Ríndete, amor mío

Haardrad Family #3

by Johanna Lindsey

A Lady's ScornWrongly branded a spy, the dark and handsome Viking lord Selig Haardrad suffered greatly in the dungeons of Lady Erika of Gronwood. And as he hung in chains, his magnificent body wracked with pain and fever, one thought sustained revenge!A Viking's VengenceNow Destiny's great wheel has turned--and Selig's exquisite, honey-haired tormentor has been delivered into the Norseman's hands. Now it is Selig who is the master, bound and determined to break the proud spirit of his captive "ice queen" and to conquer her with passion's sword -- never dreaming that his own heart will be vanquished by sensuous desire. . .and victorious love.

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Historical, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Enemies To Lovers

301 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Johanna Helen Howard was born on March 10, 1952 in Germany, where her father, Edwin Dennis Howard, a soldier in the U.S. Army was stationed. The family moved about a great deal when she was young. Her father always dreamed of retiring to Hawaii, and after he passed away in 1964 Johanna and her mother settled there to honor him.

In 1970, when she was still in school, she married Ralph Lindsey, becoming a young housewife. The marriage had three children; Alfred, Joseph and Garret, who already have made her a grandmother. After her husband's death, Johanna moved to Maine, New England, to stay near her family.

Johanna Lindsey wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977 "on a whim", and the book was a success. By 2006, with over 58 Million copies of her books have been sold worldwide, with translations appearing in 12 languages, Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most popular authors of historical romance.

Johanna's books span the various eras of history, including books set in the Middle Ages, the American "Old West" and the popular Regency England-Scotland. She has even written a few sci-fi romances. By far the most popular among her books are the stories about the Malory-Anderson Family, a Regency England saga.

Johanna Lindsey died on Oct. 27, 2019 in Nashua, N.H. She was 67.

Reviews

[V. A Court of Wings and Ruin is NEW ADULT/EROTICA but Goodreads editors won't tell you to include it in the choice awards]

Unrrated until I re-read.

[Lauren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read: 8/5/24
A very disappointing revenge viking story!

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Used Book A Thon: Read a romance

2.5 Stars

I didn't hate this. It wasn't great but it was good enough. If I'm being honest I would have given this book a full 3 stars if it had been smuttier. But this book had very little in the way of sex and when we did get a sex scene it was "fade to black".

Surrender My Love was okay. It didn't make me angry and the men while being "Alphas" were not brutes who used rape threats as an aphrodisiac.

Not great but still okay!

No rec.

[La pecera de Raquel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Voy a resumir este libro con un... ¡No te acerques ni con un palo!
Tiene una estrella y no cero porque me he reído muchísimo en una LC, agradezco a mis compis de lectura los comentarios y buenos ratos que nos hemos pasado, aguantando como campeones hasta el final este libro.
La lectura conjunta más divertida de mi vida.
Yo a este libro lo catalogaría como humor, romántico, tóxico y estafador. ¡Yo quiero a mi maromo xxxxxxxxxx!

[Lisa (Remarkablylisa) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was better than the first one but this one happened so easily and with less angst than the first and second one. There was no doubt what he would do and who he loved. I didn't really care for the whole family interaction and found it distracting from the main couple.

[Brandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found a copy of this for sale at the library and had to have it. I cut my romance reading teeth on Johanna Lindsey. My first was Savage Thunder and I think I read that book in the dark a thousand times.
Lindsey's Viking series set the bar; I compare all other novels of the same subject to hers. These were books where you could really judge by the cover. Those covers made Fabio famous and women everywhere very, very happy.

In this book, Selig is looking for revenge against the Danish Erika for ordering him lashed. As handsome as Selig is, he is also a insulting, chauvanistic ass and it really got to her. No Selig's family hates her as well and turns a blind eye to his revenge against her. However along the way, Selig sees his error and can't help but to fall for his new slave. Huge, sexy Vikings fighting and conquering makes for a wonderful re-read.

[Χρύσα Βασιλείου · Rating 4 out of 5]

Η αλήθεια είναι πως, από το δεύτερο κιόλας βιβλίο με την ιστορία της Κρίστεν και του Ρόις, δεν ανυπομονούσα τρελά να διαβάσω και την ιστορία του Σέλιγκ. Δεν είχα αυτό το... σαράκι που με τρώει σε άλλες σειρές βιβλίων και με κάνει να θέλω να διαβάζω τις ιστορίες και των υπόλοιπων ηρώων το συντομότερο δυνατόν. Αφού όμως γράφτηκε και κυκλοφόρησε, δεν υπήρχε περίπτωση να αφήσω τη σειρά έτσι ανολοκλήρωτη!

