Nora Lane takes a quiet winter retreat job at a remote mountain lodge to rebuild her life. She expects snow, silence, and a fresh start. Instead, the lodge locks down under a sudden “security event,” the roads vanish beneath a storm, and staff members begin disappearing like they were never there.
Two men step into her doorway with the kind of danger that doesn’t need to raise its voice. Declan Wolfe is a cold, disciplined fixer who runs operations without leaving fingerprints. Ryder Knox is his lethal partner—built for violence, loyal like a blade. They tell Nora the truth she can’t this lodge isn’t a retreat. It’s the venue for a secret auction called Winter Vice, where power is sold, evidence is traded, and people vanish quietly.
And Nora’s name is on the guest list.
Declan offers a stay in their guarded wing, follow strict rules, and help them find which bidder is buying a file tied to an old case… tied to her past. Ryder wants to burn the lodge down and take her before anyone realizes what she’s worth.
But when Nora discovers hidden cameras, locked rooms of passports, and a file stamped with her name dated years earlier, she realizes the storm didn’t trap her by accident.
Winter Vice didn’t invite her to work.
It invited her to be sold.