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Vikings: The Truth about Thora and Ragnar: Viking Secrets Book Two
Rachel Tsoumbakos · Viking Secrets #5
248 pagesviking/highland romance
(18)
Ragnar Lodbrok slays a lindworm to claim Thora — but did history's forgotten wife ever truly love him back?
Character Archetypes
Microtropes
Vibes
Representation
M/F
Content Warnings
violence/gore
Description
Thora Fortress-Hart: The forgotten wife of Ragnar Lodbrok. As soon as Ragnar saw her, he knew he had to have her. Even though he had to fight a venomous lindworm to win her hand. Did she love him back though? Delve into their story and find out today! Part One brings the whole story to life with a historically accurate novel. Part Two then examines the historical facts behind this Viking story. The 'Viking Secrets' series explores the historical fact from present-day fiction in regards to the Vikings and the extraordinary women who existed in the Viking era. PLEASE NOTE: Each of the books in this series can be read as standalone books due to the nature of the sagas involved. Therefore, the book numbering indicates the order in which the stories were published and not the order in which they are required to be read.
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