Madrene Olgadottir is protecting her family and she nabs the strangely dressed man and ties him up, all the while giving him one of her famous lectures. What she doesn't realize is that she's no longer in her own time, and she's grabbed a Navy SEAL.

Lt. Ian MacLean is on a special ops mission in Northern Iraq, and he's pretty sure the woman holding him hostage is the girlfriend of the bad guy. Knowing he can overtake her at any minute, he plays along because he knows it'll be a good thing if he can bring her in. The problem is, once they get home, he finds out she isn't the girlfriend -- and he's certainly glad of that, because he can't seem to keep his hands to himself. The dirty, scraggly woman who captured him gets cleaned up and causes jaws to drop everywhere she goes.

This Viking series of time-travel books has been one of my favorites. All the characters are well-drawn, distinctive personalities and the dialogue always makes me laugh. Madrene, in particular, is funny because she's a little bit of a shrew -- in a good way! I highly recommend this book.