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    Love Found on Lindisfarne
    Love Found on Lindisfarne
    Love Found on Lindisfarne
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    Love Found on Lindisfarne

    By JL Merrow

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    When single father Chris meets a Viking re-enactor on Lindisfarne, he thinks it’s the perfect recipe for a holiday fling -- and nothing more. Ian, or Ulf, as he’s known when in character as a Viking berserker, is a dreadlocked nomad who never stays in one place for long.

    Chris had a relationship with a free spirit like Ian before, and it didn’t end well for him or for his bright but troubled daughter Kelis. He’s determined not to risk the stability of her home environment for Ian, no matter how well she gets on with him -- and no matter how much Chris is drawn to the man.

    But Chris hasn’t reckoned with the Viking way of taking all you’re willing to give -- and coming back for more.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateJun 7, 2015
    ISBN9781611527902
    Love Found on Lindisfarne
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    JL Merrow

    JL MERROW is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea. She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again. Her one regret is that she never mastered the ability of punting one-handed whilst holding a glass of champagne.She writes across genres, with a preference for contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour. Her novel Slam! won the 2013 Rainbow Award for Best LGBT Romantic Comedy, and her novella Muscling Through and novel Relief Valve were both EPIC Awards finalists.JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.Find JL Merrow online at: www.jlmerrow.com, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

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      Love Found on Lindisfarne - JL Merrow

      Love Found on Lindisfarne

      By J.L. Merrow

      Published by JMS Books LLC

      Visit jms-books.com for more information.

      Copyright 2015 J.L. Merrow

      ISBN 9781611527902

      Cover Design: Written Ink Designs | written-ink.com

      Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It may contain sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which might be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America.

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      With thanks to Kristin, Jo, and Susan Sorrentino.

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      Love Found on Lindisfarne

      By J.L. Merrow

      It was a hot summer’s day on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. The lanes were dusty underfoot, the languid breeze heavy with the scent of the North Sea, and a Viking had just offered to buy my daughter.

      His drooping moustache quivered as he spoke to her, his hands on his thighs and his head bent down to her level. How old are you? Thirteen? Fourteen? That’s prime marriageable age, that is.

      Kelis giggled, her honey-coloured cheeks tinged with pink. I’m twelve. And you’re old enough to be my dad.

      Actually, with his bald head and grizzled beard, not to mention the beer gut—mead gut?—he looked old enough to be my dad. Bearing in mind this was a bloke with a broadsword, I decided not to mention it.

      The Viking, who’d introduced himself without a trace of irony as Balder, stared at her. So? What’s that got to do with anything? Twelve’s even better, as it happens. Fourteen, well… He pursed his lips and sucked in a breath. Bit long in the tooth for a first time bride. But it’s not for me, as it happens. I’ve got a wife. It’s my son I’m trying to marry off. What d’you reckon? He’s over there by the boat. Ulf!

      The boat in question was a red and black longboat, with a gold dragon’s-head prow, sitting outside the priory gate as if beached there on the road by an unusually high tide. Another Viking shambled past it like a one-man zombie apocalypse. He was tall, if a bit hunched-over, had blond dreadlocks and a beard with beads in it. If it hadn’t been for the lurching and the worryingly vacant expression, he’d have been pretty good-looking. Ur? he grunted.

      Found you a wife, Ulf. What d’you reckon?

      Ulf lurched over to Kelis, put his nose up to her face and gave her an audible sniff. Ur, he said in a tone of approval.

      Kelis squealed in mock terror and cowered back against me, tickling my arm with her loose brown curls—the

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