Hearts Aflame

Wessex, 873. Beautiful and defiant, Kristen Haardrad, 19, met the icy fury in her captor's crystal-green gaze with defiance. She was the prisoner of 27 year old Royce, Thane of Wyndhurst, but his slave she'd never be. This powerful Saxon lord had at last met his match in the Viking beauty--his equal in pride, in strength... and in the fierce, hot hunger of insatiable desire. But Kristen could not know the torment that divided his soul; how he ached to hold her soft, supple body, thirsted for the ringing joy of her laughter--yet hated her for an ancient crime that was not her own. But her golden loveliness drives him mad with desire, her fiery eyes taunting him, compelling him to claim her. Until, in wordless surrender, they cast aside the shackles of doubt and distrust to unite forever in the searing promise of all-consuming love.

Book 2 in the Haardrad Family Series

Series as Follows:

Book at a glance

• Author: Johanna Lindsey
• First published: 1987
• Series: Haardrad Family (book 2)

Setting & themes

Hearts Aflame was first published in 1987. The catalogue subjects below are the themes libraries and readers have actually filed it under — use them to find more of the same.

Year of Battles 871 King Alfred Saxons Vikings

Where it sits in Johanna Lindsey's work

Hearts Aflame is catalogued as part of Haardrad Family. Our full Johanna Lindsey books in order guide maps the whole series and where to start.

More by Johanna Lindsey

• Captive Bride (1977)
• Fires of Winter (1980)
• Paradise Wild (1981)
• Prisoner of my desire (1991)
• Say You Love Me (1996)
• → Johanna Lindsey books in order (full reading guide)

Where to read Hearts Aflame

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