I have yet to meet an Anne Stuart book that I don't like. This is the final installment of the Ice series, which truly breaks my heart. Ms. Stuart writes in such a way that I really think that I could read on to book forty and still get a fresh new hero and heroine.While this one was slightly shorter than her other Ice novels, (200 pages on my reader), I wouldn't call it novella length. It certainly felt like a full length book. McGowan has been missing for three years, being held captive by a crazy group of misfits who are quickly losing funding and steam for their 'cause'. The other people that they hold captive are mostly rich family members of notable people from all over the world. Despite his training with the Committee, McGowan has failed at his escape attempts twice. So when he makes his third attempt, he wants to make sure it's successful. When Beth Pennington, heiress to the Pennington fortune, is dumped in his lap, he has no intention of letting her come with him. So we all know that Stuart is known for her gamma heroes, the ultimate badasses with a devil may care attitude. I was hoping that she would hold tight to this type of man throughout her series, as I fell in love with her after meeting Bastien in [b:Black Ice|24248|Black Ice (Ice, #1)|Anne Stuart|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347603902s/24248.jpg|25136]. I've gotta say, each hero got less and less controversial as each one was introduced. I worried about it and questioned myself on whether or not it changed my mind about my love for her books. And I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't bother me at all. I don't think it was caving to pressure or wanting to please readers, and I really do think that she stayed true to herself. Writing the same hero over and over would be boring. McGowan is an uber alpha male who wants no kind of entanglement at all, with anyone. His goal is to get revenge on Peter Madden, the man he holds responsible for the fact that he was left for dead. But Sister Beth, as he calls her, squeezes her way into his cold, insensitive heart. She is brave yet vulnerable, tough yet delicate...and everything he wants to stay well away from. Haha! Not gonna happen!This book was a huge adventure, just as all of the previous books. I mean, jumping over waterfalls, international boat travel, move your head just in the nick of time before your brains get splattered ADVENTURE!! This is romantic suspense at its best, and the writing is superb. The sex is hot, the action sometimes a bit gory, the language atrocious...and I loved it!
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I have yet to meet an Anne Stuart book that I don't like. This is the final installment of the Ice series, which truly breaks my heart. Ms. Stuart writes in such a way that I really think that I could read on to book forty and still get a fresh new hero and heroine.While this one was slightly shorter than her other Ice novels, (200 pages on my reader), I wouldn't call it novella length. It certainly felt like a full length book. McGowan has been missing for three years, being held captive by a crazy group of misfits who are quickly losing funding and steam for their 'cause'. The other people that they hold captive are mostly rich family members of notable people from all over the world. Despite his training with the Committee, McGowan has failed at his escape attempts twice. So when he makes his third attempt, he wants to make sure it's successful. When Beth Pennington, heiress to the Pennington fortune, is dumped in his lap, he has no intention of letting her come with him. So we all know that Stuart is known for her gamma heroes, the ultimate badasses with a devil may care attitude. I was hoping that she would hold tight to this type of man throughout her series, as I fell in love with her after meeting Bastien in [b:Black Ice|24248|Black Ice (Ice, #1)|Anne Stuart|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347603902s/24248.jpg|25136]. I've gotta say, each hero got less and less controversial as each one was introduced. I worried about it and questioned myself on whether or not it changed my mind about my love for her books. And I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't bother me at all. I don't think it was caving to pressure or wanting to please readers, and I really do think that she stayed true to herself. Writing the same hero over and over would be boring. McGowan is an uber alpha male who wants no kind of entanglement at all, with anyone. His goal is to get revenge on Peter Madden, the man he holds responsible for the fact that he was left for dead. But Sister Beth, as he calls her, squeezes her way into his cold, insensitive heart. She is brave yet vulnerable, tough yet delicate...and everything he wants to stay well away from. Haha! Not gonna happen!This book was a huge adventure, just as all of the previous books. I mean, jumping over waterfalls, international boat travel, move your head just in the nick of time before your brains get splattered ADVENTURE!! This is romantic suspense at its best, and the writing is superb. The sex is hot, the action sometimes a bit gory, the language atrocious...and I loved it!
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