This was my first Sandra Hill read and I am extremely happy to have read it.

The paranormal world that Sandra has woven brings together some well used aspects but also adds a lot of exciting new ones.

Vikar is not only a Viking Warrior but he is also an angel and vampire – so put it all together and he and his brothers are Vangle’s.

So you get the mix of alpha Viking dominance along with the bad boy appeal of a vampire, then the good guy qualities of an angel. And each aspect plays a big part in their personalities. Because they are vampires, they need blood to keep their skin from going translucent, their Viking status means they talk in the old tongue giving the story a good mix of contemporary and historical. And the angel nature means they are hymn singing, non-blasphemy swearing, heavenly men with high morals.

At times I did cringe over the corniness of some of the historical dialogue and in others it made me sigh.

“Alex relished his odd endearments....sweetling, dearling, and once in the midst of their near-sex, heartling.”

Near-sex you say? Yes this was a new term for me too. Because Vikar is a heavenly being it is a sin to have sex before marriage, so they created the term ‘near-sex’ and Vikar and Alex had a lot of it. At one point I had reached my limit and wanted to scream “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PUT TAB A IN SLOT B” so it was quite frustrating and I think if the second book in the series is similar with the ‘near-sex’ it might move from a funny term to an annoyance, but it worked relatively well in this story.

I really enjoyed the band of brothers and can’t wait to get to know them all...especially Cnut. Now if you had to do a double take on the name you are VERY, VERY naughty and had the same problem I did. Every time Vikars brother Cnut was in the story I couldn’t help but give an internal giggle. I may be dyslexic, but every time his name was written, I read something completely different. And just to add, my Kindle actually read his name so it sounded more like Canoot – which I really like.

In brief, I really loved the world Sandra has built. The characters are highly enjoyable and I’m eagerly anticipating the next story. Although there were cheesy lines that did make me cringe on occasion, I truly loved Vikar and Alex together and would recommend this book to paranormal fans.