Viking’s Conquest
Viking Ancestors
Rise of the Dragon
Book Five
Sky Purington
Genre: Time Travel Shifter Romance
Date of Publication: July 1, 2019
ASIN: B07Q4V66ML
Number of pages: 237
Word Count: 72,000
Cover Artist: Tara West
Tagline: An alpha Viking dragon shifter and his fated mate face their demons in a scorching medieval romance about second chances.
Book Description:
Tormented by her past, Tess hits the open road, and never looks back until she’s forced through time to medieval Scandinavia. Caught in an unraveling prophecy, the only way she can defeat the enemy is to take a mate. But first, she must work through heart-wrenching memories. What she doesn't expect is navigating her rocky history alongside a man as broken as her. A Viking who offers not just solace but sparks untouchable desire.
Though determined to end his rival without becoming mated, Viking Rokar Sigdir begins thinking differently when Tess joins him on his quest and awakens feelings he thought long dormant. Yet with passion and a chance to start anew come dark flashbacks of losing his kin and the unimaginable pain it caused. A misery he fears repeating.
Will Rokar and Tess be able to let their pasts go and work together to end their nemesis so they can share a future? Or are some things just too hard to overcome? Find out as they journey through time and turbulent memories on a fast-paced, otherworldly adventure that becomes not just a conquest of their enemy but of their grief-stricken souls.
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Excerpt
“How did you and
Helga meet, anyway?” Tess began walking again. “Or did you grow up together?”
He seemed
relieved to speak of lighter things as he joined her. “I met Helga when
visiting an allied tribe.” The corner of his mouth inched up. “She was dancing
the first time I saw her.”
How ironic. “Do
you like dancing then?”
“I did after I
met her.” His crooked grin grew a little. “I was very clumsy, but she didn’t
seem to mind.”
“Clumsy?” She
chuckled. “But you’re a dragon! We’re the epitome of grace.”
“In dragon
form,” he agreed. “But I was not so graceful in human form.”
She arched her
brows and eyed him. “So you dance well now?”
“I dance…less
poorly.”
She chuckled
again, detecting a bit of humor lurking beneath all his baggage. “So you saw
Helga dancing. Then what?”
“I waited until
she was done dancing then approached her.” His gaze went to the trees swaying
in the wind. “She continually tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, but the
wind kept blowing it across her face as she smiled at me for the first time.”
He absently rubbed his fingers together as though he remembered what her hair
felt like. “Eventually, I tucked it back for her.”
“Funny the
things we remember,” Tess murmured, rubbing her fingers together as well. “I
recall the feel of Axle’s leather jacket, the scent of cigar smoke clinging to
it. That was my first thought when we finally started chatting. He smoked
cigars, and I smoked cigarettes back then…bad combo…mostly cuz I hate the smell
of cigars.” She shook her head and spoke without thinking. “I should’ve known
then we were a match made in Hell.”
“I don’t smoke
anything,” he divulged, wonderfully frank. “But I enjoy drinking.”
“Me too,” she
echoed then relented. “Though I might’ve leaned on it a little too heavily
lately.” She shrugged a shoulder, not about to apologize. “Or not. Who knows.”
“We all cope
with things how we will.” He sounded unapologetic. “I have barely spoken to my
kin over the past two years and as you know, shut them out entirely
telepathically…until recently.”
“Right,” she said.
“Because of me?”
“So it seems,”
he conceded. “Yours was the first voice I’ve heard in my head in a long time.
Once that happened, it seemed natural to allow my kin back in.”
“Well, I’m glad
to hear that,” she said. “And for what it’s worth, I’m sorry I busted into your
mind without permission.” She met his eyes, guilty though she had no choice. “I
had no control over it.”
“You mean your
dragon took over?”
“I assume so,”
she replied. “Considering we’re supposedly fated mates, right?”
He nodded and
looked at her with hesitation, clearly wondering if he should say what he was
thinking.
“What is it,
Rokar?” she asked. When he started to shake his head, she urged him on. “You’re
the one who said we needed to start somewhere so don’t hold back.”
He hesitated
another moment before he relented. “I did not mind.”
“Didn’t mind
what?” she prompted when he didn’t go on.
Struggling, he
finally said, “You…”
She almost
grinned. Was he being bashful? “Me?”
“Yes, you,” he
stated bluntly.
She couldn’t
help another chuckle as she tried to draw him out. “Me, what, Rokar?”
“You.” He sighed
and looked at her like she should know what he was talking about. “I was glad
you entered my mind without permission.”
He went to say
more but snapped his mouth shut, evidently finished sharing. At least in this
regard.
“I’m glad too,”
she revealed and meant it. “I like the feel of you within my mind.”
The minute she
said it she regretted it mostly because it sounded like she was undermining
Helga and she hadn’t meant to do that.
“You do?”
His question
caught her off guard. “Of course.”
Had Helga
rattled his confidence that badly? While typically she’d find that unattractive
in a man, preferring a tough-as-nails sort, she knew deep down Rokar was plenty
tough. He was just wounded and vulnerable in a way she understood. So she
stopped and told him something a woman should have told him long before her.
She gave it to him straight.
In fact, her
dragon gave it to him even straighter.
“You sound
amazing in a woman’s mind, Rokar,” she said. “Your inner voice is
wanna-spread-my-thighs-for-you sexy, and your essence is wrap-around-the soul
warm fuzzies, all ‘the feels,’ protective. Not to mention—”
That’s all she
got out before he proved he did, in fact, possess a good deal of confidence.
He yanked her
close and kissed her hard.
About the Author:
Sky Purington is the bestselling author of over forty novels and novellas. A New Englander born and bred who recently moved to Virginia, Purington married her hero, has an amazing son who inspires her daily and two ultra-lovable shepherd husky mixes. Passionate for variety, Sky's vivid imagination spans several romance genres including historical, time travel, paranormal, and fantasy. Expect steamy stories teeming with protective alpha heroes and strong-minded heroines.
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2 comments:
Thanks so much for featuring Viking's Conquest! :-)
Cheers,
Sky Purington
Thank you for sharing an excerpt
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