A Kettle on the Iron Line

Dearbhail wants nothing more than a quiet season tending her potted tea-bushes aboard the trans-continental railway. Armed with gentle plant biokinesis, she can coax the most stubborn bergamot into fragrant blossom, provided the train's thermostat behaves. But when the rail network assigns her Eachann—a towering, frost-antlered stag-shifter whose body temperature sits permanently below freezing—her cozy parlor car turns into a winter wonderland. Between dodging his magnificent antlers in the narrow galley and thawing the teapots his sneezes keep flash-freezing, Dearbhail finds herself warming up to the shy alpine shifter. As their train glides past snow-capped peaks, brewing the perfect cuppa might just lead to cultivating true love.