<p> On the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iver&#173;ton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and her fianc&#233; has just revealed a life-changing secret to her. Alone and adrift, Clarissa travels to mystical Lapland, where she believes she'll meet her real father. There, at a hotel made of ice, Clarissa is confronted with the truth about her mother's his&#173;tory, and must make a decision about how&#8212;and where&#8212;to live the rest of her life. </p>