Winter's Kiss

Vera hates her gift of bringing fantasies to life. Once she brought a guy to life, and he killed her friend right before her eyes. Now all Vera wants is to forget what happened and live a normal life. But fate has other plans: one night a sinister old woman appears and forcibly hands Vera her gift. It turns out she is one of the Four Great Maidens—the ancient Winter—and the gift she passed on to Vera is the ability, with cold, to stop a human heart. To get rid of this terrible gift, Vera must find out who killed her predecessor and who is truly behind her friend’s death. And most importantly—why did the Maiden of Winter choose her? Not because the real monster is… herself? Part one of the trilogy about the Great Maidens—guardians of the seasons. A winter fairy tale steeped in deceptively beautiful magic. Urban fantasy, a tangled plot, secrets rooted in the past, and vivid characters. A story in which people’s wishes become real. The events take place in Moscow and the region around the capital.