Rise of Ink and Smoke by Pam Godwin (Hardback)

A spin-off of Pam Godwin’s Frozen Fate trilogy, from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author — a dark MMF why-choose romantic suspense, with a bisexual awakening at its heart. Best read after the main trilogy.

Wolfson Strakh fought his way to freedom, and still it isn’t enough. With ink-stained fingers and his fierce Alaskan family at his side, he should feel whole — yet the past clings to him like scars, leaving a loneliness that won’t let go. Until Dove Rath blows his world apart. A runaway bride with a rifle, she’s the dangerous fairytale princess of his dreams. But she hasn’t come to be saved. She’s come to end her stepbrother, Jag Rath.

Ruinously handsome and lethal behind a keyboard, Jag drags old darkness into Alaska, twisting protection into possession and loyalty into hunger. Curiosity sharpens. Desire flares. Boundaries blur, and secrets stir. As Jag’s past threatens the freedom Wolf bled for, the love he never expected and the woman caught between them, Wolf finds himself standing on another cliff edge — betting his life on love as everything ignites in a rise of ink and smoke. Dark, charged and tense, it’s a slow-burn suspense where three dangerous people are pulled into one another’s orbit.

This is a dark MMF why-choose romantic suspense for mature readers, with heavy themes including a stepsibling dynamic and organised-crime violence. Please check any content warnings before reading, and take care if these themes affect you.

Perfect for readers who love dark MMF why-choose romance, a bisexual awakening, enemies-to-lovers tension, a runaway-bride-and-vengeance premise and a slow-burn with a lethal edge.