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Summary: Humorous, Witty, Delightful, Sensual
Review: This is my first Sandra Hill book but certainly not my last. I caught myself laughing out loud during this reading.Rurick, a Viking, was cursed 5 years before by Mairie the Witch (supposedly). She inadvertently placed a blue zig-zag mark down the center of his face. For the last 3 years Rurick has been searching for Mairie so she can be forced to remove this mark as his bethroted, Theta, will not wed him until it is removed. What Rurick does not know is that Mairie is not a very good witch. She keeps mixing up her witch's chants with strange, funny results. The story centers on Rurick's efforts to find Mairie, accompanied but his not so knightly knights who are incredibly funny. When Rurick finds Mairie he finds she has been locked in a cage suspended over a pit of snakes and will be left there until she marries him. In his pursuit, Rurick has been joined by Mairie's clansmen who are old and many missing body parts but they are not to be deterred. They view Rurick as a Scotish Viking and Rurick's scald Bolthar writes incredibly funny prose about Rurick's exploits. Rurick had a one night stand with Mairie 5 years previously which resulted in a son, Wee Jamie. As Rurick would not take Mairie with him she was left to marry another who discovering she was not a virgin mistreated her. Rurick does not know about the existence of his son. I am not fond of Viking stories but this was hilarious and I am looking forward to reading Ms. Hill's other books.
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Summary: This Series Keeps its Steam! Excellent!
Review: This is the 5th book in Mrs. Hill's uncompareable Viking series that began in "Reluctant Viking" and continued on through, "The Outlaw Viking", "The Tarnished Lady", "The Bewitched Viking" and now "THE BLUE VIKING", with the lead male being Rurik the Blue Viking.
He was introduced to us in "The Bewitched Viking" as Tykir's best friend who suffered a blue mark cast upon his vain face by an angry witch from Scotland. Now in his own story, Rurik has to find the witch named Maire of the Moors to remove the mark, else his betrothed will not marry him back home in the North Lands. But finding the elusive Maire is another challenge. He has been looking for almost 5 years with no luck.
Could his life get any worse? Never say never, for Rurik "The Great", or at least that is what Bothar the Skald calls him, (his best friend Tykir's bad idea of a joke sending Bothar along with him to find the witch)things do indeed get worse when he comes upon her in a cage held captive by a warring clan. Also the fact that Rurik is now angry when he feels sparks fly again after 5 years between them when they lock eyes. Or it could be that he hates eating haggis, and Maire's pantry has plenty of it, just to spite him. Or the god-awful bagpipe lessons that Bothar is determined to take while they are there...or maybe, just maybe it's the fact that he is sure the witch has placed a curse on him for good this time when he feels his heart fall for the wilesome witch of the moors... Maire Campbell has no time for the man that left her high and dry 5 years ago. He took her innocence and left her with a secret that she has hidden fiercely. Now he has come looking for her to remove the zigzag blue mark she accidentally cursed on his vain face. The only problem is she isn't a very good witch at all, in fact she is known throughout the clan and even neighboring clans how inept she is. Another problem is Rurik refuses to leave until she removes it. How will she keep her secret from him and fight off a warring MacNabs? She has no idea, but that is the least of her problems she soon learns, her heart is remembering his touch and it remembers her heartbreak when he left her alone to face a unwanted marriage full of anger and hate.
Will one night of fierce lovemaking cure all or end all? Will Rurik be able to look past the mark and see his love for a woman he deserted years ago before its too late? Or will the MacNabs capture the Laird Campbell and kill her secret...
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Well I bought this book just because I love Sandra Hill's books. I found this one to be wonderfully funny and witty. I loved the hot love scenes and the secondary characters were terrific. I just found out that this it the 5th book in a series and now I must read the others, oh what a chore that will be! NOT!
This is the story of the dark Viking named Rurik the Vain. He is very particular about his looks and he is on a quest for the witch who marked him 5 years previously with a blue mark on his face. He wants her to remove it so that he can marry. When he first encounters his witch in Scotland she has been placed in a cage hanging above a pit of deadly snakes by her former brother-in-law Duncan MacNab. Maire the witch is in fear of her life and that of her son's. MacNab is planning on wedding her and then killing her just to get her clans lands. Her clan asks Rurik for his help in return for her removing the blue mark. The only problem is that Maire is not a very good witch. She often screws up and her spells go awry. Rurik agrees to help but not just because of the blue mark. He finds himself strongly drawn to the witch and her people and soon finds that he has been adopted by the clan, as have his men. He struggles with what he had planned for his future and what may change those plans.
I really enjoyed this book and will definately read the previous books and all those that may come after this one.
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