Reviewed by
Tonya Ramagos

Reviewer Rating: * * * 
Title:     Beloved Enchantress
Category:        Historical (Viking)
Author:     The Late Joan Van Nuys
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Publisher:     Hard Shell Word Factory
Release date:     Available Now
ISBN:  1-58200-048-4

Sunniva Mellby is a headstrong young woman growing up in Viking times. She's beautiful and wanted by many men but her heart only belongs to one---Raven. 

Despite her mother's raising to be the appropriate housewife, she wants to live her life for her. Although her father has promised her that he would allow her to choose her own husband, there are many men who are wishing for her hand in marriage. Men who are even willing to battle over her. 

Going back on his promise, her father promises her hand in marriage to a middle-aged Viking man named Rolf Gunnarsson. Rolf is a frightful man who only wants Sunniva for a housewife and the barer of many children. Sunniva completely dislikes him and cannot imagine spending her life wed to him. 

No matter what anyone says she is determined to marry Raven, the only man she loves. She has given herself to him mind, body, and soul. The love shared between Sunniva and Raven is so strong that they are determined to let nothing stand in their way. Sunniva is even willing to risk being banished just to be with Raven. Yet on the morning of their wedding, she is taken away by the dreaded Rolf Gunnarsson.

Beloved Huntress is a truly well crafted Viking romance. Joan Van Nuys has created a wonderful and historically factual plot along with a list of characters that will make a lasting impression in your mind and your heart. 

The vivid description and dialogue used will make you feel as if you are experiencing the story first hand.

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