickly Irish rose the prophesied key to his birthright…or the herald of his downfall?
My Review:
This was an entertaining book to add to the series on Gleannmara. It had plenty of action, adventure, intrigue, distrust, and deceit. The love story was entertaining, and I loved getting to know these characters.
Alric’s struggle with God brought out some interesting aspects of faith that I’ll let you find out for yourself as you read this book. The miracle that happens to him is somewhat outrageous, but ads an interesting aspect to the story.
I invite you to read this book. It was a pleasure for me.