Skewered by ice and wrapped in eternal darkness, this cold planet does not forgive weakness and offers no vain hopes. But what if fate is offering it as an alternative to death? There’s no choice to be made. The only way to survive is marriage to a dreadful old man and relocating with him to this planet. And who would have thought that precisely Ivolon—this frozen hell—would become the most wonderful home, filled with searing warmth from another soul and love, while the terrifying owner who bought the slave would turn out to be her protector and husband?