Rebekah is consort to a Cruel Saxon Lord when Northmen lay siege to her keep… and she recognises the Viking warrior leading the charge!

We’re delighted to share an extract from One Night With Her Viking Warrior by Sarah Rodi. Read when Rebekah sees Raeden for the first time in years.

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‘I am the Lady of Ryestone Keep,’ Rebekah said evenly, willing her knees to stop trembling and her voice to sound bolder than she felt.

‘You need no introduction, I know who you are, Lady—your legendary beauty precedes you.’

She gripped the handle of her late father’s sword tighter in her lap, seeking some of its strength.

‘I ask that you put down your weapons and you will be rewarded. It seems you have something of ours,’ she added, motioning to Lord Atol. ‘And I am willing to negotiate.’

At any other time she would have been pleased to see her tyrannical Lord in bonds, restrained. But right now an even more fearsome enemy commanded her attention.

‘You are in no position to bargain, Lady,’ he said. ‘We have won this fight. What’s stopping us from simply taking what we want?’

Anger fired up inside her. How dare this heathen attack them! And how could she reason with such a savage man? Yet, she knew she must try, for the sake of her people and especially for her beloved daughter…

‘I’m certain I can offer you more than what you could rob or pillage—and you won’t have to fight for it.’

‘Is that so?’

The Northman took another step towards her, towering over her, causing her to recoil. She had never seen a man look so intimidating, so strong—and in total control. He wore the clothing of a warrior, the skin of a wolf, and carried the weapons of a killer, and yet, regardless of the fact his face was half covered with tarnished metal, his jaw hidden by a thick dark beard, there was something familiar in the curve of his mouth, the lilt of his voice…

‘No one else needs to get hurt,’ she said, her chin tilting upwards.

In a sweeping gesture, his free muscled arm came up to remove his headgear, finally exposing his full face and her lips parted on a gasp. His grey gaze met hers and the overwhelming shock of realisation—that it was him—made her throat constrict, her heart clamour to a momentary stop. And then a jolt of awareness sent her blood racing.

Only one man had eyes like that, but that man had disappeared eight winters ago. He’d walked out of her life without even saying goodbye.

It couldn’t be, could it?

Rædan, her Rædan, had died. Lord Atol had told her so himself.

And yet, as certain as she was that the sun would rise tomorrow, she knew she was staring up at the boy she had thought she would never see again. He was alive!

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One Night With Her Viking Warrior by Sarah Rodi

Once Lady Rebekah shared a life changing night with stable hand Raeden but he disappeared the morning after. Now she’s consort to a cruel Saxon Lord, and when Northmen lay siege to Ryestone Keep, Rebekah’s shocked to see Raeden leading the charge! This Viking warrior is not the man she remembers, yet she finds herself drawn to him again. Taken as his hostage, Rebekah must decide: can she trust him with her life…and her dangerous secret?

By Lauren Gardiner