In this story, Sara Mattson, finds an old Viking knife in an archaeological dig in northern england and reads the runes on it. After a dizzy spell she finds herself back in the Viking era, with the former knifes owner trying to steal it from her. When Sara tries to tell her that she needs the knife to travel back to her own time, he accepts her story but throws the knife away because he wants her to stay.

The viking owner was named Rurik. His story was that he had left his home in Sweden in order to get away from his new sister in law because he was in love with her and she was no longer available. So he came to England where he was planning to find a job as a silversmith.

When Sara tells him that she too is also a silversmith, (her speciality is making viking jewelry) they decide to travel together to the city of Jorvik (York) in Northern England.

Along the way Sara and Rurik meet up with the Great Heathen Army and their adventures of life as Viking raiders are very well described.

I had no idea that the Vikings who invaded England in the 8th and 9th centuries were referred to as Great Heathen Army as this author calls it. I had assumed that they were always soldiers and armies - not just anyone from the Viking homelands who came to take whatever they wanted. I am aware of the Danelaw - the eastern part of england which became part of the Viking held land in England - but I guess this story is a little too early for the Danelaw.

Eventually the army arrived at Jorvik (York) and we now learn about Viking life in a 9th century city. But by now Sara and Rurik have acquired some enemies. When one of these enemies stabs Rurik in the gut with a knife, Sara has no choice but to bring him to the future in order to use the NHS and get him fixed up.

After his recovery from surgery, Rurik decides to rturn to Sweden with Sara - and when he meets up with Linnea again he is shiocked to discover that he is no longer in love (or lust) with her any more, He is now desperately in love with Sara. They eventually make up and talk things out and get married. Rurik and sara make their home in the town of Birka because that is where rurik was apprenticed as a silversmith, and it would be much easier for Sara to also work with her husband without people asking questions.

So this book follows the same format as the previous book. The women travels from the 21st century back to the Viking era, falls in love with a Viking man, learns how to live in a new era, and then when something happens, bring the man to the 21st century for a short time. After they return to the Viking era, a miscommunication of some kind happens and they have to work this out before the story ends with a Happily ever after.

In the prologue of this book, Linneas's younger sister, Madison, reads Sara's fortune for her from the runes. Madison predicts that Sara will soon be taking a long and difficult journey for which she will need a lot of mental and possibly physical strength.

The reading turned out to be accurate, but not once is this mentioned in the story. I am sure that Sara could have or should have thought of this. What was the point of the reading, if it had no place in the main story.

A good story if you love history and the Vikings, and time travel stories.

I really enjoyed this story. Mostly because it is centred around the city of York in England. I gave it 4 stars, despite the similar story format as the previous one. ( )