When Emma Hayes flees her toxic past and drives straight into a winter snowstorm, the last thing she expects is to be rescued by Kaden Frost—Winter’s Edge’s brooding firefighter, widowed single father, and the man the entire town whispers about. He’s quiet. He’s guarded. He doesn’t let anyone close. But when his late wife’s powerful parents threaten to take custody of his little girl, Kaden makes Emma an offer: Pretend to be his fiancée for Christmas. Give his daughter the family the court needs to see. Help him keep the only person he has left. It’s only supposed to be temporary. A simple arrangement. No feelings. No risks. No getting attached. But the lights are soft, the nights are warm, his daughter clings to Emma like she’s the only safe thing she’s ever known… and Kaden looks at her like she’s thawing parts of him he swore would stay frozen forever. The closer Christmas gets, the harder it becomes to remember this is all pretend. Because the real danger isn’t the courts. It’s how badly Emma wants to stay. A broken woman searching for a fresh start. A grieving man who never believed he’d love again. One little girl who sees the truth before either of them do. Some arrangements aren’t meant to end. Some Christmases change everything.

Coming home was supposed to be simple—graduate from college. Move in with my brother for the summer. Figure out my next step. I wasn’t expecting Cade. My brother’s best friend has been around forever—loud, cocky, impossible to ignore. But the boy I remembered is long gone. In his place is a man who’s taller, broader, hotter than any memory I carried with me. And the way he looks at me now? Like, I’m not a kid anymore. Like I’m the very thing he’s not supposed to want. He’s off-limits. Untouchable. My brother made that clear years ago. But every glance, every brush of his hand, every smirk that says he’s daring me to cross the line makes it harder to remember why falling for Cade is the worst idea of my life. Because if my brother finds out? It won’t just be my heart on the line.

They were supposed to protect me. Keep me hidden. Untouched. Instead, they watched me. Wanted me. Three stepbrothers—each more dangerous than the last. Luca, the cold-blooded enforcer with hands that punish and protect. Nico, the silver-tongued wolf who tastes like smoke and sin. Matteo, the silent genius who sees everything… including the way I fall apart under their eyes. When my mother died, I became a pawn in a world of blood and secrets. Now someone wants me dead—and my stepbrothers will burn the world before they let that happen. But the more they try to save me, the more I lose pieces of myself. My heart. My body. My rules. They say I'm forbidden. I say I'm already theirs. Three men. One girl. No mercy. No escape. And if loving them is a sin? Then I’ll go to hell with a smile.