The Thegn's Daughter

Northumbria, 867 AD. A daughter denied her birthright. A Viking invasion that will change everything.

Elfwyne has spent her life doing the work of a leader without ever being allowed to become one.

As the daughter of the thegn of Streanæshalch, she understands its people, its land and its responsibilities better than most. Yet in a world ruled by men, her future has already been decided for her.

Then the Viking ships arrive.

When Norse warrior Njal Bjornsson and his followers seize the settlement, Elfwyne's old life is shattered. Her husband is dead, her home is changed forever and her own father bargains with the invaders to preserve his position. As part of the agreement, Elfwyne is taken as a hostage while the Norse establish a settlement of their own.

Among her captors is Ragnar, an older warrior hardened by battle and haunted by losses of his own.

What begins in distrust slowly becomes an unexpected friendship. Ragnar sees strength in the woman others have tried to control, while Elfwyne begins to discover a world in which some of the rules that have governed her life no longer apply.

But Saxon and Norse are divided by more than bloodshed. Faith, loyalty, honour and ambition threaten the fragile peace, while old betrayals refuse to remain buried.

Caught between two peoples and two ways of life, Elfwyne must decide who she truly is and whether the future she was always denied might finally be hers to claim.

Rich in atmosphere, conflict and slow-burning romance, The Thegn's Daughter is a sweeping tale of Vikings and Saxons, love and loss, faith and power, and one woman's journey from bargaining piece to leader.