He came to steal her sister. He never expected to pay with his heart.
River Thorne lives with a curse: she sees every heartbreak before it happens, but is powerless to stop it. To protect herself from the pain of the future, she has built walls around her heart. But as the first snow falls over Juniper Falls, her visions turn violent and chaotic. She is losing control, and if she doesn’t master her gift, it will consume her.
Cold, dangerous, and bound by duty, Idris Snow is a lead Ministry instructor charged with breaking untamed magic. His orders are simple: take River's little sister to the academy. But the fierce woman standing in his way—and the raw, uncontrolled power she wields—challenges everything the Ministry taught him.
Desperate to save herself and protect her family, River strikes a dangerous bargain: she will let Idris train her, even if he is the enemy. But as the winter chill deepens, the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. Idris begins to see cracks in the Ministry’s perfect facade, and River begins to see the man beneath the agent.
With Christmas approaching and the Ministry’s patience running thin, Idris faces an impossible choice: obey his orders and destroy the woman he loves, or shatter his own world to save hers.
