Christmas Romance Book Review: A Celtic Yuletide Carol by Jennifer Ivy Walker

 

Adventure and romance await you in A Celtic Yuletide Carol by Jennifer Ivy Walker. 

After the loss of his wife, Sir Cardin, now known as Basati, the Basque Wolf, drowns his guilt with golden mead in raucous taverns, amassing incredible debt and acquiring dangerous enemies. 

Ulla, the widowed daughter of a Viking chieftain, was rendered mute by trauma. She now avoids humans--especially babies and children--preferring the company of her wolf and falcon as she hunts in the Brocéliande Forest.

Summoned home by his dying mother's wish, Cardin finally meets the son he abandoned and Ulla, who is teaching his son to hunt. With the holidays approaching, Basati finds himself smitten with the beautiful Ulla as he bonds with his forsaken child. But with past enemies plotting against him, Basati is soon ensnared in a dangerous trap. 

Can music lure his savage heart into the light of love? 

The reader first meets a drunken Cardin after his brother Gaultier comes to collect him after another barfight has left him incapacitated. None too happy, Gaultier vows to bring his brother home. But it will be their mother's letter stating she wants to see her sons before she dies that brings them back, giving Cardin a chance to meet the son he abandoned on the the night he was born. 

In the following chapter, the reader meets Ulla, who has experienced her own tragedy, which traumatized her so much that she lost her beautiful voice and is now mute. They also meet Cardin's parents and his son. 

The romance unfolds between Cardin and Ulla nicely, but their happiness is threatened by powerful enemies determined to seek revenge on the Basque Wolf from Biarritz and motivated to interfere in world affairs. 

While I found the opening a bit slow, once Cardin and Gaultier returned, the pace picked up and the fate of well-developed characters in A Celtic Yuletide Carol encouraged me to turn page after page to see how Cardin and Ulla's intense, yet new, romance would survive and if Cardin could become the father his son desperately wanted. With a hint of healing magic, fans of historical holiday romances will be intrigued with A Celtic Yuletide Carol. 

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CXMB26VL
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Wild Rose Press, Inc. (November 6, 2024)
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 6, 2024
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 816 KB
• Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
• Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
• Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 187 pages

I received a digital copy of this book from the author. This review contains my honest opinions, which I have not been compensated for in any way.