{"product_id":"romancing-the-ice-wade-hart-9798254836353","title":"Romancing The Ice: MM Spicy Short Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo dudes. A sleeping bag. An island full of penguins.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've waited years for the amazing opportunity to study Adélie penguin chicks on a remote Antarctic island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have waited even longer - ten years - for Sam Beckett, the older, stoic Alaskan boat operator who taught me everything when I first arrived from Russia. He has been driving me crazy with his dark eyes and his silence and his complete refusal to feel anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've known I want him since I first met him, but Sam? I wouldn't know what Sam wants. He never says.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI guess I should just settle on being friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut cooped up in a tiny tent in the middle of heavy rains, sharing the only sleeping bag we have left, in the middle of a colony of chaotic penguins, I start to see fractures in the man who never cracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colder it gets, the bolder I become. When a medical crisis threatens my life, it shatters him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven the icebergs eventually melt. Sam is only a human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTropes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen years of pining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne sleeping bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriends to lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge gap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChaotic sunshine \/ stoic older man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA steamy, low-angst, fun standalone short read of 19,000 words with HEA.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wade Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254836353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d","brand":"Wade Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172577517823,"sku":"9798254836353","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/romancing-the-ice-wade-hart-9798254836353","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}