Desire & Ice ( A Mackenzie Family Novella) by Christopher Rice

This is a review of Desire & Ice by Christopher Rice. Desire & Ice is a Mackenzie Family novella. The Mackenzie Family is a creation of author of Liliana Hart. This is a stand alone story set in the town of Surrender, Montana.  Even though set in the world of the Mackenzie Family this story is not directly about the Mackenzie Family however we will see a brief appearance of a member of the Mackenzie Family. 

We are introduced to a young sheriff's deputy named Danny Patterson. Danny had a crush on his high school English teacher, Eliza who left town after her marriage. Several years later, Eliza returns to Surrender. She believes that she is doing her ex husband a favor by going to his family's property in Surrender. She is in search of money to help her ex-husband out of a jam that she believes he has gotten into.

Danny has a feeling that Eliza is in town running from something. He goes to investigate and Eliza and Danny are chased by killers who are after Eliza. Danny and Eliza take off through the woods trying to elude the killers and end up spending the night together in a hunter's cabin that Danny knows the location of. 

They are found the next morning by Sheriff Cooper Mackenzie who tells them that the killers chasing them are dead and he tells Danny the real story about why Eliza is in Surrender. Once the situation about why Eliza came to Surrender is resolved, Eliza settles into a new life and love with Danny.