An Ice Queen doesn't break.
She fractures silently - where no-one can see.

Sixteen years ago, I gave my heart and trust to someone I shouldn't.
My brother's best friend.
Jaxson Lockwood
He was a forbidden fruit, I dared to taste.
A wildfire, I let burn through me.
He kissed me, like he was starving.
Held me, like I was home.
Promised me a future... only to shatter my heart.

But that foolish and naïve girl is gone.

Success and power have become my purpose.
Control, my shield.
I am Kathryn Frazer.
Today, I run my family's hotel empire.
Honouring the legacy of the men who came before me.

But now fate, with its cruel sense of humour - has thrown him back into my life.
Contracts are signed, the board has decided.
We're now partners in business.
Privately at war.
My perfectly controlled life is beginning to spiral, as the whispers I've ignored, become truths I can no longer outrun.
If I let him close again, he could ruin everything I've built.
But if I keep him at arms length...
He might just ruin me anyway.

A steamy, billionaire, enemies to lovers, second-chance romance full of slow-burn tension, forbidden feelings and the kind of love that never truly fades.