Icarus (The light and flame series)

### Vanessa Steinhauer

Everyone knows what happens when you fly too close to the sun — but knowing never stopped anyone from trying.

Mara Voss has spent three years building her reputation on being the sharpest mind in the room. The one person she cannot afford to be wrong about is Caelum Ashford — her professional rival, her personal nemesis, and the most infuriating man she has ever had the misfortune of wanting.

He burns too bright. Speaks too boldly. Looks at her like she's a problem he's already solved.

She hates him for it.

When a career-defining project forces them into reluctant partnership, Mara tells herself the rules are simple: work together, win together, walk away. But Caelum refuses to play by any rules she sets, and every argument between them carries a heat that has nothing to do with anger. The closer she gets, the more the line between enemy and something far more dangerous begins to blur.

She knows the myth. She knows exactly how this ends — in falling, in burning, in ruin.

The thing about Icarus, though, is that he didn't regret the flight. He regretted nothing at all.

*Icarus* is a slow-burn, sharp-edged enemies-to-lovers romance for anyone who has ever loved someone they absolutely shouldn't — and chosen them anyway.