Love From The Ruins Bride-To Be

The second book, Bride-To Be, is a medieval time travel romance and woven from a mixture of historical fact and fiction. It takes place in Scotland when the Vikings still had hold over parts of the Northern mainland and the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Note: This series is best read in order.

Bride-To Be

She cost her Viking the one thing she could never give back—time.

Escaping from nearly freezing to death, Tess is grateful to be home, but still her life hangs in the balance and keeping Einar's threat secret from Dreki is proving difficult.

When Aislinn reveals she overheard Einar and Gunnar laughing about sending her through the portal to die, she knows she has to get the servant away from Thorsa Castle and to safety.

In conversation, Aislinn mentions a name and Tess recognizes it as the one written on her mother's genealogy chart. But the identity of the woman brings more hurdles to overcome. How will she ever get this woman to notice a toad like the Buchanan? Even magic can only go so far. Tess needs someone who can out-sly a fox, someone gracious and cunning and able to bring a roomful of enemies together to have this woman and the Buchanan meet. And so, under the guise of needing help with her powers, Tess sets off to Flagstone Castle, to enlist the support of Lady Ella.

Concerned about the change she senses in her Viking Dragon, Tess confides in Lady Ella. The powerful Cailleach takes Tess under her wing, but delivers some unexpected news of her own. Tess learns how reckless she was to go through the portal and who is paying the price.

Tess is finding 12th century life a constant game of chess where she must outwit her opponent and where a wrong move can be fatal.