She was sworn to protect the border.He crossed it chasing a future.Neither of them expected to find love. Mateo Cruz risked everything for a chance at a better life. Alone, hunted, and carrying scars that run deeper than the desert sands, he believes love is a luxury men like him can't afford. ICE agent Elena Torres has spent years guarding the lines drawn by others - lines that never seemed to blur... until now. When she meets Mateo, everything she thought she knew about duty, loyalty, and justice is shattered. Their connection is instant. Dangerous. Forbidden. As Mateo faces the fight of his life to stay in the country, Elena must make an impossible choice: protect the rules she was sworn to uphold, or protect the man who has stolen her heart. In a world built to keep them apart, Mateo and Elena burn for a future they're told they can never have. Passionate, emotional, and gripping, On Thin ICE is a star-crossed lovers romance about risking everything for the kind of love that refuses to be caged.