A Steamy Viking Romance! She promised she'd return alone and skipped quickly back down to the stream, snatching up her basket. The water was cold when she crossed, but she barely felt it and forgot her boots entirely. This sudden secret, and the stranger hidden in the rock, had her heart beating once again. Elise's fate is tied to the Sudr Eyrr tribe when she learns that her mother, her only living family, has died on the Isle. Accepting her new home with a dull ache in her heart, the last thing Elise expects is to find a man hidden in the woods. At first glance, he looks dangerous - wild-eyed, dirty, and unkempt. But once he's cleaned up, he has an interesting tale to tell and a warning to pass... Elise is torn between helping her clan and figuring out the secrets that this stranger holds. To learn them, she'll have to get close to him.