Echoes of the Runes - A sweeping, epic tale of forbidden love (Courtenay Christina)(Paperback / softback)

''Fabulous. Highly recommended for fans of Barbara Erskine and Susanna Kearsley - and if you want a thumping good read'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review''Wow! This book should come with warning! It''s almost as addictive as chocolate!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader reviewWinner of the 2021 RNA Romantic Fantasy Novel Award. Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay does for the Vikings what Diana Gabaldon''s Outlander and Clanlans does for Scottish history............................................................................Their love was forbidden. But echoed in eternity. When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother''s summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia''s grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision - and from Charles. Whilst Mia becomes absorbed in the dig''s discoveries, she finds herself drawn to archaeologist Haakon Berger. Like her, he can sense the past inhabitants whose lives are becoming more vivid every day. Trying to resist the growing attraction between them, Mia and Haakon begin to piece together the story of a Welsh noblewoman, Ceri, and the mysterious Viking, known as the ''White Hawk'', who stole her away from her people in 869 AD. As the present begins to echo the past, and enem
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