The story
Celiese d'Loganville is a captive serving as handmaiden to the daughter of the Viking lord Raktor. She keeps the raid that destroyed her old life to herself and endures a gilded, joyless captivity. When her mistress refuses an arranged marriage to a man rumored to be badly disfigured, Celiese takes the bride's place behind the veil, gambling on freedom and perhaps on love.
Mylan Vandahl wants no wife who pities his scars, yet the young woman brought to him ignores them while her eyes hide a fear she will not name. After a wedding night the publisher's copy calls one of unparalleled passion, the substitution is exposed at dawn. Celiese must fight for a home, a family, and the trust she has just shattered.
About this book
Captive Heart is one of Phoebe Conn's earliest historical romances and her venture into the Viking age. The author's site records that the novel was first printed in paperback by Zebra Books, and it was later reissued as an e-book, which is how the 2016 site offered it to readers.
The archived page carried the reissue's own note: the book contains a warrior and a woman worthy of him, and an unforgettable adventure with love as the ultimate prize. It stands on its own and is not part of a series.
Questions people ask
- Is Captive Heart part of a series?
- No. It is a standalone Viking-era historical romance, separate from Phoebe Conn's later series titles.
- Who originally published Captive Heart?
- According to the author's own site, the first printing was a Zebra Books paperback. The novel was later reissued in digital editions.