The Valkyrie's Viking by Tanya Nellestein

When she’s not writing, reading or bingeing Netflix, she is probably working her day job - supporting residents impacted by the catastrophic 2019/2020 bushfires in Wollondilly and the Southern Highlands.

Tanya lives on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia with her two little Vikings. Tanya is shortlisted in the 2020 Australian Romance Readers Awards for Favourite Debut Author and Favourite Holiday/Christmas Story. Tanya has always dreamed of being a writer but only recently realised she could manifest her inner fantasies well after Vikings and Sons of Anarchy had finished filming, by creating her own bad boys and feisty heroines. Tanya writes page-turning, gut-churning Viking romance, romantic suspense and crime/mystery with a romantic angle that always includes good sex and a happily ever after - eventually. She is an avid reader, writer, experience enthusiast, outstanding car vocalist, and Queen of fancy dress. Tanya Nellestein has been recreating the fruits of her overactive imagination on paper since she was a child. Her fate has been determined by the gods, but is it the destiny Brenna has always believed in?Ĭatch an excerpt of The Valkyrie's Viking read by Tanya here As their love is rekindled, Brenna must choose between Vali and the prophecy once more. Believing this to be the will of the gods and a prophecy revealed to Brenna as a child, she agrees to the marriage.ĭeath brings Brenna and Vali back together to defend Birca. He has no use for the politics of position and land, preferring the freedom of the open seas.īrenna and Vali’s young love is torn apart when the King offers Brenna’s hand in marriage to the Jarl of his most important trading centre, Birca. His thirst for adventure and battle has served him well in his many raiding expeditions.

Having fought to defend her homeland against would-be usurpers, she knows the cost of plunder and pillage. As the daughter of King Aric’s most trusted Huscarl, she is well-schooled in the art of battle and weaponry: skills vital for defending what is hers. Shieldmaiden Brenna may be young, but she knows her mind. She wants to rule the land and he lives for the sea.

The Valkyrie's Viking by Tanya Nellestein