Bound by the Inquisitor’s Oath

Bound by the Inquisitor's Oath Fated to the Dark Viking — The Iron and the Oak, Book Two I swore an oath to the man who wants to burn me. Now I must survive his trial or watch everything I love turn to ash. The holy war has reached the frozen shores of the Iron Hold. A fleet of warships blockades the fjord, their sails emblazoned with crimson crosses. An Inquisitor in black robes demands the surrender of the Witch Queen. He calls my fated bond with the Iron Jarl a demonic tether. He calls my unborn child an abomination. And if I do not submit to his trial, he will reduce the North to a graveyard. I am Sigrid Bjornsdottir, a seer heroine who carries the blood of the White Oak. The Riven Crown. I walked through fire once before and emerged unscathed. I will do it again; barefoot, heavy with child, a stolen relic clutched in my hands, if it buys my people a fortnight of peace. But the oath I swore in the snow binds me with chains that are not made of iron. Each morning, I must face the Inquisitor's cold eyes and honeyed words. Each night, I return to Ragnar's arms and feel the Wyrm's Bane still coiled in his blood, waiting to claim the warrior king who holds my heart. Ragnar Eiriksson, the Iron Jarl, is a storm barely contained. In this protective hero romance, he would burn the world for me. He would slaughter every Frankish soldier who dares look upon me. But even his fury cannot halt the crusade, the blood curse that stalks me through a lock of my dead mother's hair, or the Nithing who rises from the shadows with a beast from the old tales. As the trial by holy fire looms, I must embrace the darkest part of my power; the shadow as well as the light and become the Shatterer the prophecy foretold. This is a slow burn romance forged in the fires of a Viking warrior romance, where every touch is a defiance and every kiss a rebellion. A fierce heroine romance where I rise from captive to queen, learning to wield both axe and magic. A forced proximity romance that traps us together in a cold dungeon cell with nothing but our bond and our desperate love to keep the darkness at bay. Amid the brutal Viking clan romance and shifting alliances of a Nordic romance novel, I must navigate Viking clan politics and ancient rivalries that threaten to tear the North apart. But the Inquisitor's oath has teeth. The final trial awaits in the gilded halls of the Emperor himself-a medieval Nordic romance collision of pagan mysticism and holy empire. I must leave Ragnar behind, walk into a court of silk and serpentine bishops, and hold a white-hot iron cross in my bare hands before a cathedral of witnesses who crave my burning. If I survive, the crusade ends. If I fail, my child will never draw breath, my bond will be severed, and the Iron Jarl will drown the world in blood. Bound by the Inquisitor's Oath is the second book in the Fated to the Dark Viking series, a saga romance of iron, oak, and the bonds that even holy fire cannot break. This is Viking age fiction at its most cinematic-an epic historical romance where enemies become lovers, captives become queens, and the fated bond is tested by war, betrayal, and a love that could destroy them both. An emotionally intense romance that will leave you breathless, this dark historical romance asks one question: what would you sacrifice to save the one you love? The Iron Weds the Oak. The North shall stand eternal or shatter in holy fire. Perfect for fans of dark historical romance, possessive alpha heroes, fierce heroines who walk through fire, and epic Viking sagas that linger long after the final page.