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. Free on Kindle.
