She wanted a quiet winter. Instead, she got snowed in with a fake husband — and real feelings she never saw coming.

Mallory Gale is a storm witch with a reclusive streak, perfectly content hiding in her cliffside home with a cup of tea and her grief. But when a blizzard traps her on the wrong side of a collapsed bridge, she finds herself stuck at the Hearthstone Inn with nowhere to go and no desire to be around people.

Enter Kieran Striker: inn owner, tiger shifter, and very much in need of a wife… or at least the appearance of one. To save his business and fend off a rival’s sabotage,

Kieran makes a wild proposal — pretend to be his bride until the storm passes.

Mallory wants nothing to do with town gossip, fake affection, or Kieran’s easy charm. But the longer they share hot chocolate, cozy fires, and stolen moments, the harder it becomes to remember this is all pretend.

He’s trying not to fall for the woman who saved his Christmas.
She’s trying not to fall for the man who’s thawing her heart.

But when real sparks fly in a fake marriage, there’s no storm strong enough to keep them apart.