Still wearing her wedding dress, with tears running down her cheeks and her entire family chasing after her, Amelia has no idea where she is going, but she only knows one thing— she would rather die than walk down that aisle. Then she crashes suddenly into a stranger, who was completely unimpressed by the hysterical bride who just crashed into his chest. “Please.” Amelia begs. “Pretend you’re my husband.” Before the stranger can even say anything, her family catches up with her. And then, to everyone’s surprise, the mysterious man pulls Amelia against him and kisses her.

The day my kingdom surrendered was the day I lost my freedom.To end a war that had lasted generations, I was forced to marry the one man I had been taught to fear—the Ice King.Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.Everyone said he had no heart.They were wrong.Beneath the ice was a man carrying secrets that could destroy empires, and the closer I got to him, the harder it became to remember we were supposed to be enemies.But someone wanted our marriage to fail.If I couldn’t uncover the truth before winter ended, I wouldn’t just lose my husband.I would lose my kingdom… and my life.

I wasn’t supposed to notice the way he looked at me, because he was never supposed to save me. The Kingdom of Ember and the Kingdom of Ash have hated each other for over two hundred years. We were raised on opposite sides of a war built on blood, lies, and broken promises. He is everything I was taught to fear. I am everything he was taught to destroy. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. The only person who truly understands me… is the one I’m forbidden to love. As ancient secrets rise from beneath our kingdoms and a forgotten enemy prepares to strike, we must choose between loyalty and love—before the flames of another war consume us all. Maybe enemies aren’t meant to last forever. Maybe… we burn better together.