Dark Ice Rose
Wendy Manzo’s books are available through Amazon in paperback, Kindle eBook, and hardcover versions.
Dark Ice Rose is a psychological thriller that follows women fighting to survive deadly betrayals and uncover buried secrets, confronting trauma and reclaiming their identities in a world where beauty and brutality intertwine.
Some families inherit love.
Others inherit enemies.
When Casey Kahele is arrested at her mother’s graveside, it unravels everything she believed about her family. Accused of murder, stripped of her savings for legal fees, and hunted by strangers demanding what her mother supposedly stole, Casey faces the ultimate test of loyalty.
Armed intruders ransack her home. Warning messages arrive. Someone watches from the shadows, waiting. The sisters who once called themselves the four musketeers now turn against each other as suspicion and paranoia unravel their sisterly bond.
When family becomes the threat, who can you trust?
Forced to dig into her mother’s buried past, Casey uncovers secrets that stretch back decades. When her instincts lead her to the unthinkable, Casey learns that some truths are more dangerous than lies.
Roses have thorns.
Dark Ice Rose is an intense tale of family lies, inherited trauma, and deadly secrets with one woman’s desperate fight to save herself from a past she never knew existed.
The innocent always pay the highest price
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Some families inherit love.
Others inherit enemies.
When kidnappers target Casey Hansen on the courthouse steps, everything she believed about her family begins to unravel. Hunted by strangers demanding what her mother supposedly stole, Casey faces the ultimate test of loyalty.
Armed intruders ransack her home. Warning messages arrive. Someone watches from the shadows, waiting. The sisters, who once called themselves the Four Musketeers, now turn against each other as suspicion and paranoia unravel their sisterly bond.
When family becomes the threat, who can you trust?
Forced to dig into her mother’s buried past, Casey uncovers secrets that stretch back decades. When her instincts lead her to the unthinkable, Casey learns that some truths are more dangerous than lies.
Roses have thorns.
Dark Ice Rose is an intense tale of family lies, inherited trauma, and deadly secrets with one woman’s desperate fight to save herself from a past she never knew existed.
The innocent always pay the highest price
About the Author
Hello, I’m Wendy, writing fiction as W.K. Manzo, and creative nonfiction and curating anthologies, as Wendy Manzo. I live in Sydney, Australia, with my husband, Andrew H Smith, and we have three adult children living on three different continents.
My identity is embodied in three career paths simultaneously: Artist, Writer, and Jewellery designer. I spent 30 years as owner and master designer of Wendy Manzo Diamonds. I pioneered live worship painting, leading the artists at DaySpring Church for 10 years, and ran the Creative Hearts Art Gallery on the Gold Coast for 5 years. I’m currently pursuing a PhD in Prophetic Art and writing a women’s literary series.
I believe that women’s voices, so long unheard, are coming to the fore. I believe hope and empathy are essential parts of who we are. I believe we need to embrace the fact that we’re all imperfect people, always learning, and that life is full of ‘giving it a go’, failing, getting messy, and dreaming bigger.
It doesn’t matter what style of dysfunctional family we come from; they all remarkably shape who we are. I have lived in distant places, such as the Gold Coast, Bali, and New York, and have made extended visits to Paris, Venice, and Zagreb. I try to evoke this exotic foreignness in my writing.
As well as website blogs, I’ve authored five non-fiction books, ‘Lifeboats’ (2026 release), ‘The Prophetic Artist: Raising an Army of Artists’, ’40 Days hath November: Personal Prophetic Paintings’, ‘Fragile as Sea Foam’, ‘How to Paint With God: Increase your Prophetic Art Skills’; co-authored and illustrated ‘Brush Tales; Silent Stories’; co-authored ’88 Days: Road to Recovery from Trauma’; and curated and edited ‘The Voice in the Paint: The Blood Speaks’.
Everything is symbolic; keep interpreting!
