Book Info
Released: April 26 2005
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Series: Ice #1
Narrator: Jennifer Van Dyck
Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
Pages: 378
Format: Audiobook
“Anne Stuart is the queen of anti heroes!”
~ Under the Covers
I’ve been a fan of Anne Stuart since the first moment I read the House of Rohan series. To this day I still recommend that series to anyone that wants a darker historical romance and loves antiheroes. Her romantic suspense has been on my TBR since but I never manage to push it up the TBR. I recently saw this book on Instagram and it came at just the right time so I decided to pick it up.
Anne Stuart is the queen of anti heroes! Those guys that are many shades of grey. The line between good and evil is blurred. I knew from the start I was going to like Bastien. He’s a covert agent that infiltrated a drug organization and is very good at playing the part and doing his job. A job that often requires killing. He’s also very cocky.
Our heroine Chloe comes in during a meeting to work as a translator without knowing she would be dealing with criminals and quickly finds herself seeing and hearing more than she should.
I adored seeing Bastien softening to Chloe and how she got under his skin without even trying. They had great chemistry! Then there’s the element of suspense to this book. It’s nicely done and woven in with the romance. It keeps you engaged throughout. Maybe a little far fetched and unbelievable at times, but I was on for the ride. As long as we had the sexy Frenchman.
I would definitely recommend this for those who love anti heroes but also if you like your romantic suspense a little more fun. Does that even make sense? BLACK ICE was pure entertainment.
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About Anne Stuart
Anne Stuart is a grandmaster of the genre, winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, survivor of more than thirty-five years in the romance business, and still just keeps getting better.
Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett.
She’s won numerous awards, appeared on most bestseller lists, and speaks all over the country. Her general outrageousness has gotten her on Entertainment Tonight, as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Women’s Day and countless other national newspapers and magazines.
When she’s not traveling, she’s at home in Northern Vermont with her luscious husband of thirty-six years, an empty nest, three cats, four sewing machines, and one Springer Spaniel, and when she’s not working she’s watching movies, listening to rock and roll (preferably Japanese) and spending far too much time quilting.
Anne Stuart also writes as Kristina Douglas.
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I’m a part time graphic designer (yes, everything you see on UTC has been done by me), run my husband's business from home and on a good day I’m a self appointed superwoman (she who can do it all).I love blogging with my girls and I couldn’t do it any other way!My first love is everything paranormal, but in the past few years I’ve re-learned to love contemporary romance.Every once in a while I like to mix things up with a historical romance, a steampunk or an LGBT book.Because I need variety to avoid book slumps.I don’t always need an HEA although I prefer one, and I love authors that can rip my heart out and make me ugly cry.
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Thanks for the review. I tried the first two books in the House of Rohan series and just couldn’t get into her writing style. But I’m glad you are enjoying other works by her! Maybe I’ll try again with this series.
Sounds good. Thanks for the review Francesca
This is one of my all-time favorite series!
Thanks for the review, this sounds good and I’m adding to my wishlist.