The Viking Queen's Men

Written by Holley Trent

Narrated by Em Eldridge

Contessa Dahl has spent most of her life in a haze. As a rudderless orphan, most of her decisions involved her fists and feet and choosing to either fight or run. At twenty-eight, she’s chosen to clean up her act, and just in time.

She’s destined to be a special kind of leader.

Born into a reclusive group of Viking descendants in rural New Mexico, Tess was meant to become a link for them all—their queen and conduit. Her childhood abduction and the death of her parents meant her people, the Afótama, have had a hole in their web for too long. Now that she’s back at home, it’s Tess’s job to mend it.

But she can’t do it alone.

She needs a perfect mate to fill in her psychic gaps, and two men claim to be fated for the job. Harvey Lang, her childhood champion, and the group outsider Oliver Gilisson would fight to the death to win her. However, Fate has another monkey wrench thrown into the works for the reluctant new queen: to gain full control of her considerable power, she must find a way to keep them both.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Sep 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094430300

Holley Trent

Holley Trent is an award-winning author of contemporary and paranormal romance. She writes stories filled with dark humor, and characters and situations that are just as complicated and unpredictable as real life. Although she earned an English literature degree by studying the classics, the appeal of satisfying and emotionally fulfilling conclusions guided her toward the romance genre.She resides on the Colorado Front Range with her family.

Reviews for The Viking Queen's Men

[Heather Pirtle · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

You would think a more electronic voice than Alexa was narrating however it's actually a real person. She is very stilted and so annoying! Got my fingers crossed the next narrator use better because the second book is the only reason I suffered through this one.

[Adele Thomas · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I couldn't continue because of the electronic narration. I think it's a good enough story from the little I heard to pay a narrator. What a Shame.

[April Yvette Thompson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The narration took me out of the book…I could hardly follow what was going on. I simply couldn’t finish.

[Annie Kavanagh · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

5 stars for the story, I Love this series! It's a favorite of mine. Have read it many times.
I was disappointed in the audio version. 3 stars for the narration. The narration seemed off, mechanical at times, kind of like using Amazons text to speech on Kindle, tried adjusting the speed but either was to fast or to slow. Over all enjoyed listening to a favorite book. Would buy a copy if available. Would love to see the rest of the series and its spin offs, Norston Wolves and Hearth Hotel also in Audio.

[MRS. NONEYABIZ · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Narrator is terrible. Can't listen to bad narration regardless if it's a good story

[Anette Armstrong · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story is good but the narration is extremely annoying. Really sad

[l ekelund · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The book deserves a higher score. However the NARRATOR IS CRAP. There is no way to distiguish who is who as all male and all female voices sound the same :(

[Caryn Canlas · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Terrible narrator. Makes the book unpleasant glad I didn’t but

[Amanda Chisholm · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

There needs to be a dual rating so we can rate the story and the narration. This was the WORST narration I've listened to in almost a year! The story was good, though I could do with less sex and more story. The narrator was consistently inconsistent. The heroine was worse than all others. Very stilted, emotionless and mechanical.

[Nik · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Don't know if the story was any good. Can't get passed the 2nd chapter! This is the WORST reader ever!!!

[Donna Cooper · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Stopped this during the first 10 minutes of the first chapter as the narration was terrible. Will have to read this one if you are that tempted.

[Sylph Hensen · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Awful, just dreadful to listen to. My poor ears will never be the same.

[nfmy2qcg2q · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Narrator speaks slowly and pauses dramatically for every sentence so I had to listen 1.5x speed. . . . and the story line seemed to take forever

[Jenna Vaughn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Decent story idea but Sheesh.... I could have sworn I was listening to Google voice read it to me. Seriously, no inflections whatsoever! ?

[Olivia · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I love this series so much! And I’ve heard Em Eldridge do an excellent job narrating other books. I didn’t want to believe the other reviews, but this narration is so below par. Playing it at 1.2x makes it slightly more palatable, but I’m so bummed. I love Holley’s writing and was so happy to see this series on Scribd!

[Devin Dyer · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Everything the voice and story Absolutely the worst in every possible way

[Nandi Kegode · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

AI is VERY ANNOYING STOP USING IT TO MIMIC THE HUMAN VOICE