- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Mira; reprint edition (Nov 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0778325008
- ISBN-13: 978-0778325000
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #277,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Behind her mask is a deadly secret?
The powerful head of the covert mercenary organization The Committee, Isobel Lambert is a sleek, sophisticated professional who comes into contact with some of the most dangerous people in the world. But beneath Isobel's cool exterior a ghost exists, haunting her with memories of another life?a life that ended long ago.
But Isobel's past and present are about to collide when Serafin, mercenary, assassin and the most dangerous man in the world, makes a deal with The Committee. Seventeen years ago Isobel shot him and left him for dead. Now it looks as if he's tracked her down for revenge. But Isobel knows all too well that looks can be deceiving?and that's what she's counting on to keep her cover in this international masquerade of murder.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Resident Genius of Romance is at it again!!,
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This review is from: Ice Storm (Mass Market Paperback)
Anne Stuart is one of my favourite authors for three decades now. I started reading her Gothics back at the end of the 1970s. She was dead bang solid of a writer back then, and she continues to hit the target time-after-time ever since. I believe I recall one book that didn't get a five star from me. I gave it four, only because I got really annoyed at a whiny sister character!She is NOT for everyone. You have to love very dark Gamma Heroes. Most readers love Alpha males, the hero that is hard, but has that inner core of honour. Gamma heroes are very different. They are dark rogues...anti-heroes...men you can hate...and yet love. Not many writers can do them and do them well. Stuart is the Resident Genius of Romance because she can do what few others can, make you love the anti-hero. Often, she causes a schism in the reader because you really HATE the Gamma hero the whole time you want him. That is a difficult hat trick. Why Stuart reigns as Queen of the Gamma heroes, because she has the magic to do it. This division of polar emotions causes some readers not to like her, which is their choice. For those who do get Stuart, heads up she's done it again. Only this time she's given us a bad girl to match this Gamma Rogue hero. Stuart patent spell is the vulnerable girl who gets caught in the snare of our Gamma Rogue. Generally, he uses her and she gets burned bad because the moth flew too close to the flame. However, in this "Ice" book, she gives you the aftermath of that betrayal. The woman made hard and tough as nails by the past. Long ago, Isobel thought she killed the man she loved. Only, KIllian is back and asking for help. Stuart is a wizard. She loves to push the readers' buttons; make them hate the hero and in the same breath desire him. I think she tosses out these works of brilliance, then sits back in glee at the reactions she causes. Long may she keep doing this! It's dark, hard, and not the cup of tea for everyone. Stuart fans will adore another masterpiece.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best in the series yet!,
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This review is from: Ice Storm (Mass Market Paperback)
Completely and totally awesome! I finished it just before midnight and I had to jump right on and post my review while the book was still fresh in my mind. *grin* Hope I hear my alarm clock in the morning!Lots of action, suspenseful twists and turns, and the characters just suck you into the story with both hands. Isobel isn't the `Ice Maiden' she appears to be, and I like that about her. While Peter (in Book #2, Cold as Ice) sees right through her facade, no one would guess otherwise, except for Killian, aka Serafin. She keeps a tight reign on her emotions, letting loose only when she's completely alone, and it made my heart hurt to see that. And then there's Serafin, known to Isobel as Killian, a man she knew eighteen years past. She thought he was dead... Surprise! Talk about wake-up call! Arrogant and infuriating as all get-out, you can see he's the perfect match for Isobel, even if neither would admit it until the very end. A twist in the story leaves your jaw nearly on the floor - I'd have never guessed in a million years what/who Killian truly is, and it truly hurts Isobel when she finds out. I understood her anger. She did what she needed to do to put an end to what was happening to the operatives of The Committee and I hailed her for it. She did what she needed to do - even if it cost her. Bastien is also involved (Book #1, Black Ice), as well as Reno (Takashi's cousin, Book #3, Ice Blue), and a small twist with a young boy, Mahmoud, has you wondering what the fifteen-year-old will be bringing to the story in the future. The ending was perfect, I wouldn't have had it any other way. I'll be picking up Fire and Ice on Friday. You can bet I'll be reading it asap. Out of the four books so far in the series, my pick is this one.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (28 customer reviews) 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Cold and More Heat,
