THIRTEEN Independently Published Thirteen Days of Winter

Thirteen Days of Winter** is an emotional **ice hockey survival romance** about love, sacrifice, loss, and the fight to stay alive when everything familiar disappears beneath the snow.

Professional hockey star **Ryan Cole** is traveling with his girlfriend **Emily Carter**, their loyal dog **Koda**, teammates, staff, and family members when a violent winter storm sends their plane crashing into a remote frozen wilderness. Surrounded by mountains, deep snow, brutal cold, and no sign of immediate rescue, only seven people and Koda survive the initial crash.

What begins as a desperate wait for help soon becomes a thirteen-day battle against hypothermia, hunger, injuries, frozen rivers, dangerous mountain terrain, and impossible choices. One by one, the survivors are tested beyond their limits, while Ryan struggles with the growing weight of responsibility and the fear of losing the woman he loves.

Through the darkest days, Ryan and Emily find something stronger than survival. They rediscover the ordinary moments they once took for granted, speak honestly about marriage, family, regrets, and the future they still dream of sharing, and learn just how precious a single day together can be.

But when Emily suddenly becomes dangerously ill and help appears to be only a few miles away, Ryan faces the most painful decision of his life: stay beside her or leave her with Koda and walk alone into the storm to find rescue.

He promises one thing before he goes:

**He will come back for them.**

What waits for Ryan when he returns will change his life forever.

Filled with **plane-crash survival, winter wilderness adventure, emotional romance, loyal-dog companionship, heartbreaking sacrifice, suspense, and an unforgettable final message**, *Thirteen Days of Winter* is a moving survival love story for readers who enjoy dramatic romances where every mile, every choice, and every moment together matters.

Because sometimes surviving is not the hardest part.

Sometimes the hardest part is learning how to keep living after the person you love is gone.

**A gripping and emotional survival romance for readers who love hockey stories, wilderness survival fiction, tragic love stories, plane-crash adventures, loyal dog stories, and powerful books about love and loss.**