In this village, Iâm an outcast: Griffin Everett, the scowling giant who prefers plants to people. Then I meet Keynes, a stranger from the city whoâs everything Iâm not: sharp-tongued, sophisticated, beautiful. Free. For a few precious moments in a dark alleyway, heâs also mine, hot and sweet under the stars...until he crushes me like dirt beneath his designer boot.
When the prettiest man Iâve ever hated shows up at my job the next day, Iâm not sure if I want to strangle him or drag him into bed. ActuallyâI think I want both. But Keynes isnât here for the likes of me: he makes that painfully clear. With everyone else at work, heâs all gorgeous, glittering charmâbut when I get too close, he turns vicious.
And yet, I canât stay away. Because thereâs something about this ice king that sets me on fire, a secret vulnerability that makes my chest ache. Iâll 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.