title: Midwinter's Night
author: Canavan, Jean
description: THE LONELY SOBS OF A FRIGHTENED LITTLE GIRL MELTED THE VIKING WARRIOR'S FIERCE HEART
  
  But Aric's sympathy turned to rage when his stepmother announced he was to wed the child Christina when she came of age. Defiant, he fled his home to seek adventure in distant lands.
  
  As the years passed, Christina flowered into a startling beauty -- and a woman of lush passion. When Aric at last returned, she had but one desire:  to possess the man who vowed never to wed her!