By Elaine C McTyer "avid reader" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Ice Storm (Mass Market Paperback)
Anne Stuart has taken us to the Place she finds so easily, the great reading place. I adore her soggy heros, men who have given up all to do what they feel is right as well as profitable. She takes characters who are so dark they can't stand the light and brings them out with wonderful caring female characters. This time however, we have two people who have fought the good fight, and even if one deserves to die, the heart is still a lonely hunter.Isobel Lambert is the head of the Committee, an organization devoted to keeping our world from destroying itself. She has learned to be hard and capable. No one knows her true name or anything about her. Except she gets the job done. Serafin is a wanted terrorist who wants the Committee to save him and he will give them all the inside information he has. But seventeen yrs ago he called himself Killian and Isobel thought she killed him then, imagine her astonishment to find him alive and wanting help from her organization. Both have secrets and enemies but the hardest thing for Isobel is that he was the first and only man she has ever loved. She only knew him for two weeks, seventeen yrs ago, but that changed the direction of her life. She knew she shot him and thought he was dead. Now both find the attraction has not died and each must guard against the other. Because now it seems someone in Isobel's organization or one of the people Killian has double-crossed is out to kill them both. The action is non stop, the romance is hot, and the book is read at one time. I could not put it down. Loved it. 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
What happened to Isobel?,
By Esme - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ice Storm (Mass Market Paperback)
Meet Isobel Lambert, head of a top-secret international crime-fighting organization. She's a level-headed leader, she's cool and capable and efficient. She has ice water running in her veins, she's a stone-cold killer, yet she's judicious and lets the innocent live, she's awesome.Or at least she WAS, in the previous books in the "Ice" series. Now it's finally time for Isobel's story to be told, and what a disappointment! What happened to you, Isobel? Where is the efficient, calm, rational woman who gets the job done? Meet Killian, evil bad boy run amok. He's beautiful, he's deadly, he always gets the upper hand. Killian and Isobel have unfinished business. When the two run into each other, the sparks ought to fly, but instead all I get is frustration. Killian comes along and our efficient, cold, rational, emotionless leader Isobel vanishes, leaving a fairly useless damsel in her place, who's only along for the ride. Thrill to scenes of Killian taunting Isobel about their angst-filled past! Gasp in awe as Isobel passively lets him! Prepared to be astonished at the level of dimwitted wittering Isobel generates as Killian proves just how eeeevil he is, and how useless Isobel is! Oh well. Aside from the disappointing characterization of Isobel, the angst-filled romance is pretty fun. Killian is a truly ruthless and tortured anti-hero, and is completely obsessed with Isobel, although he refuses to admit just how obsessed with her he is. Pretty yummy. His story arc, while predictable, is still fun and enjoyable. Another bad boy killer par excellence tamed by the love of his life. If only Isobel were equally awesome. Now that would be a book to savor! 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Anne Stuart finally gave me a bad girl for a really bad boy and I love it!,
By L. Cortes "Book Junkie" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ice Storm (Mass Market Paperback)
This is what I've been waiting for Anne Stuart to do. I love this author dearly and I've always had a weakness for her bad boys. But I admit at times when reading would find the heroine to be a bit of a wimp and annoying. She turns it up a knotch in Ice Storm and what a pleasure it was to read. I haven't read her books over and over in a long time and this one will be one to start that tradition again. I love that Isobel in the past is maybe a bit of the typical blind fool in love but in present time is pretty damn fierce. I mean she is the most dangerous woman alive. What better match for the most dangerous man alive. It's a fresh twist to the norm. I applaud Ms. Stuart for it and it makes old and new fans of hers get a taste of something different. More bad girls with bad boys please.
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