December 1265 A.D.

The king is furious when word reaches him Eilean Donnain was conquered by Vikings. He dispatches the ruthless Highland warlord Cainnech MacKenzie to lay siege. If Cainnech can recapture the island by year's end, the land, castle and title will all belong to him. Cainnech expects to make war against a Viking jarl, but is shocked to discover the current Viking master of Eilean Donnain is a woman...who is rumored to be a witch.

Lucia Ingegärd is an American of Italian and Nordic descent. Or at least she was an American until she was transported to a time long before her country existed. Desperate to return to the future before Christmas, Lucia puts her engineer's mind to the singular focus of going home. Her work is stalled when a huge, fierce-looking warrior besieges her temporary home and gives her an ultimatum—surrender herself or be shown no mercy.

Reader Advisory: This story has graphic sexual language and scenes—no closed bedroom doors (or other rooms) here!

An adult time travel romance from Ellora's Cave