Kidnapped by Britons; rescued by Vikings!

Princess Maithgemm of the Strathclyde Britons is hiding in the Norse settlement at Kirkjaster. Every day she looks across the River Clut to the lands that rightfully belong to her son, but claiming them might put both of their lives at risk. Staying with the Norsemen, however, is becoming intolerable thanks to one man — Arne Olafsson. He sees her not as a victim, but as an enemy who might destroy the Norse settlement from within. And when she learns that even the other Britons fear that her presence compromises the safety of the settlement, she takes her son and flees — straight into a snowstorm.

Arne will never trust another woman not to betray him, so when he follows the princess onto the moors, he fears she’s leading him into an ambush. Instead, they find themselves stranded in a snowstorm on the moors. Just as a tentative trust develops, Arne's past comes back to drive a wedge between them.

Do their lives, or deaths, lie together or alone?