During a time when men went a-viking and rumors of berserkers spread through the villages, an infamous sword maker of history is revealed... Torbjörn is a man of strength, loyalty, and secrets. Isolated by the centuries, he is caught between worlds. The Master Hammersmith bears the scars of a warrior, has seen death, and even once stood at the gates of Valhalla. He hides from his bloody past, careful to keep the beast within subdued. Kiersten is a woman desperately trying to remember her past. Her village was slaughtered by a band of marauding berserkir, her family killed. She managed to escape the carnage at the cost of her memory, and very nearly her life. Kiersten and Torbjörn come together when she washes up on the bank of a river, barely clinging to life. In her arms, his heart, shut down for centuries, begins to beat again. Lust and desire stir a passionate love that burns hot between them. What happens when their pasts catch up with them? Will his curse be revealed and his darkness comes to light? Can he protect Kiersten without exposing what he fears most?