Lucy Morris’ latest, Wedding Night with Her Viking Enemy, features Viking Grimr Eriksson and Sigrid Sigurdsson. Their families are sworn enemies, but the king has ordered a marriage alliance take place to unite them and end their fighting. Forced together, Grimr and Sigrid slowly come to realize the other is not what they seem. The timeline of this title runs concurrently with Morris’ Convenient Vows with a Viking and features some of the same characters. 

Sigrid’s vile half-brother, Ingvar, informs her she will be marrying Hakon, Grimr’s older brother, in order to forge an alliance between their two families and end a long-standing feud. To ensure her compliance, Ingvar has kidnapped their younger sister, Alvilda, and is hiding her. Sigrid is as close to a mother as Alvilda has, and will do anything Ingvar asks, including marrying a stranger. Grimr instantly dislikes Sigrid; he doesn’t want to be attracted to her and mistrusts Ingvar and his intentions. He is right to, as Ingvar plans to kill Grimr, his brothers, and their men before framing them for attempting to rape Sigrid. Luckily, Sigrid overhears Ingvar’s plans and is able to warn Grimr and his brothers in the nick of time. Sigrid convinces Ingvar to spare Hakon and sell him into slavery instead. More of Hakon’s men arrive as reinforcements and Grimr is able to kill Ingvar and take over his hall before Ingvar can kidnap Sigrid with the intention of making her his own slave. 

Sigrid refuses to justify her actions against Grimr and his brothers as she fears they will use Alvilda against her. She escapes from Grimr and his younger brother, Egill, before they find the island Alvilda has been hidden on and retrieve her. It is on this journey that Grimr discovers Ingvar physically abused Sigrid to get her to comply with his dictates and he is furious about it. They continue on to Grimr’s home, getting to know each other along the way. Once there, the King arrives and declares an allegiance still needs to be made between the two families, and in the absence of Hakon, Grimr will have to do. He takes Alvilda to live with him and his Queen and gives Grimr and Sigrid a deadline for her to become pregnant before they can have Alvilda back. Even though they immediately set about this task, they encounter multiple failures and Sigrid falls into despair. 

It is no secret that I am a big Lucy Morris fan, and this Viking romance only adds to my love for her writing. Her Viking titles are packed full of action, character growth, and romance and this one is no different. 

There are fight scenes throughout the story, but they are not gratuitous. Instead, they keep the plot moving along and the characters heading toward their HEA. Morris writes some great fight scenes, too, keeping me on the edge of my seat worrying about my favorite characters. 

I adore the way she writes heroes, and Grimr is one of her best yet. He is taciturn and grumpy, especially with Sigrid. I miss heroes who can be jealous and protective, and Grimr is both while also understanding Sigrid is able to take care of herself. I was half in love with him before the halfway mark, and completely in love with him by the end. I loved Sigrid too, and found her fears about not being able to get pregnant to be relatable. Even through those fears she remains strong and committed to getting her sister back. 

The pregnancy deadline is an interesting plot point I have not encountered before, and it is handled well here. I especially appreciate that in the end, Sigrid has not achieved a pregnancy but is still hopeful. I cannot stand miracle babies and her struggles make the situation more realistic. 

Wedding Night with Her Viking Enemy is an excellent addition to Lucy Morris’ growing bibliography. It has a great hero, excellent action scenes, and a relatable side plot. I look forward to reading whatever she writes next!