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How do YOU rate this book? Balmung Nabbodderson is a man whose feet are as firmly planted in the year 908 as the roots of his thriving crops.
Until, that is, he makes an unexpected discovery within the very soil he had vowed never to leave…
Iris Johnson is a woman of color living in the time of the Great Depression. Suddenly widowed, she is left to raise four children against all odds.
With the security and well being for her children her utmost concern, will she be able to trust and open her heart to a man who claims to have come from a Time one thousand years past?
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"Good sleep, Iris."
Balmung tucked a gentle finger under her chin and tilted her face as he lowered his lips to hers. Sweet heat seeped through her as she returned his kiss with an urgency that left her breathless. His lips were firm yet soft, demanding as well as accepting. Her skin broke out in goose bumps when his big hands skirted over her back, then moved to her waist, caressing, stroking, easing their way over her ribs with tenderness and passion. They stopped just short of her breasts, a brief hesitation, as if waiting for a sign from her that they could continue their exploration. She briefly thought of her children sleeping just on the other side of the door, yet her body yearned. Yearned for something which she had taken for granted for so long, yet had ended so suddenly, so unexpectedly, so completely, when Noah had died.
She didn't realize that she was crying until he pulled his lips from hers and moved them to her damp cheeks. With a gusty sigh, he dropped two light kisses onto each of her closed lids, then tucked her under his chin and hugged her tight.
"I want you, Iris," he said, his voice thick with need. "And it is clear that you want me, also. But when we share a bed, it will be only you and I in that bed."
She gasped, jerking her eyes open to stare at him.
He gave her a soft smile. "It's okay, Iris," he soothed. "I can only imagine how difficult it is for you to have once loved so completely, knowing that you were loved so completely in return, and then suddenly find that your body can hum for another man. That you can have feelings for another man."
He trailed a finger down her cheek, following the path of a fresh tear. "I respect what you and Noah had. I will not ask you to try and have the same bound with me as you did with him. But I do want a part of your heart, and your body, Iris, a part which only belongs to me."
He sighed, pressing his forehead to hers.
"When you're ready, I will be waiting for you."
He pulled open her chamber door and, with a hand that shook, gently guided her inside, closing the door quietly behind him. Leaning against the thick door, she listened to his retreating footsteps, heard those of her guards as they took their positions at her door.
Iris' body still hummed even as her mind whirled. She woke the nursemaid, and with a soft thank you, sent her to her bed before taking off her dress and slipping into a warm linen gown which she found neatly draped at the foot of the bed.
Her tears flowed unchecked as she climbed onto the bed, curled up in the middle of her children. Pulling Lissie close to her breast, Iris drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
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"Beyond a Viking Horizon is the 3rd book in the Mists of Time series by Tami Dee. I enjoyed the 2nd book in the series and found the 3rd just as good if not better. I liked the different twists that this book brought. I also greatly liked how Ms. Dee showed the way things can change do to choices. I am most definitely going to be purchasing the rest of the books in the series."
"Aspects of this novel are fresh; I hadn’t read them often in the huge amount of books I read. The interracial romance is great. There are some charming scenes with the children, and some surprising turns... I liked the tidbits of history and culture and the moments of humor. Iris is a great character, tough, smart, and independent. The chemistry worked well between our two protagonists. They’re a good match and I liked the great, romantic moments...Overall, this is an entertaining read that fans of time travel should check out."
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