They said a woman couldn't build an empire. She proved them wrongwith four warriors at her side.
When Sigrid inherits her father's trading company, powerful men expect her to sell. To marry. To disappear.
Instead, she does the impossible.
She hires a Norse ship captain who's loved her for years. An arrogant Arab mercenary who doesn't believe women belong in business. A fugitive Byzantine warrior with secrets that could destroy them all. A ruthless Rus trader who sees her as either asset or conquest.
Four men. Four cultures. One woman determined to claim everything.
The eastern trade routes promise fortuneor death. Rival merchants want her destroyed. A king wants her controlled. Assassins want her dead. And somewhere between battles and negotiations, between survival and success, the impossible happens.
She falls in love. With all of them.
But empires aren't built on passion alone.
When betrayal strikes from within and enemies close in from every side, Sigrid must choose: protect her heart or claim her destiny. Can a merchant's daughter become a queen? Can four warriors share one woman without destroying each other? Can love thrive when the price of power is everything you hold dear?
In a world where women aren't supposed to rule, she'll rewrite every rule.
From Birka to Constantinople, from trade negotiations to bloody battles, one woman will prove that the most dangerous thing in the North isn't a warrior's bladeit's a merchant queen who refuses to surrender.
Will she build an empire, or will her ambition destroy everything she loves?
Genre: Historical Romance
When Sigrid inherits her father's trading company, powerful men expect her to sell. To marry. To disappear.
Instead, she does the impossible.
She hires a Norse ship captain who's loved her for years. An arrogant Arab mercenary who doesn't believe women belong in business. A fugitive Byzantine warrior with secrets that could destroy them all. A ruthless Rus trader who sees her as either asset or conquest.
Four men. Four cultures. One woman determined to claim everything.
The eastern trade routes promise fortuneor death. Rival merchants want her destroyed. A king wants her controlled. Assassins want her dead. And somewhere between battles and negotiations, between survival and success, the impossible happens.
She falls in love. With all of them.
But empires aren't built on passion alone.
When betrayal strikes from within and enemies close in from every side, Sigrid must choose: protect her heart or claim her destiny. Can a merchant's daughter become a queen? Can four warriors share one woman without destroying each other? Can love thrive when the price of power is everything you hold dear?
In a world where women aren't supposed to rule, she'll rewrite every rule.
From Birka to Constantinople, from trade negotiations to bloody battles, one woman will prove that the most dangerous thing in the North isn't a warrior's bladeit's a merchant queen who refuses to surrender.
Will she build an empire, or will her ambition destroy everything she loves?
Genre: Historical Romance
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