Thank you Karenne and to the Coffee Crew for having me here today.
What’s about Vikings makes them so interesting to you personally?
They are a fascinating, often overlooked, society portrayed inaccurately by the monk historians of that time. Yes, they were fierce fighting men who sometimes did brutal things, but so did the Saxons of that time. King Edgar, for example, liked to pluck out eyes, or skin people alive for small offenses. Plus, he ravaged a nunnery at one time where he raped and impregnated the abbess. His punishment by the Church, by the way, was that he couldn’t wear his crown for a year or two.
Is it true you can trace your own family back to the Vikings?
Yes, I can go back to James, Duke of Ormond in the 1700s, and then from there back to Hrolf the Ganger, first duke of Normandy (then called Norsemandy).
What came first, your interest in genealogy or your Viking books?
The genealogy
I love Sandra Hill Her books are fabulous and this one sounds like it will be too. thanks and God Bless Anna Howell
Hi Sandra and welcome, that’s so neat that you can trace your ancestry back to those amazing people. I love all of your romance novels and especially the time traveling Vikings. And how true you are that the Vikings are always made out to be ultra bad people, but hey look at the first popes. Now there were some very bad people. I can’t wait to read the new book and even though you don’t need it. Good luck.
Your fan
Deb
Sandra I’ve enjoyed many of your Viking novels in the past and have them in my library along with Betrice Small and Joanna Lindsey. I seem to remember that you added time travel in your novels? Is this correct?
I haven’t really read much about vikings, but I am intrigued. I enjoy reading about new things. Maybe This will bring a new light for me
😛 Love your Books Can’t wait to read your new one- have a great day-
😆 I luv these books. The added touch of laughter makes the books that more enjoyable. I can’t wait when one of Sandra Hill’s books become available – she is an auto buy for me, I know that I will never be disappointed in her books! 😉
I too love how you add humor to your novels. If a book has romance, humor, and hot men then I am pretty much all gaa gaa lol. Funny enough is I got started with your Viking Series I after someone mentioned a certain appendage being cursed crooked (ahem). LOL. After that I was hooked. Then I lost touch with the series until the same person started talking about time travelling vikings. When I read your Viking Series II i was so happy I did “the happy dance”. You know the one right? When you get a book you have been waiting forever for and finally it comes in? Thank you for bringing your joy, humor, and humongous talent to the world of literature!
Hi Sandra! I was lucky enough to receive an Advance Uncorrected Proof of Viking in Love and I absolutely LOVED it! Of course, I love ALL your novels! My favorite thing about your style of writing is the romance mixed with the comedy! I also love how things lead up to the “romance” and the main characters don’t fall immediately…they fight it, until they can’t take it anymore! That makes reading SOOOOO MUCH FUN!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Shelly P.S. Your Viking love stories are really HOT!
Hello again Sandra, I also wanted to let you know, I think I have all your books. I won’t part with them for any reason and I truly treasure my ARC of Viking in Love! THANKS! Shelly
I just love anything Viking. Funny and Viking and I’m there. I’m married to one. A funny viking. When I met my husband to be I thought his name was exotic – Anton Elsborg – my friends all thought he sounded exotic too. I told them about his Danish ancestry and when he met them for the first time, he pretended he only spoke Danish. Actually he didn’t speak a word of anything but English. The hair might be gray but he’s still my viking.
Hello Sandra
The Viking series takes my breath away…er…it’s really that striking, mind-blowing viking. Wow!
What a treasure trove of books. Where does one start?
I wish you every success,
Romona
I definitely have to read these books. You have captured my interest.
Thanks for being here!