<p><strong><em>A wife with a dark past...</em></strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Two years ago, thief Helga Tannrsson made the fatal mistake of falling for her mark. To marry the man her heart desired, she faked her own death and adopted the noblewoman persona that had been her cover story when she''d met Ulf. Now Helga should be happy-she has the life of her dreams, yet she''s caught in a trap of her own making. Living a lie is harder than she''d imagined, her deep-seated mistrust of men still haunts her, and she''s unable to even bare her body to her husband when they make love. As Helga struggles to hold onto the fraying threads of her marriage, a shadow from her past reappears.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>The Viking who loves her...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>For much of his life, overseer of the city''s defenses Ulf Eriksson felt unworthy of his prestigious family name. Claiming a Viking noblewoman as his bride had finally allowed him to hold his head high as an Eriksson b