A Willing Captive, but never a willing participant. Marin is evolving and with Cedric's connection weakening every day she fears time is running out before all is lost.

Marin Grienger has resolved to take Kieron's deal—his promise to leave her only living family, Aislinn, alone in exchange for her going with him. It is a deal she fears will ultimately end with her mind, body, and soul violated and being nothing but a bloodless husk of what she used to be, and that is if she is lucky. She is terrified of becoming like him—what she loathes, the things that killed her parents, and turned her world into something out of nightmares. She will never become a Duinova Vile. She will choose death, but first she will fight. Her hope that Cedric will come for her, destroy his brother and save her, keeps her going in the beginning. But with each passing day while Kieron's craving for her becomes more aggressive, more present, the connection she felt between her and Cedric fades.

It is almost gone.

Did he sever all ties to her? Is he dead?
With Kieron always lurking and threatening her safety, she knows it is only a matter of time before he snaps and takes everything he desires. She knows it is true like she knows Cedric has abandoned her, and she is alone.

While Marin eludes Kieron's grips and seductive charm, she focuses on honing her Glace Blanche talents, she is oblivious to the journey her cousin has been thrust into by no choice of her own. Locked away in a network of underground caves, Aislinn is held by Kieron's estranged partners and the ex-Strygoilan elder, Baskovio. Like her cousin, Aislinn espouses her newly discovered heritage, embraces a strength she never knew she possessed and learns what destiny has in store for a seemingly fragile human.

The human race has just gained a new warrior, but will she be in time to save Marin?

Willing Captive is the second, slow-burn romantic fantasy in the four-part installment of the White Ice series. The saga resumes in book three, Wicked Intentions. The novels within the series are not standalone and all end with a cliffhanger ending until Book Four, Bitter Redemption when the story concludes.