Τελικά, δεν μπορώ να πω πως απογοητεύτηκα. Ίσα-ίσα, μου άρεσε παραπάνω απ' όσο περίμενα. Βέβαια, τη βρήκα λίγο κατώτερη αυτή την ιστορία σε σχέση με εκείνες των ζευγαριών στα άλλα δύο βιβλία. Μου φάνηκε όχι τόσο ολοκληρωμένη όσο θα ήθελα (και θα έπρεπε, μάλλον). Σαν να έγιναν όλα πολύ γρήγορα μεταξύ των δύο ηρώων, σαν να έλειπαν κάποια κομμάτια από τη μεταξύ τους σχέση κι επαφή, σαν να μη δόθηκαν οι εξηγήσεις στο τέλος στην έκταση που θα έπρεπε για να το ευχαριστηθούμε κι εμείς που τα διαβάζαμε, σαν να τελείωσε λίγο απότομα, σαν να μην υπήρχε και τρελή χημεία ούτως ή άλλως ανάμεσά τους... Πολλά "σαν...". Οπωσδήποτε έλειπε εδώ η σπίθα εκείνη που ένωνε εξαρχής τα δύο προηγούμενα ζευγάρια και τα έκανε να τσουρουφλίζονται - κι εμάς μαζί τους! Οπωσδήποτε δεν ταίριαζαν τόσο μεταξύ τους. Και οπωσδήποτε δεν μπορώ να συγκρίνω τον Σέλιγκ και την Έρικα με τους γονείς ή την αδελφή εκείνου. Μακράν οι ιστορίες τους ήταν πιο ενδιαφέρουσες, πιο πικάντικες, πιο ολοκληρωμένες.

Όπως και να 'χει, είναι μια καλή προσπάθεια. Και μάλλον η Lindsay "χρωστούσε" στους αναγνώστες της και την ιστορία του Σέλιγκ (ευτυχώς δεν επεκτάθηκε και στα μικρότερα αδέλφια!), οπότε ήταν λογικό κι επόμενο να τη γράψει. Αν περιλάμβανε αποκλειστικά το love story των δυο τους, το βιβλίο θα το βαθμολογούσα με τρία αστέρια, ξεκάθαρα. Το ένα επιπλέον αφιερώνεται ολόψυχα στους Γκάρικ και Μπρένα και Ρόις και Κρίστεν, που θυμίζουν σε εμάς τους αναγνώστες το πόσο και γιατί τους αγαπήσαμε πολύ και ώρες ώρες κλέβουν κυριολεκτικά την παράσταση (να μην πω ότι σώζουν όλο το στόρυ κι ακουστώ κακιά!). Είναι αυτό που λέμε "διαχρονικοί ήρωες". Ειδικά το ζεύγος Γκάρικ-Μπρένα, που μετά από τόσα χρόνια παραμένει γεμάτο ζωντάνια και πειράγματα και σπίθα και έρωτα, το αγαπώ πολύ και το ξεχωρίζω ως ένα από τα καλύτερα και αρμονικότερα ζευγάρια που έχω συναντήσει προσωπικά σε βιβλία αυτού του είδους με θεματική που σχετίζεται με τους Πολεμιστές του Βορρά.

[Hasi | hasi.readsromance · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was teary-eyed while reading this book. I cried for the heroine, Erika, when she NEVER shed a tear! I am weak.

This book tells the story of Lady Erika of Gronwood and Selig Haardrad, the oldest son to Brenna and Garrick. This book starts six years after Kristen and Royce met, and Selig is departing for East Anglia. While traveling, he's attacked and later branded a spy.

Erika is the authority at Gronwood castle while her brother is away, and when a man is captured and put in the pit, she brands him a spy. When the tall and broad man chained to the ceiling insults her, she orders a lashing in anger. During this ordeal, a woman tries to poison Selig and laughs at his almost dying form, and Selig believes it is Lady Erika. So when his sister rescues him, he steals Erika away and enslaves her, promising to treat her just as badly as he was treated.

I was fuming at the way Selig treated Erika. She was chained to the wall and was forced to wear a fucking collar that he would drag her from. He even walked around, holding the chain attached to her collar, to humiliate her in front of his family. She was forced to sleep in 'her corner,' and he demanded she calls him master. But Erika was strong, she never let him think the chains bothered her and she refused to call him master and as much as he tried to break her spirit, he was unable to.

I read this book in one sitting, started at midnight and finished it around 4 am, and I do not regret it! The other books are great, but this one was the best in the series. With Selig's cruelty and Erika's strength, this book was a solid five stars. However, I am rating it 4.5 because I needed more groveling from Selig, but we only got maybe three pages of him 'redeeming' himself.

Overall, I would recommend this series to those who love reading historical romances, or any romance, with alpha males and fierce women who take no shit.

