The Game by H.P. Mallory

First in the Detective Sci-Fi Romance Series, The Alaskan Detective, from New York Times Bestselling Author, HP MALLORY!
In the world of Valhalla, anything goes… raping, pillaging, killing—you name it. I can feel pain here 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…

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, Boden. King Boden is every woman’s dream with his immense height and build, his long, black hair and his piercing blue gaze.

But, I’m not here for fun—I’m here to find a killer.
Yet, there’s something about the Viking King that’s getting under my skin—maybe because he’s the spitting image of my boss, 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…

Braving treacherous quests, and dangerous computer-generated 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, I can already feel them starting to fall…