The Norse Queen: 1 (The Norsewomen)

Ninth century Norway -- a land shattered into thirty warring kingdoms where a woman can seize power if she is bold enough.Daughter of a Norse king fifteen-year-old Åsa prefers swordplay to needlework and dreams of becoming a shield-maiden. When she spurns a powerful warlord he attacks killing her father and brother and taking her captive. To save her surviving people Åsa must wed the murderer. To wreak vengeance she must bide her time while secretly mastering the warriors craft and the dark mysteries of sorcery.