The captain is everything a Viking warrior should be—tall, fierce, blond, and curved in all the right places. Hold it—curved in all the right places? That’s right. This Viking captain, Tyra, is a woman, and a lovely one at that.

April 2002 edition

For years her height and strength and sharp tongue have daunted any Norseman with marriage on his mind. But now, faced with her ailing father’s vow that her sisters (all smaller, sweeter, and younger than she) will remain maidens until Tyra weds, the bold captain decides it’s time to find herself a husband. That’s when she meets Adam the Healer, the twofold answer to this maiden’s prayers. The skilled physician can use his expertise to cure her father, and Tyra’s more than willing for the tall, handsome man to warm her marriage bed as well. There’s just one problem. It seems that Adam isn’t inclined to take orders from anyone....

But Tyra isn’t the first Viking captain to kidnap a likely-looking mate—though even she admits it’s generally the groom who wears the armor on such occasions.