In this village, Iām an outcast: Griffin Everett, the scowling giant who prefers plants to people. Then I meet Keynes, a stranger from the city whoās everything Iām not: sharp-tongued, sophisticated, beautiful. Free. For a few precious moments in a dark alleyway, heās also mine, hot and sweet under the stars...until he crushes me like dirt beneath his designer boot.
When the prettiest man Iāve ever hated shows up at my job the next day, Iām not sure if I want to strangle him or drag him into bed. ActuallyāI think I want both. But Keynes isnāt here for the likes of me: he makes that painfully clear. With everyone else at work, heās all gorgeous, glittering charmābut when I get too close, he turns vicious.
And yet, I canāt stay away. Because thereās something about this ice king that sets me on fire, a secret vulnerability that makes my chest ache. Iāll do whatever it takes to sneak past his walls and see the real man again.
The last thing I expect is for that man to ruin me.