Paranormal Romance — slow burn romance, happily ever after, swoony romance reads.A fated-mates paranormal romance of a fake engagement, a one-night stand, and the home they built from ruins. Shadow Court spy, Frost Court prince, forbidden love, and a deadly betrayal—when Elara Voss infiltrates the icy realm of her enemy to steal a cure for her dying sister, she never expects to fall for the one man who can unmask her. But when a one-night stand binds them as fated mates, she must navigate a treacherous game of lies, passion, and impossible choices before the truth shatters everything.Elara has one mission: pose as a noble bride, seduce Prince Kaelen Thorn, and steal the Frost Heart—the only magic that can save her sister from a wasting curse. She's trained her whole life for this: to lie, to kill, to survive. But Kaelen is nothing like the cold-blooded monster the Shadow Court warned her about. He's a warrior haunted by his own ghosts, a man who builds gardens in the snow and whispers to the northern wind. When their fake engagement ignites into a blazing one-night stand, their souls ignite with a bond neither can break—a fated-mates connection that defies every law of their warring courts.Now Elara is trapped between two impossible choices: save her sister by destroying the man she loves, or betray her kingdom and watch her family die. As the Frost Court's enemies close in and a traitor lurks in the shadows, every secret she keeps could be the one that kills them both. Kaelen suspects she's hiding something, but he's falling for her anyway—a fatal mistake for a prince who has already lost everyone he loved. When a devastating betrayal exposes her true identity, Elara must decide if she's willing to burn her own world to ash for a chance at a future together.Tropes: fated mates, fake engagement, one-night stand, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, morally grey heroine, cinnamon roll hero with a dark past, found family, only one bed, slow burn with explosive payoff.A Court of Shadow and Frost is the first book in The Shadowfrost Chronicles, a complete fated-mates paranormal romance series. If you love Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Scarlett St. Clair's Hades and Persephone, or Raven Kennedy's Plated Prisoner series, you'll devour this addictive tale of sacrifice, passion, and the home two broken souls build from ruins. Scroll up and one-click now to enter a world where love is the deadliest weapon of all.Perfect for readers who love **Harley Laroux** and **Liv Zander**.