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The Warrior's Forbidden Viking Bride by Sarah Rodi

The Warrior's Forbidden Viking Bride

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Sarah Rodi

Harlequin · Ebook · July 17, 2025

A dramatic, forced proximity Viking romance where forbidden love becomes hard to resist… A forbidden desire... ...for his enemy captor!

Enemies to LoversMedieval RomanceViking Romancehistorical
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Who it’s for
A forbidden attraction tests a Saxon warrior’s vows and a Viking shieldmaiden’s enmity.
Genres
Viking Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Medieval Romance
Published
Harlequin, July 17, 2025

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About this book

A dramatic, forced proximity Viking romance where forbidden love becomes hard to resist… A forbidden desire... ...for his enemy captor! Mourning his wife and unborn child, Saxon warrior Ryce has found solace behind the walls of a monastery and become a priest-in-training. Then Viking shieldmaiden Alivia, blazing with righteous fury, attacks and takes Ryce captive. Ryce must resist the spark between him and his captor.

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For he’s vowed to devote his life to the priesthood, and to her, he represents the enemy who killed her family. Forced to work together to protect their people, impetuous and fierce Alivia reignites his warrior instincts. Now Ryce has a choice: return to his duty, or embrace a new future with Alivia by his side? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

Vows and Captivity

A forbidden attraction tests a Saxon warrior’s vows and a Viking shieldmaiden’s enmity.

Come here for

  • A Saxon warrior in priestly training, taken captive by a Viking shieldmaiden
  • Two enemies forced to work together to protect their people

Expect

  • Ryce’s conflict between priesthood and rekindled warrior instincts
  • Alivia’s captor-and-enemy connection with Ryce

Where it sits

Viking Romance97%
Enemies to Lovers74%
Medieval Romance39%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Historical Fiction
  • Faith & Fiction
  • Historical Romance
  • Medieval Romance
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  • Viking Romance
  • Romance Adventure
  • Enemies to Lovers
  • Marriage & Divorce
Authors
Sarah Rodi
Publisher
Harlequin
Published
July 17, 2025
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Historical Fiction