Season of the Sun - Tapa dura

In ninth-century England, beautiful and delicate Zarabeth falls in love with Magnus Haraldsson, the passionate captain of a Viking vessel.

Was the man who had offerd to fill her heart with love gone for ever? Lovely Zarabeth is chosen by Magnus Haraldsson, a Viking on a trading visit to York, to be his wife. She is surprised, but soon won over by this man who makes her laugh, and ultimately trusts him with her future and that of her little sister, Lotti. But her stepfather is eaten up with desire for her, and will not see her wed to another. There is much a jealous man can do to destroy ther new shoots of love and trust...