The Berserker's Daughter (Sons and Daughters of Lir, #0.5)

All Brunhild Ranulfsdottir had ever wanted was to become a shield maiden. Like her Valkyrie namesake. Instead, her father had put her on a ship and sent her into the North Sea to wed a man she'd never met. He claimed her sacrifice was for the betterment of the kingdom. He claimed her brothers would do a much more capable job of following in his footsteps and waging war than his daughter.

Brunhild knew what the hilt of a sword felt like in her hand. Her ax was forged to cleave enemy skulls i...