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Apr 25, 2011

BarkLessWagMore rated it:

I don’t know if I’ve read a Garwood novel before but this one probably wasn’t the best place to start. I had heard she was a humorous writer which is probably what tempted me to borrow this audio copy from the library but either my sense of humor has gone on an extended vacation or I missed out on the funny because I didn’t smile once during the reading of this. And, as usual, I came into yet another book mid-series. According to Goodreads this book is #7 in the series. If I had it to do ove More...

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Apr 17, 2010

Isis FG rated it:

I see that most people have given this book 4 or 5 stars, but for me it was only about a 3, maybe 3.5. It was good to the point that I didn't mind reading it, and I'll read any other books to come in this "unofficial" series of connected characters, but I also thought it was a bit flat and bland.

Fire and Ice brings back one of Garwood's previous characters, Sophie Rose whose father is an infamous Chicago Robin Hood-type criminal. Though Sophie loves her dad, she does best More...

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Jan 01, 2009

Julie (jjmachshev) rated it:

Julie Garwood's newest contemporary "Fire and Ice" is a fast-moving, exhilarating read with an unlikely lead couple and a twisting mystery. The heroine was introduced in "Murder List", but now Sophie gets her own story, and her own FBI hero!

Sophie has left her big journalist job to work at a smaller paper outside Chicago. At least this editor agrees not to pump Sophie for information about her father! But when her father is implicated (again) in a possible crim More...

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Jan 17, 2011

bookczuk rated it:

My girlfriend just raved and raved about how good an author Sandra Brown is and how I should get over my biases about her. To prove the point, she gave me this book to read. Ummm.... this book is by Julie Garwood.

But I read it anyway. I did learn some facts about Alaska, like that in some places, it's illegal to lock your cars. Why? Bear attacks. If car doors can't be locked anyone can jump into the car when a bear attacks and maybe be safe. But I've gotta tell you. For on More...

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Feb 20, 2009

Jessica rated it:

I have been a fan of Garwood for a while now, both her fiction and historical novels, and so I always get excited when I see she has a new book out. Her last 2 books left me somewhat underwhelmed, so I had high hopes that this book would break the strings of "meh" books. And, yeah!, it did! I really enjoyed the story. The journal entry chapters were a bit reminiscent of the Nora Robert's book "Northern Lights", but after the initial connection I was able to jump back into the More...

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Mar 28, 2009

Wendy rated it:

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Apr 01, 2009

Katherine rated it:

I finished this in one day. Garwood is easily my favorite contemporary romance writer. It may not be the best writing with the best flow of a plot line but these books, including this one, have the ability to captivate me. I loved the relationship between Jack and Sophie and I also loved how often Alec and Reagan were in it. This was definitely worthy of my five stars.

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Feb 20, 2009

Jody rated it:

I loved Julie Garwood as a teenager and read her current books more out of habit than anything else. This one is a mishmash of plot pieces shoved together to make a totally unbelievable story. It's a shame because I liked Jack and Sophie and thought they deserved a better book.

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Jan 10, 2009

Lacy rated it:

This is my first book of Julie Garwood and it was a real page turner. She really hooks you with keepping the adventure moving.

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Jan 28, 2010

Miss Kim rated it:

I liked her latest installment to her Buchanan brother’s books. It's linked to "Murder List", however, it's been about three years since I've read that one. I don't remember much about the heroine here, Sophie, and her role in that one. Anyhoo....

This one has a few stories going on that end up linking all together at the end. A lot of action, snappy bantering, and we even get some poor guy eaten by a polar bear.

I wish Ms. Garwood could crank out more than o More...

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Mar 07, 2009

Anna rated it:

This is probably the lowest I've ever rated a Julie Garwood book but her writing style just keeps deteriorating. She sacrifices character study for a fun joke (which would be forgiveable if the joke was actually interesting) and she creates these twists and turns that are as twisty as a prairie road.

(No, I'm not sure where that came from.)

I'm probably going harp on this for an annoyingly long time but god. William Harrington, the man who dies and starts Sophie's quest to More...

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Jan 26, 2009

Debbie rated it:

I would actually rate this more of 3.5 stars if I could.