[Kat Desi · Rating 3 out of 5]

While on a journey, Selig Haardrad and his party were ambushed where he took a blow to the head. He stumbled into an Estate to seek aid, but he was accused a spy and when he offended the Lady Erika of Gronwood with his bold proposals, she ordered him to be lashed. Dealing with a head injury, a raging fever as well as enduring the lashing while she watched and laughed, he vowed to seek revenge. When her sister came to rescue him, they took Lady Erika with them and she would be his slave.

I really don't know what to think of this. The romance game is not strong on this one. I don't understand how could Selig had fallen in love with Erika? And vice versa? There wasn't room in the book for that to happen.

Or I didn't just notice it?



Brenna and Garrick, Kristen and Royce have had a lot of moments in the book. Although I loved seeing them again, I wanted to read more about Selig and Erika... But other than that, it was a great read unsurprisingly from Johanna Lindsey.

Can't say it was good end to a series but I truly did enjoy this Viking ride! I just wish Brenna and Garrick's two other sons could have had their own books as well.

[L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars. Really wish GoodReads would get on that half-star bandwagon.

I've read Lindsey before so I know what and what not to expect, but this book was so tedious. Usually I can swim through one of her works but I had to take SML in tiny increments. I blame it on a combination of nothing happening and Lindsey feeling she has to constantly remind the reader of just how handsome the hero is. It's like all the characters belonged to a cult that worshipped nothing but Selig's looks. If you dared to not find him all that and a box of chocolates you were sent out back to the sweatbox until you saw the error of your ways.

Selig the Blessed is a handsome man.

Nothing happens

Did I mention how handsome Selig is?

Nothing happens

There are other handsome men around but none are as drop-dead handsome as Selig.

Something finally happens

Sure, Erika isn't hard on the eyes but she'll never be a match for Selig's handsomeness.

Nothing happens

Even sick and injured Selig is a most handsome patient.

Nothing happens

Selig has been blessed by the gods with good looks! I can't stop talking about how handsome Selig is! Nor can I think of another word to describe Selig other than handsome.

Something happens

Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! Handsome! Handsome!



In all honesty that's about how the book reads.

[Melann · Rating 3 out of 5]

En ce moment, je mets trop de temps à lire un livre, ce qui ne m'aide pas à être pleinement dedans. De plus, je suis très difficile et les lectures trop mièvres m'irrite un poil. Bref, je suis dans le creux de la vague et mes ressentis en pâtissent.

C'est un couple en qui je n'ai pas cru. Le tome 2 reste pour moi le meilleurs.

[*CJ* · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Surrender My Love" is the story of Viking Selig and Dane Lady Erika.
After the amazing "Hearts Aflame", I was super excited for Selig's book, Kristen's brother.
The plot: While on a mission, Selig is captured and wounded. When he goes to the Danes for him, they mistake him for a spy and because of "someone", he gets tortured.
As his identity is discovered and he is rescued by his sister, to retaliate he kidnaps his now "enemy", Lady Erika and thus begins the journey of humiliation.
Now if you compare what happened to Selig (starving, lashing etc) to that he did with Erika (chained, leashed, paraded naked- though almost nobody sees her) it is a twisted tit for tat situation even though Erika wasn't exactly responsible for Selig's punishment
Now my main problem with this book is the chemistry between the leads. There is "attraction", yet it is shrouded by SO MUCH anger and humiliation that at times even I got skeptical that they'd ever fall for one another.
They do get together, but that's almost in the last 1/3rd of the book and Selig is possessive of her..but the intense passion we usually seen in JL books is lacking. The book does improve at that point but there are too many misunderstandings for us to see the love the couple is capable of having. Ends in a HFN.
What I did enjoy were glimpses into the passion filled, HEAs of Brenna/Garrick, as well as Royce/Kristen.
I hope Ragnar found his too.
Safe
3/5

[Videlastro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... [image error]

Bintang 5?? Definitely!!!

Love the Story.. Love the Character.. Love the sense of Humour.. Love the Book!! and of course.. LOVE SELIG!! hohohooh... [image error]

Bagi yg dah baca buku pertama dan kedua nya.. Pasti mengenal Selig ini Siapa.. yak.. Dialah Anak Laki - laki Brenna-Garrick dan kakak Lali-laki tersayang Kristen.. hmm.. hmm... [image error]

di buku k2.. Selig sempet hilang di serang perampok yg kemudian di tolong oleh orang Denmark... naahh... disinilah letak hubungannya...

