The Game — H.P. Mallory

For Fans of West World and Vikings! Why does the Viking King of Valhalla, King Boden, harbor such a fascination for me? Even though the online world of Viking Valhalla is a vacation destination for the uber-rich, it looks and feels beyond real. I can feel pain here just as easily as I can in the real world, but I can also feel pleasure. And no one offers the promise of pleasure more than the Viking King,Boden. Only problem is I'm not here for fun--I'm here to catch a killer. As the top detective in my small Alaskan town, I've seen my fair share of cases. But when a distraught widow insists her husband was killed by a gaming company, I find myself in new territory—virtual reality Viking territory. It's here I meet the Viking King. King Boden is every woman's dream with his immense height and build, his long, black hair and his piercing blue gaze. Strangely though, the King seems to have a mind of his own--one that's focused almost exclusively on me. And yet... that should be impossible, right? At least, that's what I keep telling myself. And, yet, there's something about King Boden that's getting under my skin—maybe because he's the spitting image of my boss, Grant, whom I've had a crush on for years? Or maybe it's because the king is as intrigued with me as I am with him? Whatever the reason, I'm now caught in a web of secrets and lies, in a world I never knew existed. A world I could swear is real but have to keep reminding myself it's not… Braving treacherous quests, and dangerous characters is only half the battle as I try to figure out whodunnit. The bigger battle, though, is proving to be King Boden. He's the ultimate temptation and though I've promised myself I won't drop my walls and I won't give in to the blossoming feelings within me, I can already feel them starting to fall… This is the first book in the Alaskan Detective Series of virtual reality Science Fiction Romance