title: Love on the Winter Steppes
author: Wynters, Paris
description: Can a magical day at the Ice Festival melt this career-focused woman's heart?Marketing consultant Qara Whitaker loves her job, happily putting in endless hours and working through holidays. But when her grandmother asks that she accompany her on a birthday trip to Mongolia to visit their family, Qara can't say no. Packing up her laptop, Qara boards the plane—never imagining that a shared cab ride with a stranger will change her life forever.Hoping to push through writer's block, author Benjamin Lacoy hops on a plane to Mongolia looking for inspiration. A chance meeting with a beautiful and intelligent woman whose smile ignites his heart leads to them playing tourists. Sparks fly and Ben is feeling far more than inspiration, yet each time he and Qara get close, she's distracted by work.Ben is torn; he likes Qara, but he always promised himself he'd never let work come before family and friends like his parents did. Opposites clearly attract, but can they learn to balance work with love in order to build a future together?