She was born a princess. She was raised to obey. But fate had other plans.
Princess Eleanora Alexandra Jordan Zion has everything the world could envy—beauty, wealth, intelligence, and a future as Queen of France.
What she doesn't have is the freedom to choose whom she loves.
Days before her royal wedding to Prince Phillip VII, Eleanora discovers that the perfect marriage promised to secure her country's future is nothing more than a gilded cage. Betrayed, humiliated, and pushed beyond the limits of what she can endure, she makes the only choice she has left:
She runs.
Her escape takes her across the world to China, where she disappears beneath a new identity and enters a life she could never have imagined—one filled with secret identities, dangerous enemies, unexpected friendships, ancient mysteries, and the dazzling world of modern Chinese celebrity.
But running from one destiny may have brought her face-to-face with another.
There is Lucas O'Sullivan—the brilliant, disciplined man who has been beside her for years, the one person who sees through the princess to the woman beneath the crown.
And then there is Shu Kev—the impossibly captivating star whose very presence awakens something in Eleanora that she cannot explain.
Desperate to understand her heart, Eleanora turns to an ancient master of forbidden magic and makes a decision that will change everything.
She asks for a love spell.
What she doesn't realize is that some magic doesn't create love.
It binds souls.
And when two very different men become entangled in the consequences, Eleanora discovers that getting the love she wanted may be far more dangerous than losing it.
Golden Ice: The Gathering — Book 1 is a sweeping romance-adventure of royal intrigue, forbidden desire, identity, friendship, Chinese mystery, and ancient magic—where escaping your destiny may be only the beginning.