The Tale of the Warrior’s Wife

"A viking raider's wife gets more than she expected when her husband plunders a beautiful slave girl."

Author's note: the Icelandic character þ is called a 'thorn' and is pronounced 'th'. So þrall is pronounced 'thrall'.The warm water pours from my ladle and sluices over his rippling muscles, carrying away with it the blood and grime and...

Trust Ch. 1

"His need is specific. She is his woman. And, he is coming for what is his."

When he closed his eyes, no matter how slight, he could see the movement of her dark, golden skin against the paleness of his own. He could feel it and that was torture. He craved her touch and the mercy...

Waiting for the Longships

"The Norse women wait for the Longships to return."

Astrid looked across the room at her son illuminated by the fire but obscured by the mist of its smoke. She hoped he wouldn’t wake up and wonder what his parents were doing on the straw mattress opposite. Not that...