Viking’s Intent
Viking Ancestors:
Rise of the Dragon
Book 3
Sky Purington
Genre: Time Travel Fantasy/Shifter Romance
Date of Publication: January 22, 2019
ASIN: B07JNHG6D8
Number of pages: 285
Word Count: 84,000
Cover Artist: Tara West
Book Description:
Part of a burgeoning ancient prophecy, Shea's sole focus is to protect her sisters.
Not become mated to a Viking of her dragon ancestor's choosing. If that happens, she might lose not just her independence but a matchmaking gift that brings people together. A gift at risk when she's kidnapped by a stubborn, frustratingly handsome barbarian who takes her on a whirlwind adventure through tenth century Scandinavia.
Though at odds with the twenty-first century beauty from the moment he meets her, Viking Davyn Sigdir steals Shea away to keep her safe from multiple enemies set on making her theirs. Unfortunately, he underestimates how alluring she can be when it suits her. How feisty and headstrong she is as she tries to outwit him at every turn. Yet the fiery strife between them only draws them closer, and soon their unwanted attraction becomes hard to resist.
Determined to control their own fate, they devise a bold plan to trick their adversaries. One that could keep Shea's matchmaking gift intact plus end the prophecy and ongoing war. All they have to do is get along and not give into temptation which should be simple for two people determined to remain apart. Or so they hope as a passionate high-stakes war of hearts ensues in Viking's Intent.
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Excerpt
3 (Steamy battle scene between hero & heroine)
Once the
challenge had been laid, and he truly accepted it, Davyn only saw red as he
went at Shea. As he fought her as he would any other. Of course, he had fought
women on occasion. Those who trained here to be warriors. But he had never
fought a woman like Shea. One who wanted blood and was more skilled than most.
Far more skilled
as it turned out.
Something he
soon learned as he went at her with a fury that seemed to saturate him. He knew
some of it was jealousy from what he had witnessed with the twins, but it was
more than that. Rage from somewhere else. Another time and place.
It was also
deep-seated anger that she had risked her life like that.
He kept all
thoughts from her as they began battling. Axe against axe then sword against
mace. An interesting dance as he slashed and she swung. Yet they fought through
the red haze of their dragon eyes, her movements talented and fast as he dodged
her again and again only for her to dodge him over and over.
They were well
matched and rarely got one over on the other as both became slick with sweat.
Though it took a great deal of strength, he never became distracted by the way
she moved her slender yet curvy body when battling. There was a sensuality
about it that he knew she did on purpose. Another means to distract him. Disarm
him.
“I knew you were
a jerk,” her thoughts eventually drifted through his mind as they battled
harder and his ability to keep her at telepathic bay weakened. As they tossed
aside their sword and mace and began a whole new type of dance with daggers
alone. “But not this much of one. Not this clueless of one.”
“I did nothing,”
he reminded aloud as they circled and clenched two daggers each. “You did it
all, Cupid. You drew them to you to get what you wanted.”
“I did,” she
agreed through clenched teeth as she stabbed at him, but he evaded. “And what I
wanted will help us, or did you not get that?”
“What you got
nearly had you kidnapped, then likely put through unimaginable torture,” he
growled, stabbing his dagger at her in rapid succession as she did the same
before both evaded and spun.
“Yet all the
while you smiled, flirted,” he ground out, angrier by the moment. “All the
while, you seemed to enjoy it…them.”
She released an
inhuman, borderline dragon-like sound as she came at him so hard, slicing and
dicing, that he stayed inches away from her angry, relentless blades before
stumbling. When he did, it was enough for her to take advantage with alarming
precision. The next thing he knew, she slammed him down on his back, straddled
him and wedged one dagger against his throat and the other, yet again, against
his balls.
“No,” she roared
when he started to make a move. “Stay still or I will end first your manhood
then your life, beast.”
His body
trembled in response to a variety of things. The rush of battling a worthy
opponent. The jealousy he still felt at what he had witnessed today. The rage
he felt because he couldn’t protect her better. The fear he felt because her
life was on the line.
Then there was
her appearance right now.
Her skin
sheening and sparkling, she appeared to be a wild dragon angel who’d come for
his soul with her hair stuck up at odd angles and her cat-like eyes riotous as
she glared down at him. Her chest heaved, and her nipples were pebbled. Her
slender, toned thighs clamped around his waist and her hot center about burned
through him.
“What do you
want, Cupid?” he grunted, as aroused as her in an instant. He was barely able
to focus on anything but what it would feel like to be inside her. Yet he kept
it together enough to position his blades against her calves.
“Now you ask
what I want,” she said, her teeth still clenched as the corner of her mouth
curled up in obvious appreciation of his blade positioning. “And here you call
yourself a thinker.”
As their eyes
held, he finally caught a glimpse of something other than pride that she had
done so well handling those twins. He finally saw something other than
cockiness that she had gotten answers that still had him puzzled. That still
made his inner dragon roar and rage and battered at his subconscious in ways he
didn’t understand. What he saw in her eyes now wasn’t what he expected. Wasn’t
what he wanted to see. Not ever when he looked into Shea’s eyes.
Raw pain. Hurt.
Even fear.
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, Sky was raised hearing stories of folklore, myth, and legend. When combined with a love for history, romance, and time-travel, elements from the stories of her youth found release in her books.
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2 comments:
Thanks so much for the feature! :-)
xo,
Sky
This sounds like a great book to read
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