Ice
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4.2 • 107 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
"ICE, by Stephanie Rowe, is a thrill ride!" ~Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Alaskan bush pilot Cort McClaine thrives on danger, but the daredevil flier is closing in on a crash and burn if he doesn't get a handle on the past that's still haunting him. The last thing Cort needs is a woman who reminds of how much he's already lost, but that's exactly what he gets when a sexy-as-hell accountant climbs into his cockpit.
With her diamond earrings and high heels, ex-climber Kaylie Fletcher has cut her ties with the snow-capped mountains that have claimed the lives those she loves. But when her family goes missing on Mt. McKinley, Kaylie must brave the land she fled to find them before it's too late.
When a madman targets Kaylie, there only person she can trust is Cort, a ruggedly handsome protector who will either heal her heart or break it forever.
"ICE delivers pulse-pounding chills and hot romance as it races toward its exciting climax!" ~ JoAnn Ross , New York Times bestselling author
"Stephanie Rowe explodes onto the romantic suspense scene with this edgy, sexy and gripping thriller. From the very first page, the suspense is chilling, and there's enough sizzling passion between the two main characters to melt the thickest arctic ice. Get ready for a tense and dangerous adventure." ~ Fresh Fiction
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Rowe is the author of more than forty-five novels, and she's a four-time nominee for the RITA® award, the highest award in romance fiction. As an award-winning author, Stephanie has been touching readers' hearts and keeping them spellbound for more than a decade with her contemporary romances, romantic suspense, and paranormal romances. For more information on Stephanie and her books, visit her on the web at www.stephanierowe.com.
NOTE: ICE was originally released in print in 2009 by Dorchester Publishing. The novel is approximately 325 pages, and there are excerpts from other books by the author in the back of the book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Like Alaskan bush pilot Cort McClain's Cessna heading down the runway, this thrilling entry into romantic suspense from romance author Rowe (Must Love Dragons) starts slowly but soon picks up speed. A mysterious caller tells Kaylie Fletcher that her mother survived the mountain-climbing accident that supposedly killed her entire family. Adventure-phobic Kaylie packs her jewelry, silk blouses and outdoor gear and heads north. Cort, hired to fly Kaylie to her friend Sara's cabin, wants nothing to do with another city-slicker woman like his ex-wife, and Kaylie thinks Cort's "an adrenaline junkie bound for an ugly death," but they can't resist each other. When they find their two best friends brutally murdered, Cort realizes only he can keep Kaylie safe from a psychotic killer. The opening chapters and later sex scenes suffer from turgid, overly florid prose, but Rowe comes through with crackling tension as the killer closes in.
Customer Reviews
So close...
This book could have been soooo good but there was such a massive plot hole right at the beginning of the book that it kinda made the rest of the book hard to take seriously.
SPOILER ALERT BELOW******
At the beginning when the H/h find their friends dead the local LEO wants proof something happened before he will agree to investigate. The H/h act like they have no proof but they had the voicemail that basically recorded the murder and bloody clothes the h was wearing when she held her dead friends blood covered body. But they claimed they had nothing making them need to investigate on their own. I get artistic license but when the story doesn’t ring true because of that license it makes for a frustrating read rather than an engaging one.
Bottom line it’s a decent story that with a little more time and attention could have easily been 5 stars.