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In 1860s London, they call her the Ice Queen: beautiful, untouchable, and dangerous. She is used to bending men to her will - until a young girl steps into her world and becomes the one person she cannot control, intimidate, or forget. In a society ruled by rank, scandal, and silence, one crack in her armor may cost far more than her pride.
The Ice Queen is both terrifying and irresistible: she rules men with ease, and at times it seems even the "real" Queen might be outshone by her presence. Then he arrives-a well-travelled lord of mixed Indian and English heritage, carrying the world in his voice and scandal in his wake. In a room built on bloodlines and appearances, he is fascination and threat at once-and he upsets the fragile order the moment he steps onto the floor.
Desire, fear, guilt, and self-acceptance trade places in a slow burn of tension. The characters battle not only on the glittering surface of society, but within themselves: the girl against her own uncertainty, the Ice Queen against power and loneliness, and the adventurer against his past... and his present. And this is only the beginning.
A slow-building Victorian drama of political intrigue and forbidden longing. Contains mature themes and sensual content (18+).