Reckoning from the Viking

When a Viking spy challenges Lady Audrey's authority, she answers with a bluff-condemning him to hang to protect her rule, never intending the sentence to be carried out. But Jarl Rorik escapes and arrives at her hall alive-furious, unyielding, and determined to make her answer for the noose she ordered. Dragged to Jórvík, the Viking-controlled city he rules, Audrey refuses to yield, and her escape attempt ignites unrest among his warriors. With Saxon retaliation looming, Rorik gives her a final choice: confess the truth... or serve three days of servitude in his hall. Audrey will not confess to a lie. So she chooses the punishment. In the heart of the Norse settlement, she becomes the jarl's reluctant thrall-watched, tested, and pushed to the edge of her pride. But what begins as retribution shifts with every clash between them. Rorik's anger falters beneath her fire; Audrey's fear unravels beneath his unexpected honor. And the punishment meant to humble her becomes a dangerous, slow-burn desire neither can deny. What began in fury may end in a surrender neither of them can survive.

Pages: 188, Paperback, Independently published