Selig 'Terampok' untuk kedua kalinya.. tapi kali ini.. Tidak ada yg menolongnya.. (bisa di katakan dy di jebak disini). di tengah sakit kepala karna di pukul oleh si perampok, saat itu Selig sedang menjalankan misinya untuk mencari bantuan, Selig malah menemukan dirinya di tawan di sebuah rumah bangsawan Denmark, yg saat itu di pimpin oleh seorang wanita.. Lady Erika of Gronwood .. yang manaa.. Sebenernya dy adalah adik dari laki - laki yg menolongnya dy waktu itu.. HAH!! [image error]

Selig berusaha menjelaskan syp dy sebenarnya, dan maksud tujuannya.. hanya Saja.. Penampilan Selig yg seperti Orang Saxon, musuh besar orang Denmark, membuat sang Lady tidak mempercayaii dirinya. Sang lady malah mengganggap Selig sebagai Mata - mata Saxon yg ingin menyerang Denmark.. hadeehh.. [image error]

Wajar siih.. Dasarnya siih emang si Selig ini ada Saxon nya.. dan itu datang dari Brenna.. dan Tampilan rambut Hitamnya itu pun.. datang dari Brenna.. satu2nya yg mewarisi Rambut Brenna.. [image error]

dan begitulaah... karena Demamnya yg di derita.. Selig mengatakan sesuatu yg menyinggung Lady Erika, dan akhirnya dengan perasaan marah memerintah Selig untuk di hukum cambuk.. hiks... hiks.. kasian Selig.. [image error]

Berita penangkapan Selig akhirnya sampai ke telinga kristen, yg kemudian mendatangi Lady Erika untuk menjemput Selig. Selig yg menyimpan dendam karna berani-berani nya seorang wanita mencambuknya.. memerintah Kristen untuk menculik Lady Erika dan membawanya pulang.. [image error]

Daaannn.. disinilaah keadaan kemudian berbalik...

Selig, sambil memulihkan dirinya, mulai memikirkan bagaimana sebaiknya pembalasan yg di lakukan kepada Erika.. [image error]

Selig?? Sang Pencinta Wanita?? Playboy Tampan yg ga bisa melihat manusia yg pakai Rok?? Selig yang itu?? membenci wanita?? huh.. Bu*****T .. hahahha... [image error]

Selig memang benci pada Erika, Saat itu.. Tapi nyatanya.. Selig hanya menggertak.. Selig tetap tidak mampu menyakiti Erika.. hoaaahhh... [image error]

ujung-ujungnya.. tetep ada godaan.. Rantai-rantai beraksi.. bahkan sampai ke pernikahan.. hihiihiih... [image error]

Dari Awal, Selig pun ga bisa memungkiri klo dy suka Erika... hahahha [image error]

Sungguh menarik memang.. Johanna Lindsey bener2 mempermainkan Emosi pembacanya.. karna apa yg beliau gambarkan disini ga tanggung - tanggung.. sadis.. dah sadis sekalian.. ckckckkc [image error]

tapi.. di jamin lah.. disini ga ada rape - rape.an.. karna Erika yg saat itu telah menikah dengan Selig emang pengeen.. hahahha.. SAM!! [image error]

===PecintaPriaNakalBersagsi.. SELIG is MINE!!! Hohohohooh... [image error]

[Laura V. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Compré El Camino del Amor y me enviaron este. No supieron darme el otro así que me puse a leerlo para deliberar si tenía que enojarme por la equivocación o sentirme feliz de haber encontrado la historia de mi vida. (JA)

Este libro es mediocre:

1) La primera mitad del libro está contado bajo la luz de la familia de Selig (Kristen y Royce, Brenna y Garrick) condimentado con el juicio de amigos de los personajes como Ivarr o Thoralf. La cosa es que todo el mundo ODIA A ERIKA. LA QUIEREN MUERTA. Si pudieran escupirle en la cara y patearla en el piso lo harían. Llegado a un punto hasta a mí me cae mal esa mujer. Parece la bruja mala del oeste.

2) Selig es todo sonrisas. Sonríe tanto que empiezo a pensar que está medio chiflado. Me lo llegan a describir como "irresistible, encantador, con un humor adorable" (JAx2). Él no es así gente, no se engañen. Lo único encantador que tiene es que sigue vivo. Según entendí, la familia de este hombre me quiere hacer creer que él se comporta mal con Erika porque como nunca le hizo daño a ninguna mujer no sabe cómo reaccionar, pero si él supiera que la está lastimando él dejaría de atormentarla. Lo que lleva a suponer qe Erika es tratada mal porque quiere.

