He’s the duke who buried his heart. She’s the woman who refuses to let it stay frozen.
Lady Charlotte Ashford never expected to find herself stranded in a snowstorm… on the doorstep of the most notorious recluse in England.
Benedict Hale, Duke of Winslow, has not set foot in London for years. He avoids society, despises Christmas, and guards his solitude with icy determination. Rumours swirl around him—of tragedy, of heartbreak, of a man who no longer feels at all.
But when Charlotte arrives—uninvited, snow-soaked, and impossible to ignore—his carefully controlled world begins to crack.
Trapped together over the Christmas season, her warmth fills his silent halls with laughter, light… and something far more dangerous.
Hope.
Because when the snow melts, Charlotte will leave.
And Benedict must decide…
Will he risk everything for love—
or lose her to the thaw?
Genre: Historical Romance
Lady Charlotte Ashford never expected to find herself stranded in a snowstorm… on the doorstep of the most notorious recluse in England.
Benedict Hale, Duke of Winslow, has not set foot in London for years. He avoids society, despises Christmas, and guards his solitude with icy determination. Rumours swirl around him—of tragedy, of heartbreak, of a man who no longer feels at all.
But when Charlotte arrives—uninvited, snow-soaked, and impossible to ignore—his carefully controlled world begins to crack.
Trapped together over the Christmas season, her warmth fills his silent halls with laughter, light… and something far more dangerous.
Hope.
Because when the snow melts, Charlotte will leave.
And Benedict must decide…
Will he risk everything for love—
or lose her to the thaw?
Genre: Historical Romance