Frost Line
by Linda Howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Unknown Author
Why You'll Love This
She's a living Tarot card pulled into a world she was never meant to touch — and the man sent to destroy her can't bring himself to do it.
- Great if you want: paranormal romance with a creative mythological concept at its core
- The experience: fast-moving and action-forward with romantic tension woven throughout
- The writing: Howard and Jones keep the prose tight and the chemistry credible
- Skip if: you want deep world-building — the Tarot premise stays fairly surface-level
About This Book
When a being of pure power steps into the human world, she carries the weight of the Tarot's Strength card made flesh—and none of the instincts needed to survive it. Lenna wasn't meant to be here, wasn't meant to care about a vulnerable child caught in dangerous crossfire, and certainly wasn't meant to feel anything for the mercenary sent to bring her back or take her down. Caine has hunted creatures like her before, but nothing in his experience prepared him for someone like Lenna. With enemies closing in and a boy's life hanging in the balance, both of them face choices that cut against everything they thought they were.
Howard and Jones blend paranormal mythology with tightly coiled romantic tension, grounding their supernatural premise in characters who feel genuinely conflicted rather than conveniently heroic. The dual-protagonist structure keeps the pacing sharp, giving equal weight to Lenna's wonder and Caine's hard-edged skepticism as they collide. Readers who enjoy romance with real mythological architecture beneath it—where the world-building earns its place rather than decorates the edges—will find this collaboration delivers something with more texture than the genre average.