{"product_id":"axe-oath-piper-kane-9798172795039","title":"Axe \u0026 Oath: Fated Mates Viking Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eI've spent two years talking to a skeleton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's professional. He's a significant find - a Viking warrior, brought up from a Northumberland dig and shipped to my museum for analysis and display. I wrote the plaques. I designed the case. I named him Eirik in my notes and absolutely nowhere official.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, at eleven-thirty on a Thursday, Eirik Stonehand came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's six and a half feet of reborn Viking warrior, furious about the axe pose I approved, and currently wearing an emergency poncho with more dignity than any man has a right to. There is an amber glow coming from a location I am being extremely professional about not describing. My ring translation notes, filed under \"battle metaphor, inconclusive,\" are looking very conclusive right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe runes read: \u003ci\u003eHolds until the flood is complete.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a PhD-holding archaeologist. I understand what this means. I'm trying very hard not to think about what this means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is not trying at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEirik Stonehand hasn't been wrong about anything in eleven hundred years, and the ring has chosen me. He is very sure about this. The ring is very sure about this. And apparently my body, which has already made several decisions I wasn't consulted on, is very sure about this too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI told myself I was a professional.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've been studying this man's bones for two years. I know every scar, every healed fracture, every story his skeleton tells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI didn't know what he'd feel like alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAxe \u0026amp; Oath\u003c\/i\u003e is a standalone Viking omegaverse romance with a reborn berserker hero, a flustered archaeologist heroine, an ancient ring with opinions, and a guaranteed HEA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piper Kane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798172795039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Piper Kane","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780015132927,"sku":"9798172795039","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cc0a94d-e923-401b-bc6b-62adb0b3775a.jpg?v=1792948703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/axe-oath-piper-kane-9798172795039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}