Meredith Foster has gone on sabbatical, determined to realize her late grandfather's dream of building a true reproduction of an ancient Viking longship. First she needs to find a shipwright who can do the work up to her grandfather's standards.

One moment Geirolf is awash in stormy seas clinging to a well-endowed wooden figurehead, the next he spies a partially completed longship on a foreign coast. Coming ashore he takes refuge in a cottage that must be that of a witch, with light at the press of a button, and strange fabrics he has never before encountered.. and a plain wench with comely curves who insists he is a liar when he attempts to explain who he is.

Meredith does not consider herself to be one of those women bowled over by a man's appearance, but despite his crazed ravings about being from the tenth century, the invader she finds when she gets home is one hot plate of manhood. He must have been hired as a joke by her colleagues, if so, they definitely got their money's worth. From bulging loincloth to hand-wrought metal jewelry he is the image of a Viking.

With her trademark humor and ability to form absurd situations into a logical and compelling plot, Sandra Hill is first on the list for those readers who enjoy romantic comedy time travel tales. Her Viking series is perhaps her best known, and now that they are being republished those who missed these gems the first time around have a chance to delve in for themselves. THE LAST VIKING was originally published in 1998.