A frozen crown.

A forbidden flame.

A kiss that could melt a kingdom.

Queen Bessa has spent her reign buried beneath snowdrifts and diplomacy. With magic long gone and her advisors demanding a politically sound marriage, the last thing she needs is a distraction, especially one with broad shoulders, wax-stained hands, and an impossibly warm glint in his green eyes.

Ambrose, the kingdom’s elusive new candlemaker, prefers shadows to attention, but his candles—strange, glowing things crafted with whispers of magic—have begun to stir more than old enchantments. One flicker and everything starts to thaw, including the fire buried deep inside Bessas heart.

He’s not a...

A frozen crown.

A forbidden flame.

A kiss that could melt a kingdom.

Queen Bessa has spent her reign buried beneath snowdrifts and diplomacy. With magic long gone and her advisors demanding a politically sound marriage, the last thing she needs is a distraction, especially one with broad shoulders, wax-stained hands, and an impossibly warm glint in his green eyes.

Ambrose, the kingdom’s elusive new candlemaker, prefers shadows to attention, but his candles—strange, glowing things crafted with whispers of magic—have begun to stir more than old enchantments. One flicker and everything starts to thaw, including the fire buried deep inside Bessas heart.

He’s not a noble.

He’s not proper.

Yet the heat between them could set the whole realm alight.

When desire rekindles magic thought dead for a century, the secrets flare, power shifts, and Frostvale will never be the same.