In Brunemar, Lord Luceran Frostwyn commands all: the Aurevault mine, the land locked in eternal winter, and every human who lives beneath his rule. Every year, a tithe is owed. This year, my father cannot pay. When he is summoned to the Winter Lord's castle to answer for his debt, I make a bargain that binds my fate to the frost. I volunteer to take my father's place in the mine until the debt is paid. Luceran agrees. Now I must endure a frozen castle and the presence of a cruel Fae whose monstrous past, soaked in blood and betrayal, haunts these lands. But the longer I remain in his court, the more I learn that Luceran Frostwyn is fighting something far darker than grief and loneliness... and thawing his heart may be the most dangerous bargain of all. This is a full length wintry standalone novel which takes place before the events of A Bargain of Smoke and Vines.