Escape can embolden your soul – or destroy it.

Val Masterson created Vigdis in order to get away the drudgery of her life. Instead, Vigdis starts living it.

Val and Karl’s home is destroyed by a hurricane and her spouse reveals he can’t have children. These catalysts inspire her to create a historical romance novel set in Iceland, rife with sorcery, sexy Vikings, a large family, and a volcano. Val’s dreams reveal traditional details she can’t perhaps know, details which prove to be factual, about Past Storm and Fire which both frightens and intrigues her.

Her obsession with writing puts a strain on her behalf already troubled marriage, but she’s terrified of being on her personal. In her novel, Val becomes Vigdis. She evades two amorous brothers and their sorcerous, drunken dad. The brothers fight a duel, forcing her to make a very open public choice between them. Their dad refuses to bide by her choice and tries to use black magic to enchant her. A volcanic eruption throws their entire world into ash and fireplace.

The line between past and present grow blurry as Vigdis lives everything Val dreams of – true love, children, and family. A stunning Icelandic professor of history assists Val investigate the annals behind her visions, but her hubby draws the collection – give up her writing or he’ll leave. Val must decide whether to resurrect the shambles of her relationship or take her chance in Iceland to find if her dreams truly do come from the past.

Can she come across vicarious solace and fulfillment in her fictional creation? Or will the escape take over and subsume her?