Book 1 of 3 UNEDITED. She's learning to trust. He's learning to love. Together, they're learning the rules don't matter. Lindsey has spent two years in hiding after her best friend and boyfriend's ultimate betrayal. Now she's ready to start fresh-to trust again, to take her life back. Love? That's off the table. Until her brother's teammate and captain skates into her world, making her question everything. Chase has been hockey's golden playboy for five years, but the game has lost its thrill. He's craving something real, something deeper than puck bunnies who only see his jersey. Just when he's about to give up, he meets Lindsey-his best friend's fiercely guarded little sister. She's everything he never knew he wanted, and absolutely everything he can't have. When sparks fly between the off-limits sister and the reformed playboy, both must decide: Is love worth risking everything? Or will the ghosts of their pasts destroy their chance at forever?

Once upon a time, there was a werewolf king who sought to conquer all, who sought to conquer all that he could in hunger to fill his gaping hole of a heart. He ravaged packs, and rogues, turning all of them into his own kin. He was arrogant and felt that none could stop him... However, he was wrong. A witch named Gamora, placed a curse upon him and his kingdom that he shall forever remain bound to one kingdom alone and almost hidden completely from the rest of the world. He and his pack were cursed to be immortal and in 650 full moons if he had not found his mate, she had not have fallen in love with him, and he hadn't have changed, then by the time the last moon had risen he would forever be shifted into wolf form, and cursed to walk the land forever as a beast. Years went by until Amabelle Bonnet. It is discovered that Amabelle is mysteriously, and miraculously Dante's long-lost mate. A new hope is given to the pack, and more importantly to Dante who now has to make Amabelle fall in love with him. Easier said than done... Amabelle is stubborn, perhaps more than he is. She loathes Dante, blames him for robbing her of her family and she feels that she will always be a prisoner... Dante's mission is to prove her wrong, and he'd better hurry. There are only two more full moons left. Slowly but surely Amabelle realizes that there may be more to Dante than the beast he made himself out to be. Will Dante win the heart of his mate, or be lost to roam the earth as a monster for eternity? Find out in, "The Lonely King". ~•~ Book 1 of the Shadows, Roses and Ice Trilogy. Novel Playlist on Spotify - "The Lonely King, Novel Playlist" https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LeUP34S9G4BY8orq4xmU8?si=lbnBQh2mQqOw1AM99v9OtA