DO DREAMS COME TRUE?
Kirstin Magnusson is haunted by dreams of a fierce Viking warrior in a cage, being tortured and humiliated by his Saxon captors. Is it a fantasy, or a cry for help? But she's a no-nonsense college professor, not a Navy SEAL like her brothers or a Norse fighting man, like her father once was. What can she do to help? Call on her academic training, of course, and form a plan....

WHAT ABOUT NIGHTMARES?
Once called Hauk the Handsome, Hauk Thorsson is far from it these days, having lived in a filthy Saxon cage for over six months. All because he allowed grief over the death of his son to distract him. However, Hauk has a plan to escape soon and join the approaching army of Sweyn Forkbeard...until that lackbrain woman arrives and causes nothing but trouble.

BUT SOME DREAMS END HAPPILY EVER AFTER:
All right, it depends on the definition of "ever after." And mayhap it wasn't the best idea for Hauk to kidnap Kirstin, but she'd said she needed time; so, he was just doing what she wanted, sort of.