Thawing The Scarred One: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Warmth of Varthok #3)

She's running from a monster. He's determined to become one.

Maya Rhys-Jones didn't escape six years of hell just to die on an ice planet. But when her manipulative ex-husband destroys everything she has left—her job, her home, her sanity—the Warmth Keeper program offers one thing Earth can' a fresh start. Her assignment? The warrior no one else will touch.

Dravoth Vorath has been waiting to die.

Scarred beyond recognition. Haunted by the mate he couldn't save. For three years, he's refused every Keeper sent to warm his bed, watching the cold cycles steal a little more of his will to live. He doesn't want to be saved.

He certainly doesn't want her.

But Maya doesn't flinch at his scars. Doesn't offer pity or platitudes. She matches his silence with her own and asks for nothing except the space to heal.

She's not afraid of him. And that terrifies him most of all.

Because somewhere between frozen nights and shared darkness, the bond forming between them becomes impossible to ignore. She sees past his damage to the artist he used to be. He sees past her walls to the warrior she's becoming.

But when an old enemy threatens everything they're building, Dravoth will have to keep waiting for death... or finally fight for a reason to live.

Content This book contains references to past emotional abuse, recovery from trauma, and enough spice to melt a frozen moon.

Thawing the Scarred One is a full-length standalone alien romance with a guaranteed HEA. No cheating, no cliffhanger.

🔥 Grumpy/Broken Hero × Healing Heroine 🔥 Only One Bed (For Survival) 🔥 Touch-Starved Alien 🔥 She's Not Afraid of His Scars 🔥 Who Hurt You? (Let Me End Them) 🔥 Fated Mates / Soul Bond