3) Erika. Erika permanece imperturbable en todo el libro. Nada de lo que Selig le diga o haga va a hacer que cambie su cara de poker. El castigo de Selig consiste en: humillarla en público, reducirla a una mascota, encadenarla de cuello, manos y pies y tenerla atada en una pared, dejar que duerma en un rincón, amenazarla con hacerle daño y humillarla quitándole la ropa y su privacidad. Según la familia de Selig él no es malo porque (a) él estaba realmente furioso con ella y cualquier otro la hubiera matado (b) tiene derecho a una venganza porque es vikingo o algo así (c) encadenarla es solo un juego porque no la lastima de ninguna forma y si ella demostrara que no quiere tenerlas él se la quitaría (d) sus amenazas son vanas, él jamás haría que la violaran adrede solo por no obedecerle por mucho que se jacte de que lo hará (e) quitarle la ropa y su privacidad es una forma de romperle el orgullo y lograr que se doblegue pero como él tiene una especie de corazón en realidad se estaba tirando un farol.

4) Parece que si Erika fuera la clase de mujer que llora todo el tiempo, que grita por todo, asustadiza, con temor de Dios y de su rey, sumisa, histérica y se compadeciera de ella misma todo el rato se hubiera ahorrado la "venganza" de Selig, porque él vería que le está haciendo daño de verda' y detendría todo. Pero ella no se deja humillar sino que directamente lo ignora, se deja atar sin luchar porque sabe que su hermano vendrá a rescatarla, y se deja exponer a humillaciones porque no le ve el sentido en darle la razón cuando consigue lastimarla en el orgullo.

5) En alguna parte de este libro (al final) empieza el "romance" (llamarlo así es insultar al género). Selig y ella jamás hablan de nada. JAMÁS. Él solo la ve desnuda un par de veces y lo "enciende". Ella no puede evitar fijarse que está como una tabla de lavar y babea un poco, pero la mayoría de las veces le importa todo una mierda. Entre la indiferencia de ella y las sonrisas sin sentido de él estaba que me arrancaba el cabello. Lo más espantoso que he leído en siglos. Cuando me quise acordar ya se "amaban".

No sé si me expliqué bien, espero que se haya entendido algo pero repito este libro es mediocre. Me cuestioné si leer el libro de Kristen pero tiene carácter, ese tipo de carácter que es capaz de hacer de la vida de cualquiera un infierno así que paso.

[Charlie Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmm it's really hard to try and review this book as frankly I could not decided whether I like it or not.

I feel I have to break down each story to give a proper review...

This is the last of the series and overall have been very good. Brenna and Garricks story had a beautiful setting, bodice ripper feel to the story but a very annoying heroine.

Royce and Kristen gave me butterflies, I loved Kristen and wished it were just 3 books for this couple, what a great story

Now this book no.3 is Selig (Brenna's son... Kristens brother) I felt the book was less romance and more drama... honestly nothing really sexual or captavating really came into the story until 300 pages in... the first 200 pages really was just waffling on about nothing and no one. Sigh.

Now I really got frustrated with Selig, he was so damn cringeworthy and spent 3/4 of the book with injuries constantly whinging how he will have his revenge.

Now the heroine Erika was someone I liked, and imagined something like Rosie Huntington Whitley from Lindsey's descriptions. Whenever she would get fiesty and sassy I could cry with frustration that as soon as I turned a page the story was yet on another irrelevant tangent. ARGH!!

Overall these stories are good if you like vikings, captives, medieval characters. I would definitely push anyone to read Hearts aflame though... I just wished it had of that falling in love feel with Selig and Erika.

Thanks for reading! xo

[Isabel Luna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recordamos a Selig como el hermano de Kristen de "Corazones en llamas" y aquí lo vemos como un joven vikingo que ha decidido quedarse en Wessex en lugar de volver a Noruega. El es hermoso y todas las mujeres lo desean, excepto Erica,a quien conoce en circunstancias muy complejas y terminan peleandose desde el principio. No ayuda que ella lo haya encadenado y casi dejado morir, y en represalia, Selig la toma prisionera y prácticamente origina un conflicto entre el reino de Wessex y los daneses, con quienes atraviesan un periodo de paz.
Para evitar ese conflicto es que Selig y Erica terminan casados, y viviendo juntos en lo q parece ser una batalla campal q se estaba poniéndo sumamente interesante, cuando la autora decide q ya tuvo suficiente y decide terminar la historia de una forma sumamente mediocre.
Tenía muchas expectativas con este libro porque había leído los dos anteriores; pero no alcanzó. Estuvo sí mucho mejor que Fuegos de Invierno aunque muy por debajo de Corazones en llamas. Por alguna razón el amor/odio de Selig y Erica no convence del todo aunque rescato que el libro va más por la comedia romántica que por el drama romántico con varias escenas que por lo menos te arrancan una sonrisa. El final muy bueno, aunque un poco vertiginoso y termina demasiado pronto.