I was actually pleasantly surprised with this book. I’m not normally a contemporary romance fan and have not cared very much for Garwood’s latest books (although I love her historical romances) but I thought this one was a fun read. Some of the things Sophie did were pretty dumb yet I could see myself making the same mistakes. I loved her father being a modern day Robin Hood who steals from the corrupted big wigs in the world More...

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Jan 02, 2012

Sus rated it:

I'm on audio CD 6. My first question is to the author, "do you think your readers are stupid?". Let me back up. I've listened to other books in this series, and have liked them-liked them enough to pick this one up. The heroine is Sophie Rose, her father a "robin hood" type, who is in hiding. He (father) steals from criminals and keeps the bounty.

Back to where I am in the book. At this point she's been shot, by who knows who. She's a reporter-most reporters More...

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Jun 30, 2011

Kate rated it:

This review is based on the audiobook edition

I rarely put aside a book without finishing it, but after a disappointing forty-five minutes into the audiobook for "Fire and Ice," I was done.

The description on the audiobook jacket sounded promising: Sophie Rose is the daughter of a notorious thief. She's also a reporter, and when her boss at the major Chicago paper insists she write an expose about her father, she quits. Now at a smaller newspaper, she's assigned t More...

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Aug 22, 2010

Ns rated it:

Fire and Ice was a good suspenseful read. Solid plot. Solid characters. Against my expectations I did expect it to be better than it was, not just good and solid but great.

Even though the story has been on my to-read pile for awhile I kept passing it up for other books, because the main character, Sophie Rose, was not my favorite character. When she was first introduced in Murder List, she was portrayed as spoiled and self-centered, not necessary someone I would want to read about. More...

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May 07, 2010

kingshearte rated it:

This was fluff, but thoroughly enjoyable fluff, as Julie Garwood's books tend to be. I've enjoyed most of her romances, and when she started writing romantic thrillers as well, those have been just as good. The romance part is as predictable as any romance (which is to say, pretty much entirely), with stock characters, and all the usual hemming & hawing and verbal sparring before they finally get on with it, but her thriller plots are pretty decent. They're usually twisty enough to keep you intr More...

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Dec 30, 2009

AJ rated it:

I was going to give this two stars (it wasn't the worst book of all time) until my cursor popped up the box that said two stars = it was ok. It was NOT ok, not at all. Julie Garwood used to write historical romance novels, and I remember enjoying those very much. She was a funny, moving and entertaining writer. However this book reads like she has died and the publisher has hired some crap ghost writer to write books under her name. Although her dialogue skills are still decent and the scenes of More...

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May 05, 2011

Jonetta rated it:

Sophie Rose lives in the shadow of her infamous father, Bobby Rose. He's a notorious modern-day Robin Hood, suspected of stealing from other nefarious groups and individuals. Sophie is trying to make it on her own without her father's financial assistance. Her best friends, Regan and Cordie, are supporting her independence.

Sophie is a struggling reporter, working for a small city paper, and inadvertently walks into a dangerous assignment. Enter FBI AgentJack MacAlister, Alec Buchanan' More...

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Jul 15, 2011

Annika rated it:

Man gets eaten by a polar bear, that's the "mystery" surrounding this kind of quirky suspense novel by Julie Garwood. Until now, I've only read Julie Garwood's Scotland Highlander-based love stories, so this was certainly a different take.

There's not a lot of intrigue and suspense and details surrounding the murder mystery of a man being killed and (mostly) eaten by a polar bear. Everyone knows who did it. The bear even has a name: Barry. But reporter Sophie Rose is determine More...

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Sep 07, 2011

Ellie rated it:

OK, to me there are two parts in this book, the mystery and the romance. The mystery was pretty good, had to do with scientific research, had interesting facts of Alaska and wolves. Even though the culprits were obvious, there was a slight twist in the end. It was interesting.

Now the romance part, the story had the cookie cutter formula used in all romance novels, with the feisty heroine, the manly man falling deeply in love with her, she fighting the love until they end up together. I More...

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Jan 28, 2012

J rated it:

Female police chief in a small town in Arizona alternates chapters with a state criminal investigator (retired cop)up near Seattle.

Their separate threads from disparate local homicides come together.

Some interesting secondary characters and relationships.

Turns out the chief, Joanna Brady, and the ex-cop, J.P. Beaumont, worked some past law-enforcement incident together -- and sparks flew. Beaumont was unmarried at the time, I think. This time, both are happily marri More...

