Echoes of the Runes, Christina Courtenay
Echoes of the Runes, Christina Courtenay
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Echoes of the Runes
The must-read classic sweeping, epic tale of forbidden love

Author: Christina Courtenay

Series: Runes

Narrator: Eilidh Beaton

Unabridged: 11 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Review

Published: 03/05/2020


Synopsis

The pacy, evocative and romantic new dual-time novel from Christina Courtenay is perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Diana Gabaldon and Vikings.

Their love was forbidden. But echoed in eternity.

When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother's summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia's grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision - and from Charles.

Whilst Mia becomes absorbed in the dig's discoveries, she finds herself drawn to archaeologist Haakon Berger. Like her, he can sense the past inhabitants whose lives are becoming more vivid every day. Trying to resist the growing attraction between them, Mia and Haakon begin to piece together the story of a Welsh noblewoman, Ceri, and the mysterious Viking, known as the 'White Hawk', who stole her away from her people in 869 AD.

As the present begins to echo the past, and enemies threaten Birch Thorpe's inhabitants, they will all have to fight to protect what has become most precious to each of them...

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About Christina Courtenay

Christina Courtenay is an award-winning author of historical romance and time slip (dual time) stories. She started writing so that she could be a stay-at-home mum to her two daughters, but didn't get published until daughter number one left home aged twenty-one, so that didn't quite go to plan! Since then, however, she's made up for it by having eleven novels published and winning the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year Award for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014), and once for Best Fantasy Romantic Novel with Echoes of the Runes (2021).Christina is half Swedish and grew up in that country. She has also lived in Japan and Switzerland, but is now based in Herefordshire, close to the Welsh border. She's a keen amateur genealogist and loves history and archaeology (the armchair variety). To find out more, visit christinacourtenay.com, find her on Facebook /christinacourtenayauthor or follow her on Twitter @PiaCCourtenay.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Teresa

This book grabbed me from the first chapter and wouldn't let go. It's a dual time line story. It's set in Sweden and based around a cottage that Mia has inherited from her Grandmother and Haakon, an archaeologist. These are our present day couple. The past story has Ceri, a Welsh noblewoman, who is ab......more

Goodreads review by Nicola

This is such a lovely book. I‘m still thinking about the story and the characters now I’ve finished it because it became so real to me and drew me in completely. The entwined stories of Mia in the present and Ceri in the Viking era unfold beautifully with so many intriguing links between the two. Bo......more

Goodreads review by Emma

If, like me, you are a big fan of all things Viking, you are likely to love this book! A dual timeline romance which follows Mia in the current day as she excavates the grounds of her Swedish grandmother's house Birch Thorpe, and Ceri, a Welsh woman in the 9th century who was abducted and taken to a......more