Valentina's Story

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They call her the Ice Queen, and she's earned it.

Valentina clawed her way from a bleak Spanish orphanage to the top of the fashion world, and she did it alone, after the one person she trusted most, her closest friend, Sofia, betrayed her on the morning it mattered most. Ten years on, she runs her career, and her heart, like a fortress: no assistants last, no rivals get close, and no one gets to see the girl underneath the armour.

Until Katie, who refuses to be intimidated. And until Victoria, a rising star with a warmth Valentina can't quite explain, arrives at Lake Como and starts, quietly, deliberately, to melt the ice.

A story of betrayal, resilience, and the terrifying risk of letting someone in.