In a dystopian metropolis where dropping winter temperatures mean instant freezing death, Nova Reyes sacrifices her entire life savings to secure two tickets into the city's climate-controlled sanctuary spire. Her callous fiancé snatches both passes at the security checkpoint, locking Nova outside in the howling blizzard to perish. She is rescued from the snowdrifts by Cole Ashford, the austere billionaire who controls the city's geothermal reactors and suffers from a bizarre hypothermic curse that freezes his blood.
Discovering that Nova's unique biology can miraculously warm his chilled veins, Cole proposes a non-negotiable contract: he will shelter her dying brother if Nova shares his bed each night, skin-to-skin. Cole promises never to breach that boundary unless Nova begs for his touch, a challenge the resilient survivor swears she will resist. Surrounded by aristocratic frost-syndicate rivals and mounting political unrest, the two dance around a smoldering attraction that could melt the metropolis.