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Apr 12, 2009

melissa rated it:

I have read all of the Buchannan series, and I kind of like the idea of this spin off. Sophie is one of the friends of the girl who marries one of the Buchannan brothers in Murder List . I like that we are revisiting, and getting to know some of the characters from that book a little better, as we as introducing a few new ones. Garwood has a gift for inventing characters that are unique and memorable. Their quirks make for a fun read. Also, this one had an appropriate twist at the end, and More...

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Jul 27, 2011

Kerra added it

I have not read a Julie Garwood book that I did not enjoy!

I would definitely recommend every single JG book because they're so well written and exciting. I don't know what it is about her books, but they're very enjoyable.

The hero and heroine are really interesting in this book. Sophie and Jack don't fall head over heels in love right away, which I appreciate. Sophie would stand up to Jack and would not let him boss her around (well, most of the time, anyway).

I gave this book only 4 stars out of More...

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Apr 08, 2009

Evelyn rated it:

Chicago reporter Sophie Rose uses her middle name as her byline because her father is Bobby Rose, a notorious Robin Hood-type thief. When she is assigned to do a feature on a egotistical man who has won 25 marathons, a bored sensless Sophie tapes the interview and gives the man her business card.

Meanwhile, undercover FBI agent Jack MacAlister happens upon a robbery in progress at a local fast food restaurant. He takes out the suspect and saves the day. But, in a flash, he's a video More...

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May 30, 2010

Marilyn rated it:

Spunky Sophie Rose is a crime reporter in Chicago, and daughter of Bobby Rose, the notorious "Robin Hood" of the big city. The last thing she needs in her life is an FBI agent to complicate matters. But...when she is assigned an egotistical runner, William Harrington, (whose trademark is his red sox, and who thinks everyone wants to know about him and his life) and he disappears on the morning of the 5K she's going to cover, she finds FBI right in her face. After being informed that Ha More...

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Mar 15, 2009

Margarks rated it:

This book took me a little to get into because it starts off with a little bit of background that doesn't yet have anything to do with the main characters, but then, like all Garwood books, it sucked me in. I think she's got a real gift for creating characters that are funny and flawed and make you care about the outcome. She's also great at writing suspense that keeps you on your toes, and wondering. Once I got into it, I couldn't stop. I have a thing for the sort of taming of the shrew kin More...

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Feb 13, 2011

ErinReadsTooMuch rated it:

This is my first book by this author, and she did not disappoint. The main character of the book is Sophie Rose, who's father is wanted for questioning by all law enforcement agencies for his, let's say, less than legal philanthropic lifestyle. Known as Chicago's Robin Hood, the people mostly love him, but Sophie is weary of all law enforcement personnel. The exceptions are her best friend's husband (Alec), who is FBI, and a few retired cops that look out for her. Jack is Alec's new partner, More...

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Nov 30, 2010

Bet rated it:

I really liked the Buchanan series from Garwood until I read Fire and Ice. This one fell a bit flat for me. It was a good book, but I was left wanting a better story. Not enough time was spent on the trail of the bad guy, although I was slightly surprised with who it was. More could have been done on their trip to AK. More could have been done with the relationship between Sofie, Jack and Sofie's father. The window scene, to me, was out of left field and I knew it related to the bad guy, but More...

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Aug 10, 2010

Amanda rated it:

This is book 7 in the Buchanan series, about Sassy and Newly Independent Sophie Rose, the daughter of a very sought after person for question by any law agency out there. It's also about the newly assigned partner of Alec Buchanan from Murder List Jack MacAlister. Let me tell you Jack was the greatest Hero ever. Don't get me wrong I love Noah and will forever stay loyal to Noah but Jack gives him a run for his money. I loved the instant bickering and banter between him and Sophie, He so easily More...

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Jan 03, 2009

L.w. rated it:

I thought this had an interesting story line. I liked the further development of some of these characters that had appeared in her other works...and well, I'll admit it...I just plain like the way she writes. I think I've read everything she's written.

It was interesting enough to keep my interest. The female lead is a strong woman character that is likable enough and I found myself wanting her to succeed. I like that much more than simpering little misses that have to have someon More...

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