by Olivia Wildenstein
Series: The Empress of Thorns #1
Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings.
I LOVED A MAN WHO WASN’T MY MATE, BUT WHO DEFIED HIS PACK TO LOVE ME ANYWAY.
I had two childhood dreams: to shift into a wolf, and to win Nordin Stormsson’s forbidden heart.
My first dream shattered the day my mother confessed I wasn’t a shifter, but a valkyrie stranded in a land far from my people. My second was crushed when Nordin rejected me…only to claim another as his mate.
So I ran. Heartbroken, I crossed beyond the wards in search of my birth clan. But freedom came at a cost. Dragons, vampyrs, and enemy wolves stalked me through the dark. They weren’t the only ones who came after me, though.
Nordin came too. He seized me before they could, stealing my body and then my heart.
For a time, I dared to dream once more, to imagine a future with Nordin in the land of ice and wolves.
Until I uncovered his most closely guarded secret.
A truth about my past.
One that ruined us all.
The Ice Beyondis the first book in a fiercely romantic, Norse-inspired fantasy filled with forbidden love, warring supernaturals, and a spirited heroine who must decide whether to cling to the life she was given or step into the legacy she never asked for.
Genres: Romantasy
Tropes: Secrets and Betrayal, Possessive Love Interest, Norse Mythology, Forbidden Love, Secret Past, Captor/Captive
ISBN: 9781464293696
512 pages
Published: 2026-07-07
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca