Locked In Ice

Cynthia Eden

Mar 2024 · Ice Breaker Cold Case Romance Book 9 · Hocus Pocus Publishing, Inc.

About this ebook

The world called him a monster, so he became one…

Guilty. Innocent? Definitely dangerous. The media chases Lane Lawson wherever he goes. Once upon a time, he’d been locked away because the Feds believed he was a serial killer. Every single day that he’d been in that hell, he’d had to fight for survival. Now he’s out, free, seemingly clear, but he’ll never be the man he was before a nightmare ended the life he knew.

It’s his turn to be the predator.

So he hunts. Adrenaline and rage fuel him, and he hunts the killers who think they’ve gotten away with their crimes. He paid for someone else’s sins before, and he’s determined that the guilty will be the ones to suffer. He’s joined up with the Ice Breakers, a team of cold case solvers—a team that helped get him out of his hell—and he will not stop until the scales of justice have been balanced.

And in this new life, he has an unlikely new partner.

PI Ophelia Raine is Lane’s opposite in every way. Fiery when he’s ice cold. Smiling when he’s ready to rip the world apart. She’s supposed to balance him, to help train him as an Ice Breaker…and, most importantly, he knows that Ophelia is supposed to keep him in check. Don’t let him go off the deep end. An order he’d heard her receive.

But the problem is that the more he’s around the gorgeous and tenacious Ophelia, the more Lane’s control begins to fracture. Because it has been far too long since he’s taken something—someone—for himself. And he very, very much wants Ophelia. A dark and desperate desire that begins to consume him.

Ophelia has her own darkness hidden inside.

The more he’s around her, the more Lane realizes that Ophelia’s bright and beautiful veneer is just a facade. She’s hiding secrets. Secrets that she’s keeping from him and all of the Ice Breakers. And when Ophelia’s bloody and violent past comes back to haunt her…

She will need a monster to keep her safe.

Author’s Note: Cold case solvers need to get ready—Ophelia’s past isn’t dead and buried the way she’d desperately hoped. Instead, it’s alive and well…and coming after her. She’ll need the help of a very unlikely protector—a man who claims to be no one’s hero—in order to survive the evil heading her way. But heroes are overrated, and sometimes it’s the “monsters” who are the only ones who can get the job done. Prepare for some huge blurs between truth and lies, ice-meltingly hot scenes, and a love that might just be worth killing for…

Ratings and reviews

LOCKED IN ICE is the ninth instalment in Cynthia Eden’s contemporary adult ICE BREAKER: COLD CASE romantic suspense series focusing on the men and women who work for Ice Breakers, an online team of crime solvers whose goal is to solve cold cases. This is former FBI agent turned PI Ophelia Raine, and cold case trainee Lane Lawson’s story line. The fast paced premise is intriguing and suspenseful; the characters are determined and dynamic; the romance is fated.

Ophelia is a private investigator but worked a job with the Ice Breakers. She has known Memphis for years so when he asks her to do a favor, she obliges. He wants Ophelia to partner up and train Lane, a new member of the Ice Breakers. Lane was in prison accused of being a serial killer. His twin sister Lark did everything to prove his innocence. Now he works for the Ice Breakers but is helping Ophelia. When a serial killer is caught and then is found dead in his jail cell, Lane is a suspect.

Locked In Ice is my new favorite reread! I was giddy with anticipation when I began reading Locked In Ice and then as the storyline began to unfold I found myself swooning through the romance and melting from the steam. But when a book gives me all that and can also make me cry, it's not just a winner in my eyes, it's a keeper that becomes a favorite and it's reread through the years.

About the author

Cynthia Eden is a New York Times, USA Today, Digital Book World, and IndieReader bestselling author of romantic suspense and paranormal romance. She’s a prolific author who lives along the Alabama Gulf Coast. In her free time, you’ll find her reading romances, watching horror movies, or hunting for adventures. She’s a chocolate addict and a major Supernatural fan.