The son of a serial killer. A devil in the flesh.

Midas Monroe knows that his big size intimidates plenty of people, and when they learn about his twisted past? Most folks go running. But he's not like his dear old monster of a dad, despite the stories that still circulate in the press.

He's a bodyguard. Protecting and defending is his bit.

No emotional attachments, ever. And no mistakes.

His latest case isn't the same old routine. It comes with a few twists.

. .

Twist one? The woman he's protecting doesn't know that he's her bodyguard. Like that doesn't make the job an extra pain in his-Ice.

Alina Bellamy is the reigning queen of the ice. She's an Olympic contender waiting for her moment to shine.

And she's also a woman falling hard and fast for the big, muscled, and gorgeous stranger who has just swept into her life. When they touch, she finally feels something other than the cold that has surrounded her forever.

Taken. Terrified.

Lost. .

. Alina's perfect world shatters when she's abducted.

Kidnapped in the middle of the night, she fears that she'll never survive, until he rushes to the rescue. Her Midas.

Big, bold, and dangerous. He spirits her away even as her abductors give chase.

Alina isn't the first victim to be taken, and her abductors aren't just going to let her slip away. The abduction is just the start of the nightmare that waits for Alina.

And as for Midas? Sometimes, it takes the son of a devil to fight the darkest monsters who like to hide in plain sight. Midas has never backed away from a fight.

Mostly because he has a killer swing. .

. The Ice Breakers are back! And Midas is about to find out that sometimes, a case can become very, very personal.

Cold cases will collide with the firestorm surrounding Alina as Midas hunts for a killer and as he finds out that the old saying can be true. .

. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Because Midas may just be falling hard for a woman he will never, ever be able to truly have. .