In this story enjoy Medieval Romance, a Viking hero, forced proximity, fated to be, destiny, hero's love at first sight.

After years of grief and emptiness, Galiena Mercer is not seeking another husband. She's already been a wife, and she can't risk her heart again. But Fate has other plans when she accidentally overhears a treasonous plot to kill the heir to King Edward's throne. Worse, she is discovered by the plotters. Her only immediate means of escape is to run into a crowd and then, into the arms of a stranger. But the burly Viking with a jovial smile and ice-blue eyes doesn't seem to understand that the ruse was meant to end once she escaped the killer's sight.

Red Algarssen is looking for vengeance, not a wife. But when a terrified raven-haired beauty with silver eyes flings herself into his arms and calls him her husband, what is he to do but step into the role? He decides to follow her and make sure she is safe, especially when he realizes the killer he seeks is the same man pursuing Galiena, who holds proof of plan to murder the prince.

Can the love of a loyal knight and a headstrong lady survive the test of the king's wrath?

Hawk Grogan, the kings most trusted knight, has never failed a mission. When the king sends him to Hawkspur Castle in the Welsh Marches to uncover suspected treason, Hawk has every intention of getting to the truth at any cost. He soon learns, however, that theres one factor in his plan that he hasnt accounted forLady Alyce. The lords sister is obstinate, an incompetent liar, easily flustered, and completely beguiling.

Lady Alyce is reluctantly drawn to the brooding knight who trusts no one, roams the castle as if it is his own, and pricks her temper at every opportunity. She is desperate to prove to him that everyone at Hawkspur Castle, English and Welsh alike, is loyal to the king of England. As war erupts around her, she will do everything necessary to save her brother and the village she loves from ruin.

But something is amiss at Hawkspur and Lady Alyce is determined to discover what it is before Hawk can, despite her growing attraction to him. As plots are uncovered and alliances forged, the bond between Hawk and Alyce grows stronger, even as they are both forced to question whether the other can be trusted.