Chasing a dangerously beautiful woman into the wood next to his family's new home, Tom Westonby's attacked and beaten unconscious. Returning home the next day, he meets the stranger, Nicola Bekk, once more. He's deeply drawn to her, but unbeknownst to him, Nicola is both protected and enslaved by her Viking ancestry, and the choices he makes will trigger the curse that's blighted the lives of the Bekk family for centuries.