'From This Day Forward, You Are Mine.' The moment Merewyn sets eyes on the warrior standing atop a Viking raiding ship something inside her stirs. By all rights she should fear him, should run from him, and yet she cannot help but be drawn to him. Eirik has never before taken a woman captive, but Merewyn inspires a longing that calls to the darkness within him. He takes her back to his homeland as his slave, and they finally succumb to passion. And as the lines between captor and captive blur Eirik realises they have crossed into dangerous territory...