[Γιώτα Παπαδημακοπούλου · Rating 3 out of 5]

Τρίτο και τελευταίο βιβλίο στη σειρά "Φλογεροί Βίκινγκς", "Η αιχμάλωτη του βορρά" έρχεται ένα κλείσει ένα ερωτικό, περιπετειώδη κύκλο στα... βόρια, με την σκυτάλη του επικεφαλή Βίκινγκ να περνάει στα χέρια του Σέλιγκ, του ρωμαλέου αδερφού της Κρίστεν που γνωρίσαμε στο προηγούμενο βιβλίο και που, καταφέρνοντας ν' απελευθερωθεί τα δεσμά της φυλακής του -στην οποία βρέθηκε με άδικες κατηγορίες εις βάρος του-, αποφασισμένος να εκδικηθεί, απαγάγει τη λαίδη Έρικα, με τους ρόλους ν' αντιστρέφονται σ' ένα παιχνίδι ηθικής και προσπάθειας επιβολής μιας εξουσίας που, στην πορεία, πηγάζει από βαθύτερα ένστικτα απ' αυτά που αρχικά πίστευαν πως τους καθοδηγούσαν.

Η αλήθεια είναι πως το τρίτο αυτό βιβλίο της σειράς, είναι εκείνο που απόλαυσα αρκετά μεν, όχι τόσο όσο τα δύο προηγούμενα δε. Αντιλαμβάνομαι ότι λόγω εποχής διακατέχεται από μια αισθητική ξένη στο σήμερα, αλλά αυτός είναι ένας παράγοντας που θα δεχόμουν αν δεν είχαν προηγηθεί τα άλλα δύο, που με την ίδια βαρύτητα παλαιότητας, έχουν μια σύγχρονη και φρέσκια διάθεση. Ουσιαστικά, το βρήκα αρκετά χλιαρό κι άνευρο, όχι ως προς την ανάπτυξη της ευρύτερης πλοκής, αλλά ως προς την καλλιέργεια του συναισθήματος ανάμεσα στους δύο κεντρικούς ήρωες. Κατά κάποιον τρόπο, η σχέση τους σαν να εξελίχθηκε εκβιαστικά, επειδή έπρεπε, όχι γιατί δημιουργήθηκαν οι βάσεις για κάτι τέτοιο. Προσωπικά, δεν κατάλαβα πότε έγινε αυτό το ερωτικό "κλικ" μεσ' το μυαλό τους -πολύ περισσότερο σ' αυτό της Έρικας.

Ωστόσο, πρέπει να αναγνωρίσω πως αν κάτι ευχαριστήθηκα υπέρ του δέοντος, στο βιβλίο αυτό, ήταν οι cameo εμφανίσεις των δύο προηγούμενων ζευγαριών. Βέβαια, η παρουσία τους, ίσως να λειτούργησε, τελικά, ανασταλτικά ως προς την ανάπτυξη της ιστορίας ανάμεσα τους Σέλιγκ και Έρικας, αλλά κακά τα ψέματα, τ' αγαπήσαμε τόσο που όλα τ' άλλα μάς φαίνονται δευτερεύοντα. Επιπλέον, δεν είναι μόνο ότι πήραμε μια γεύση από το "μετά" τους, αλλά με την παρουσία τους βοήθησαν στην ενίσχυση του "κωμικού" στοιχείου της όλης ιστορίας, με μικρές πονηρές πινελιές όλο υπονοούμενα. Όπως και να 'χει, αν κρίνουμε τη σειρά ως σύνολο, στο σήμερα, και παρά την παλαιότητά της, εξακολουθεί να φαντάζει μια ευχάριστη επιλογή, πόσο μάλλον τώρα που καλοκαίριασε, για τους fans του είδους, που θέλουν κάτι ανάλαφρο και ευχάριστο για να περάσουν την ώρα τους.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really takes me back. Surrender My Love is the first romance novel I ever read. Previously, I had read YA paranormal, but one summer I was super board, home alone, and came upon this book. I've always loved history, especially the Viking period, and decided to give this a try. My affair with romance novels, historical or otherwise, has been going strong ever since.
Surrender My Love is the third installment and is one of my favorite romances of all time.
The deliciously sexy, dark, and stacked Viking, Selig is ambushed and accused of being a spy. As he is being held prisoner, his only thought is of revenge.
Lady Erika's life was ordered and structured until a Viking is drug into her brother's dungeon. Now, she must decide what should be done with the hulking, arrogant man, who clearly was use to getting anything and everything he wanted from women. After questioning him, she orders him to be whipped, which is immediately regrets and tried to rescind the order, but circumstance work against her.
The story kicks off from the start but gets really...good when Selig takes Erika as a slave. Yep, typical Viking romance, but damn, I love it!
Now, I do have to say, Erika's pride was a little annoying and Selig could be seriously chauvinistic at times. Overall, they are a lovable couple and at times this story can be heart wrenching - as just about all of Johanna Lindsey's books are.
If you love Vikings, this series is a MUST!

