THE ICE BETWEEN US

She hated everything about him.

He should have killed her the moment she saw his face.

Elena Fischer's life is turned upside down when she accidentally witnesses a brutal execution in the heart of Zurich. The man behind the trigger is Alessandro Moretti-the feared Mafia king known as The Black King, a man whose name is whispered with terror across Europe.

By mafia law, witnesses don't live.

But Alessandro can't kill her.

Not because he wants to... but because she's the younger sister of Noah Fischer, the one man he trusts with his life.

Forced into Alessandro's world for her own protection, Elena refuses to bow to the cold, ruthless man who controls everything around him. She challenges his authority, questions his every decision, and becomes the only person bold enough to look him in the eye without fear.

Alessandro finds her infuriating.

Elena finds him unbearable.

Yet beneath the hatred lies two shattered souls carrying wounds no one else can see.

As rival families declare war, secrets from the past surface, and betrayal threatens to destroy everything, the line between enemy and protector begins to blur.

In a world where loyalty is paid for with blood and love is the greatest weakness of all, they must decide whether to keep fighting each other...

...or fight for each other.

Sometimes the coldest hearts burn the brightest.