Review: Dark Axe
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
This was an interesting medieval tale that has all of the elements of a great story.  There were many surprises along the way with one explosive secret that I never expected.  My only complaint about the story is that for the first half of the book, the hero Rourke was beyond brutal and cruel to the heroine.  There match was definitely not made for love or romance but more duty and acquiring land.  Even with that, I think that he could have handled many of the situations much different.  I wanted to throttle the big lout many times over for the heroine.  He redeems himself in the end and they romance has an opportunity to finally blossom.  Worthwhile read none the less.  This is book two in a series and I have not read the other books but I plan to look into them.  The author is talented with writing a solid plot line and developing characters with an interesting twist.Summary:Theirs was a match made in hell...Stubborn and DefiantHardened by a lost love before, battle-scarred Rourke Thorsson accepts his fate...he must take to wife the sister of his dead betrothed. But the fiery Saxon hellion has not accepted hers and fights him every inch of the way. She possessed an unbreakable spirit none the likes of which he'd ever encountered and Rourke is determined to bend her to his rule~ no matter what it takesFearlessWith her sister now dead, strong- willed Lady Alexa is forced to wed in her stead to one of the most feared men in Northern England... the Dark Axe. The Norman warlord demands her total surrender and bounds her to him in more ways than one. And she vows to kill him before giving herself over to the unbridled passion he ignites within her.Yet when haunting secrets unfold and old enemies return to exact their pound of flesh, Alexa's heart is tested and she is not sure if it's strong enough to save them.