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Echoes of the Runes
- Author
- Christina Courtenay
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 5 March 2020
- Run Time
- 11 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Romance: time travel / time slip, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Historical romance, Archaeology
- Rating
- 4.5 (2 reviews)
What to expect
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...
(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
User Reviews
Book 4.5
Narration 4.5
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5.0 5.0
Takes a time to develop, like most time slip novels, till you settle into the character arcs and storyline. Just getting used to who is who is all part of that new book listen
well worth it in the endBbcoachT 2024-05-11
Details
- Author
- Christina Courtenay
- Narrator
- Eilidh Beaton
- Duration
- 11 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 March 2020
- ISBN
- 9781472268273
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Romance: time travel / time slip, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Historical romance, Archaeology
- Rating
- 4.5(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.5(2 reviews)
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...(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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