HE is a Viking nobleman who has turned his back on murder and mayhem, but he must fight for a stake in the new land of Francia. SHE is named for the convent where she was left as a foundling. The religious life is her destiny. They don't speak each other's language, their only go-between an ancient nun. This can't be a romance can it?

Torstein is a free man, but the Viking nobility will never forgive or forget he was once a slave. The high-born woman he loves has too much pride to give herself to a former thrall.

Heir to his father's lands and titles, a recently widowed Magnus is obliged to leave his grieving young daughters to join the fight against Flemish incursions into Norman territory. He captures Judith, a Flemish noblewoman and soon loses his heart. But she is the sister of his sworn enemy. Can he trust her not to betray him and his country?