Overview

Once upon a time, an ugly duckling fell in love with a princess… We started off as friends. I should have been content with just that, but I wanted so much more. She was everything I wanted and everything I couldn’t touch…Until one night, I did. For a few brief hours, I knew what it was like to love. And the next morning, I learned what it was like to have my heart broken. Ugly ducklings don’t get happily ever afters, so I decided to become a swan.

They call me the ice queen, but I wasn’t born this way. I spent years working to become a perfect feminine beauty. Many women have tried to claim me, but none have thawed my frozen heart. Then, a billionaire asks for my hand in marriage—she wants needs a wife, and the only thing I love is money.

There’s just one problem: When we attend the midnight ball to make our engagement public, she is there.

My one regret.
My only mistake.
My first love.

I can’t go through the pain of loving her again.
But now that I’ve seen her, I know that can’t live without her.