[Lelyana's Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well...ok..gak terlalu terkesan di banding 2 buku lainnya... [image error]

Buat jaman tahun 800an, rasanya ajaib aja ada lelaki berwajah malaikat...yang ssaking cakep nya sampe semua perempuan gak sanggup menolak..
Untunglah ada Erika , satu nya yg menolak Selig...hahahhaah..kena batu nya dia [image error]

Adegan fight nya ga terlalu seru juga, malah menyebal kan banget sama budak yg sok cantik gak tau diri membuat pengen nabok [image error]
Tapi itu justru yang bikin aku salut sama tante JL, bisa bikin gregetan dan ikutan cemburu..hufft [image error]

Tetap ada rantai2 , walaupun gak ada perkosaan, menurut aku Selig terlalu lembuuuuut buat seorang Vikin yang semesti nya gahar hahahha *penggemar kekerasan* [image error]

Tetap okelah buat hiburan....so far, ini gak akan membuat aku mengulang membacanya...sigh... [image error]

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good book by Johanna Lindsey.I preferred 'Hearts Aflame' to this one but i love how Selig couldn't hurt Erika, no matter how hard he tired.Even though he always threatened to-had some really funny bits were I out right giggled.
I loved the cameo, at the start, of Kristen and Royce. We see how they are getting on and how their lives and children have grow(children who adore their uncle Selig)
Erika is strong willed but very naive and sometime i couldn't respect her- she is very rash-her being rash is what got her into the situation in the book-aka best mistake ever--getting to be with Selig...i wouldn't hesitate anyway :) Selig is his usual flirty, handsome self which also gets him into his situation :P

Very good book-Like i said not as good as 'Hearts A Flame' But still good.

[Maureen Feeney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Selig's story.

Selig Haardrad is a gorgeous viking that while on a mission he is attacked. Ill and looking for help he is held prisoner and whipped in Lady Erika's dungeon. When his sister Kristen comes to get him released he tells her to kidnap Lady Erika as he wants revenge.The whole story is based around Selig's thirst for revenge.

Whats I loved is the characters from the other two books are here throughout the entire story . Maybe I was expecting too much from Selig's story but I found the ending very abrupt, I would have loved an extra few pages of their story a month or a year later.

All in all a great series and JL at her best

[S.S.G. Danvers · Rating 1 out of 5]

"-Tú dormirás en un lado, yo en otro, y al llegar cierto momento, nos encontraremos en el centro." Frase extraída del libro. La cosa más patética que ha caído en mis manos.
Los dos primeros libros románticos que cayeron en mis manos fueron de esta autora, y me hicieron creer que todo el género romántico era basura. Menos mal que otros libros y otros autores (Catherine Anderson, Diana Gabaldon)me hicieron comprender que estaba equivocada.

[Jaime · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stupid name but awesome book

[Vasilena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly Selig is having it a little too easy here in Wessex of the Middle Ages. He is incredibly tall/ dark/ handsome/ successful/ great warrior / insert more ... but despite all that he is humble and all that (right). Okay, scratch that - he is not humble at all and as he fall into an unfortunate situation and needs to reason with the lady of the castle which he comes upon .. he bungles it terribly and she punishes him instead of helping. Of course he is raving mad at her (she doesn't worship him? what?) and 'hates' her and wants to impose some sweet revenge on her. The [of course] he cannot help himself but fall in love with her (why again?). I like Johanna Lindsey and I think the novel was well written, but I had to roll my eyes during just about every other chapter in the novel.
Your plus point here is the heroine, who is really level-headed. Actually she is pretty damn normal and reacts to all these infuriating circumstances in a way that will please you with its logic. Even though I did like the overly wayward Kristen from Book #2, she did get into a lot of trouble for it. Erika is smarter. Read if you would like to know how is trilogy ends, but still #2 is the best.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 3: Surrender My Love
Selig Haardrad is the son of Garrick & Brenna from book one. Selig agrees to go to East Anglia to interpret Celtic for an old bishop. On the way the men are ambushed. Selig was left to die. When some scavengers find him alive they tend him for awhile. When left on his own he wanders about and ends up at the gates of Lady Erika of Gronwood. Assuming he a spy rather than a man in pain and fevered, he is thrown in her dungeon.
When he is able to escape he takes Erika as a prisoner and treats her as roughly as he was treated, not knowing she had not commanded it. He did not realize taking her captive could endanger his own heart.

