Vows of the North The Raider's Bride, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p><strong>She was stolen in a raid. He became the first man to give her a choice.</strong></p><p>Elena of Wessex was born to be traded in marriage, not taken by Viking longships.</p><p>When raiders descend upon her coastal home, Elena is captured and carried north to the frozen settlement of Hrafnvik. Their leader is Rurik Haldersen, the feared Wolf of the Fjord, a brutal warrior whose name is spoken with terror along the Saxon coast.</p><p>But Rurik is not the monster Elena expects.</p><p>Wounded during the raid, he survives only because Elena uses her healing skills to save him. As winter traps her among his people, Elena begins to see the truth beneath the legend. Hrafnvik is not only a village of raiders. It is a starving settlement of children, widows, old men, wounded warriors, and families trying to survive the cold.</p><p>Rurik is dangerous, but not cruel. He could claim Elena by force, but refuses to touch her unless she chooses him freely.</p><p>As enemies close in from the south and rival clans threaten from the north, Elena becomes more than a captive. She becomes a healer, a protector, and a woman powerful enough to stand before two worlds and decide her own fate.</p><p>Lord Aldric wants her returned as his promised bride. Rurik offers her freedom.</p><p>But Elena is finished being handed from one man's claim to another.</p><p><em><strong>The Raider's Bride</strong></em> is a Viking historical romance filled with enemies to lovers tension, forced proximity, forbidden desire, winter survival, battle, betrayal, and a love chosen freely against a brutal northern world.</p>

• Vows of the North The Raider's Bride, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Freya L. Arden
• ISBN: 9798223853640
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-16
• Page Count: 348