Royal princess Ayanna Almaviri is given to Aric Vold, the Norwegian crime lord known as the Viking, so her father can advance his ambitions and keep a fragile peace from collapsing.
Aric does not marry for love; a wife is a deal that ends wars and keeps power where he intends it to stay, and Ayanna was meant to remain business only.
Raised for royalty, she instead becomes the wife of a cold, calculated man more obeyed than any king.
The thought of losing her begins to feel like losing the control he has never surrendered, and the ruthless, possessive instincts he buried all say the same thing.
He takes bullets meant for her, breaks rules he once treated as sacred, and speaks the words my wife like a warning.
Ayanna swore she would not fall for him, yet wanting the husband she was never meant to keep may be the most dangerous risk of all.
