What can Shay MacAllister do when six-and-a-half-foot modern-day Viking Dag Haldan lays siege to her hard-won independence and expects her to play handmaiden to his conquering hero? She can't call her mother: Phyllis is on Dag's side. She can't enlist her sons: the boys worship the ex-basketball star. He's commandeered Shay's tow truck, rallied her townspeople, and even orchestrated a hurricane to his advantage. Shay can't hold out forever against Dag's zany sensual tactics.... Does she even want to? The five-foot-eleven New England widow has two weeks to decide her fate-and the infuriating Norseman is already betting on what that future will be!