TAMING THE ICE KING

ed her big break to come

es for someone whose world barely stretched beyond Brooklyn thrift stores and her cramped studio apartment.

trembled as

was overdue, her fashion line was floundering, and she'd just turned down her fifth cl

aloud, even as her eyes devoure

's elite. Billionaires. Heiresses. Sharks in silk

and a man carved from rumors and ice. Cold. Controlled. Cursed, some whispered

ddenly being pull

t was a message fro

r Gala. Your work was recommended. He will sponsor yo

ounding. Disbelief swirled

protect herself. This kind of

e price was he

the frayed sketches on her wall-the dreams

was time

time to meet