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Until the Thaw

What begins as hostility becomes intimacy, then hunger, when two rivals are reluctantly snowed in together.

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An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella

Snowed in. Cut off. Far too close.

Eva Harper has spent months enduring Matthew Hycross's icy disdain. Oxford's golden boy may be brilliant, polished, and impossible to ignore, but he has made one thing clear: the American guest lecturer does not belong in his world.

But when a brutal blizzard leaves Matthew stranded and half-frozen on a lonely road, Eva has no choice but to bring him home to her remote cottage.

Inside the cottage

Old grievances begin to crack.

Away from the university, Matthew is not the man Eva thought he was. Beneath the arrogance is someone careful, restrained, unexpectedly tender, and far too easy to want.

Oxford rivalry Forced proximity Snowbound cottage Only one warm bed
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The cold has teeth. So does the banter.

Start with Eva, Matthew, one smug vintage Jaguar, and the sort of English weather that makes bad decisions feel inevitable.

Begin chapter one

Bonus chapter

You've heard Eva's side of the story.

Now hear Matthew's. Return to the day Eva and Matthew first meet and discover exactly what he feels about her from the beginning.

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About Sylvia Swan

Tea, tension, and second chances.

Sylvia Swan writes sophisticated spicy romance set in shadowed libraries, ancient colleges, and secluded Oxford cottages.

Meet Sylvia