Not used to seeing Nordic gods in her small California town, statuesque Brittany Callaghan knows that when blond Viking Dalden turns up on her doorstep, her dream man is very real. But intelligent, independent Brittany isn't about to be subservient to any male. A barbarian warrior from a land where when women always obey, Dalden is accustomed to fighting for what he wants, and he sets out to make Brittany his conquest.