Dublin Crossing — Sandy Dengler

First in the Heroes of the Misty Isle Series. A.D. 793: After her family is slain and her village burned by invading Danes, Shawna is torn from her island home off the coast of Ireland. In a gallant gesture, she is adopted by Doyle Dalaiin, whose son, a scholar and a man of God, grows to love the fiercely independent Shawna.