Once a miserable sheepherder living on the coast of eighth century Northumbria, Aiden thought he'd found happiness at last when, after Viking raiders took him prisoner, he became the lover of the handsome Norse warrior Einarr and earned his freedom. But Einarr and Aiden's still new love may be in danger already when, during a raid, Aiden is captured by an old enemy of Einarr's- the dangerous and rugged outlaw Gr mr. Aiden fights to escape and return...