Rescued by a Viking — Ric Bern

At the mercy of Viking marauders, a Byzantine noblewoman finds a champion willing to risk all in order to see her safely home to Constantinople.

Captured by a band of raiders, the young nun Dora is on the precipice of slavery when an unlikely benefactor intercedes. As he fulfills his promise to see her home a connection forms between them. Heightened by the sense of danger lurking around every bend in the river and the closeness of their sleeping quarters, Dora finds herself drawn to the northern barbarian. His confidence, his tall, muscular frame, his scent... her body cries out for him, but will he have her? Should she desire him? Each day leaves her more intoxicated than the last with the possibility of their coupling. His every whisper and touch maddens her.