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Read for the 2nd time 4/21/10

[Hajar Qurashi · Rating 1 out of 5]

First thing I have to say is that I read this book about two years ago, and in all honesty even though Johanna Lindsey is one of my favorite authors, I remember that I really disliked this book that I just have to write a review about it.
1- Selig is one of the most pathetic heroes I have ever encountered in a romance novel and I hated the way he treated Erika.
2- I thought that Erika falling in love with him was either because of Stockholm syndrome, or because he was described as handsome in every few pages.
3- Even though I loved Kristen and Brenna from the previous book, I found that in Surrender My Love they were portrayed in a way that made them kind of mean.

[Vann · Rating 4 out of 5]

this story is amazing, so funny yet so heart wrenching.. but it's too quickly ended.. there's much more lindsey can do to finish this story..

anyway the character i love the most surprisingly is not the hero or the heroine,.. it is turgeis ten feet.. erika's shadow... he is the most loyal, caring, n loving friends i have known.. it's wonderful to know that in the end, turgeis found his own happiness.. i really happy for him..

[Lady Whitbrooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the 3rd book in an amazing series. I loved the first two, this one was still good but did not clear the bar as the previous ones. Worth reading though.
Plot 6(1-10) steaminess 6(1-10). One very good thing is if you have read the first two which I HIGHLY encourage it will please you to know all the previous hero’s And heroines show up in this one. Nice touch.

[Gardavson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, it was ok. I had higher expectations for it because I liked the first one and, well, he keeps her in chains - I mean, come on, that could go SO many places. But, it didn't. And I was disappointed.

[Georgia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Δείτε επίσης και στο Chill and read

Ένα από τα ευχάριστα αναγνώσματα του καλοκαιριού, το τρίτο και τελευταίο βιβλίο της σειράς “Φλογεροί Βίκινγκς” τιτλοφορείται ¨Αιχμάλωτη του βορρά” και έχει σαν πρωταγωνιστή τον Σέλιγκ, αδερφό της Κρίστεν που γνωρίσαμε στο βιβλίο “Καρδιά στις φλόγες” και γιο της Μπρένα και του Γκάρικ, που γνωρίσαμε στο βιβλίο “Φωτιά και πάγος”.

Ο Σέλιγκ είναι ένας άνθρωπος που αγαπάει τις γυναίκες και παράλληλα είναι πολύ αγαπητός από αυτές, μιας και το παρουσιαστικό του και μόνο είναι αρκετό για να τον ερωτευτεί μια γυναίκα. Δεν μένει όμως μόνο σε αυτό, μιας και σαν γνήσιος Βίκινγκ είναι άνθρωπος με τιμή που αγαπάει τη μάχη και δεν την αποφεύγει. Έτσι λοιπόν μπαίνει στην ακολουθία ενός απεσταλμένου του βασιλιά όταν εκείνος μένει χωρίς διερμηνέα στο δρόμο του για να συναντήσει τους Δανούς. Η παρέα αυτή θα δεχθεί επίθεση και ο Σέλιγκ θα σωθεί από καθαρή τύχη, αλλά άσχημα τραυματισμένος.

Όταν βρεθεί στην αυλή της λαίδης Έρικα, θα αντιμετωπιστεί σαν κατάσκοπος και θα μαστιγωθεί. Όταν ελευθερωθεί από την αδερφή του, θα απαγάγει τη λαίδη με σκοπό να εκδικηθεί για τον τρόπο που του φέρθηκε. Εκείνη γρήγορα θα μετανιώσει για την εντολή που έδωσε να μαστιγωθεί ο Σέλιγκ, αλλά το κακό θα έχει ήδη γίνει.

Όσο οι δυο τους βρίσκονται στο ίδιο μέρος, τα αισθήματά τους θα αλλάξουν με τρόπο που δεν το περιμένουν καθώς ένας έρωτας θα γεννηθεί μέσα από όλα αυτά που νιώθουν.

Η εξέλιξη φέρνει μνήμες από τα προηγούμενα δύο βιβλία καθώς υπάρχει η συνέχεια της αιχμάλωτης γυναίκας και του ειδυλλίου που γεννιέται σιγά σιγά ανάμεσα στους δυο. Παρόλα αυτά και ενώ οι δύο προηγούμενες ηρωίδες ήταν εξαιρετικά δυναμικές, στο συγκεκριμένο δεν έχουμε τον ίδιο δυναμισμό από την Έρικα. Πρόκειται για μια πολύ πιο ήπια και χαμηλών τόνων γυναίκα που δεν έχει συνηθίσει σε τέτοιες καταστάσεις, αλλά που γίνεται αγαπητή από την οικογένεια του Σέλιγκ σταδιακά, ακόμα και πριν η ίδια παραδεχτεί τα πραγματικά της αισθήματα για εκείνον.