Book excerpt: He who tames a wild heart can rule the world... When Jofurr Ronolf travels South to claim his Uncle's throne and rich farmland, he must learn his people's new ways. After years of raiding he is unaccustomed to such a settled life style or the comforts of home. When he spies the beautiful woman swimming alone, he is instantly smitten. But when he tries to approach her, she runs away. Adisla lives between two worlds. The daughter of a Viking woman and a Saxon man, she is neither accepted nor embraced by either. Her place among the Vikings is tenuous at best, forcing her to support herself and her young brother by her cunning alone. When the handsome King approaches her, she thinks he simply wants to rut with her, as many of the other Warriors have tried to do. Jofurr's obsession with the elusive beauty grows apace with the rumblings of war with the Saxon King. Can he tame Adisla in time to save her from the coming battle?