A fairy tale for grown ups, which brings together, as only Hoffman can, the fabulous and the real, chaos theory and the irrational everyday moment, in a compelling, haunting and sexy novel, with a sharp edge.

The story begins with a little girl who makes a wish one snowy night and ruins her life.

She grows up with a splinter of ice in her heart until one day, standing by her kitchen window, she is struck by lightning.

Instead of killing her, this cataclysmic event sparks off a new beginning.

She seeks out Lazarus Jones, a fellow lightning survivor.

He is her opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches.

As an obsessive love affair begins between them, both are forced to hide their most dangerous secrets - what turned one to ice and the other to fire.

The "Ice Queen" is a haunting story of passion, loss, second chances and the secrets that come to define us, if we're not careful.