A novel by Ivana Nazareno

Desire and
the Thaw

Who are you when you forget what you were told to be?

A story of desire and transformation, written as an intimate diary across Iceland's wildest landscapes.

★ The Spanish edition reached #12 on Amazon in Spanish Literature & Fiction
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The story

An improbable encounter

Iceland was the unplanned stop that changed everything.

She had two loves. One wanted to change her, to make her better. The other desired her as his muse. Neither loved her for who she was, and neither did she. Until he appeared.

After leaving an email unanswered and her dog in someone else's care, Iceland became the unplanned stop that changed everything. Among untamed waterfalls, scalding geysers and rivers of lava, he showed her who she could be if she stopped trying to fit in.

She answered with rebellion and fire. And both were marked forever.

An improbable encounter. An inevitable love.

“He showed her who she could be if she stopped trying to fit in.”

Desire and the Thaw

What you'll find

A novel to read with an open heart

I

An intimate diary

Lyrical first-person prose, like reading pages no one was ever meant to see.

II

Iceland as the stage

Waterfalls, geysers and rivers of lava: a landscape as untamed as what it awakens.

III

Slow-burn romantasy

A desire that simmers slowly, with a touch of Norse myth and magical realism.

IV

Coming back to yourself

A story about no longer fitting in, and daring to be who you really are.

The Argentine novel captivating readers reaches #12 on Amazon.

— ChavesDigital (Argentina), on the Spanish edition · translated

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Ivana Nazareno

The author

Ivana Nazareno

Ivana Nazareno is an Argentine journalist and writer. Her work blends poetry, philosophy, psychology, personal experience and a sharp, acid humor, building a unique female voice that leaves no one indifferent.

Her stories explore love, desire, identity, success, the choices we make and the people we choose to share the road with.

The best stories are the ones that have the power to transform us, like bridges that, once crossed, can never be uncrossed.

Her wish is for every story to leave a deep mark on those who read it, and to walk with her readers, page by page, toward new paths.

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