Kayla was sent off to live with the nuns of perpetual silence when she displeased her father. That was thirteen long years ago. Now, she's a novice nun when the hoard of terrifying Vikings attack. She's huddled with the other women when a handsome blond Viking appears and starts sorting them into categories according to looks and abilities: leave, keep, sell. When he comes to her, roughly lifting her chin, they are both in shock. It is Ranulf, the childhood sweetheart her father forbade to see so long ago. He thinks quickly, covering her exceptionally beautiful face and claiming her as his own to keep the other men away. But will he able to keep his prize once the secret is out?