The Winter of His Touch

A Yorkshire blizzard swallows the moors whole, stranding Elena Ashford at the remote and decaying Thornhollow Manor, home of the enigmatic Sebastian Vane, a man whose pale skin and winter-cold touch suggest something older and far more dangerous than mere aristocratic grief. Cut off from the world by three feet of snow, Elena finds herself a guest in a house where the servants speak in whispers, the corridors echo with secrets, and a silver-haired vampire prowls just beyond the candlelight. As the storm rages and the ice deepens, Elena is drawn to Sebastian despite every warning, his mourning, his hunger, and the shadow of his bitter brother Lucien, whose rivalry with Sebastian threatens to spill into blood. Mrs. Pemberton tends the house with a broken heart and steady hands, while Tomas and a nameless courier guard secrets that could shatter Elena's trust forever. Each night, Sebastian draws closer, and each morning, Elena must choose: flee into the frozen dark or surrender to the only man who has ever made her feel truly alive. But in a manor where love is a curse and warmth is paid for in blood, her choice may cost far more than her heart.