A warrior bride in the Viking's bed...  A hot-tempered redhead with a talent for sword craft, Lara Ottarsdotter has seen off many an unwanted suitor! Then the Viking warlord Finn Egilsson comes seeking vengeance on a mutual enemy, and Lara's despairing father offers him a bounty of ships and swords. The price? Finn must take Lara as his wife.  Finn has no wish to endure marriage again, yet his reluctant bride fires his blood with one passionate kiss. Her courage means she will never yield in battle, but soon all he wants is her ultimate, willing surrender--in the marriage bed!  Victorious Vikings   No man could defeat them. Two women would defy them!  "Nobody does Vikings as well as Fulford." --RT Book Reviews on Defiant in the Viking's Bed