| Book Review for: "Under A Viking Moon" | | | | Kat's friends, Rosie and Singlee, help Leif get used to |
| Written by: Tami Dee | | | | 2006. The attraction between Leif and Kat grows. |
| Desert Breeze Publishing | | | | Kat takes Leif to meet her grandmother. It is a |
| ISBN: 1-936000-26-1 | | | | poignant meeting and shortly thereafter, Kat's Amma |
| Ebook Format | | | | passes away. Kat then takes Leif and her friends to a |
| $5.99 | | | | bank to retrieve her grandmother's possessions and |
| 5 Stars | | | | discovers the other pendant that will allow her and Leif |
| Dee crafts an exciting story of time travel and love | | | | to travel back in time to his Viking world. Initially, Kat |
| with "Under A Viking Moon." Katla 'Kat' Jonsdottir and | | | | doesn't tell Leif about the pendant. He discovers her lie |
| Leif Nabboddrson are two people destined never to | | | | in a most vicious way - before they are both |
| meet until a time traveling pendant brings them | | | | transported to 900 A.D. Denmark. Will the love that Kat |
| together. Can the sparks that have ignited between | | | | and Leif have kindled in San Francisco survive the |
| them keep the couple together? | | | | harsh reality of the Viking culture, or will Kat be forced |
| The story begins with Kat talking to her grandmother | | | | to live as Leif's slave for the rest of her life? |
| "Amma." They are in San Francisco and it is 2006. | | | | Dee's writing is exciting. The story immediately grabs |
| Amma, sadly, suffers from dementia, but has | | | | the reader's attention and doesn't let go. The story plot |
| moments of clarity. Amma is insistent that Kat's lover | | | | is tight. The dialogue is authentic to both times. Dee |
| is coming and she must "go back" with him. Thinking | | | | captures the worlds of 2006 San Francisco and 900 |
| her Amma is not making sense, Kat leaves, but is | | | | A.D. Denmark with amazing accuracy. |
| haunted by visions of a handsome Viking. A week | | | | The characters are compelling. The reader meets Kat |
| later, Kat rescues the Viking that she has visions about | | | | at a certain point in her life and throughout the novel, |
| from drowning. It's Leif. | | | | Kat shows true courage in all her challenges. It's a raw |
| Leif has traveled through time, enabled by his magical | | | | courage that has to be refined. Her defining moment is |
| pendant. Leif was on his way to Iceland to marry a | | | | when she helps Leif's father, and his family, learn to live |
| woman who looked just like Kat. Kat's ancestor, | | | | with his dementia. Leif also has his own problems to |
| however, betrayed Leif. She was pregnant with | | | | deal with. After making Kat his slave, he must learn to |
| another man's child, Scipio, and when Leif showed up, | | | | live the consequences. It's not easy for him. He has to |
| the marriage ceremony was conducted and then | | | | learn to do what is right despite what society dictates |
| Scipio and Katla's ancestor attacked Leif, throwing him | | | | is right. |
| overboard to drown. | | | | The novel is sensual for romance readers. The love |
| Leif is shocked to find himself in a new time with a | | | | scene is tasteful. Overall, "Under A Viking Moon" is a |
| woman who looks just like his traitorous wife. Initially, he | | | | thrilling romantic read that captures the reader's |
| has trouble trusting Kat, but in time, she wins him over. | | | | imagination. |