Herverse

⚠️ DARK ROMANCE WARNING ⚠️
This is a very dark romance with a toxic, possessive, unhinged male lead who gets worse as the story continues.
Expect: obsession, stalking, rape, body shaming, drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping, dubious consent, non-consent, graphic violence, rough/degrading sex, manipulation, and other heavy triggers.

The book gets darker and darker.

If any of these upset you, please do not read. This story is for adults who enjoy very dark themes only.

I WARNED!


“You will always live in my dead wife’s shadow. I will never love you.”

Those were my husband’s first words to me on our wedding day. Not I love you. Not welcome home. Just a cold promise I would spend the rest of my life paying for a crime I didn’t commit.

And the worst part?

He was right.

I was deaf. Fat. Broken. Betrayed by everyone I had ever trusted. By the time Alexander Miller walked into my life, there wasn’t much of me left to destroy.

I thought marrying him would give me stability, a fresh start.

I didn’t know it would trap me in a house filled with a dead woman’s memories.

Every time he touched me, I felt it. Even when he was buried deep inside me, he whispered her name like I was just a substitute for the wife he lost.

All because I had her face.

And he believed I had taken her life.

He made sure I paid for it every single day.

And when he finally learned the truth…
I was already dead.

At Westbridge University, there’s only one rule that matters: never blackmail the Ice King.

Daphne Brook broke it.

She's broke. Her grades are failing. Her scholarship is slipping away. And the billionaire heir she's been obsessed with for years won't even look at her.

So when she accidentally gets leverage over the Ice King, she uses it.
Tutoring.

Money.

And fake dating him until her crush finally notices her.

Simple, right?

Not even close.

Because the Ice King is hiding something.
A secret he's willing to do anything to protect.
Even fake date the most annoying girl he's ever met.

And Daphne is about to find out exactly what happens when you try to defrost a man who was never supposed to melt.