FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE PAST Prim and beautiful professor Roseleen White clutches and her new prized profession -- a thousand-year-old Scandinavian sword. And suddenly, a dream stands before her -- a magnificent Viking warrior sworn to satisfy Roseleen"s every desire. UNTIL FOREVER Accursed for untold centuries, might Thorn is now enslaved to a woman. Yet it is Roseleen who is the true prisoner, held willing captive by a handsome barbarian who sweeps her back to the ancient past on a journey of sensual discovery. But only by banishing him from her life forever can Roseleen free Thorn from immortality"s chains -- forcing her to make a devastating choice that will either imperil their future or preserve a love more powerful than time.