If Bastien Toussaint is like a bowie knife, brutally destructive, sharp and vicious, then Peter is a stiletto. They are both dangerous men, efficient weapons for the Committee. It's amazing how they could be so different, but still embody the ice cold, ruthless hero.

Peter starts out as a bland, gray ghost (as Genevieve calls him). He is deceptively mild-mannered in his role as assistant to billionaire philantropist Harry Van Dorn. Genevieve doesn't think much of him, except that he's annoyingly More...

Cold As Ice is the second book in Anne Stuart's Ice series, and once again she gives us a hero who's arrogant, annoying, an ass without conscience or heart, too sexy to resist and, in a word, perfect! It's a fast paced story, one that, from the first page to the last, I couldn't put down.

From the cover:

The job was supposed to be dead easy--hand-deliver some legal papers to billionaire philanthropist Harry Van Dorn's extravagant yacht, get his signature and be done. But Manhattan lawyer Genevieve

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5 stars – Romantic Suspense

“Cold As Ice” is another dark, thrilling read in Anne Stuart’s Ice series. It’s got an exciting, fast paced plot, a vicious villain, a strong heroine, and gamma hero Peter might be ‘cold as ice’, but he completely won me over with his wicked wit and innate raw sex appeal. Peter and Genevieve’s relationship was much more believable to me than Bastien and Chloe’s in “Black Ice”, perhaps because Peter’s vulnerability and feelings over Genevieve are more apparent, whereas More...

After a little over 4 chapters of this book, I just couldn't read anymore. I knew what to expect of the story going in, having read the first book of the series and reading other people's reviews/comments, but I just couldn't take how cold-blooded and uncaring the beginning of this book was.

The heroine, whose name I can never remember, was on the annoying side. All she did was babble to herself about her clothes and think about how sooner or later, she would sleep with a client to please her bos More...

After reading the first two in this series, I'm thinking maybe gamma heroes just aren't my thing. I did like Peter more that Bastien, but I still didn't warm up to him completely (pardon the pun). Genevieve was an interesting heroine, but I liked Chloe better. Also, I believed the romance in Black Ice more than this one, which seemed more like a love-brought-on-by-extreme-stress or Stockholm.

I loved that Peter was much more vulnerable - and showed his vulnerability - than Bastien. The shaking h More...

I'm playing catch-up; I keep swearing I'll give a proper review. I just finished this, and it's so worthy of a proper review. I'm going to work on all of my reviews this weekend.

For now, I can say that Anne Stuart likes her men dark, sexy, and dangerous. Well.. I cannot disagree!! This series is smart, sexy, and full of suspense and mystery. Book two is perhaps more fun than the first.

--> In audio, I preferred the narrator from book one, but Im very biased. I consider the narrator of the fi More...

I liked this book but I do find that Anne Stuart's heroes lean a little too close to gamma for me to really enjoy them. I did like Peter better than Bastian, I especially liked the ending where I could tell that they both wanted to be together. We got to see a little bit of Bastian and Chloe, so we know they are married and just had a baby girl. I enjoyed learning more about them because Black Ice ended so abruptly.

I guess my biggest problem with these books is the constant threat of death to th More...

This is the second book in Ann Stuart's Ice series. Genevieve Spenser meets Peter Jenson while she stopped at Harry Van Dorn's yacht to have some papers signed. She just wants to get off the yaght quickly to take her anticipated 6 week vacation hiking the rain forest. Harry Van Dorn turns out to be a sicko but she is unaware of this. Interesting plot, I loved Peter and Genevieve together,and the way she melted Peter's ice cold heart. We also got to see a bit of Bastian and Chloe rom the first bo More...

I loved Black Ice, but I think I may have loved Cold as Ice even more.

Cold as Ice brings us Peter Jensen. A man who can assume any identity and make it believable. A man who has no home, family, or place in this world. A man who is as cold as ice. A man who uses sex as a weapon, a tool to be used when necessary. He states " Lying is one of the three things I'm best at.....and you know the other two? Killing. And sex." Peter Jensen is one of the most intriguing heroes I've ever read.

Like Black Ic More...

I had to read this series again - and just loved it as much as I did all the other many times.
Anne Stuart's alpha heroes are to die for!!!!! And I love that the heroines are kick-ass and not wilting, whining and helpless females!!!


Black Ice is the 2nd book in Anne Stuart’s Ice Series and I loved reading it as much as I did the previous 4 times It’s another suspense story about the members of the mysterious “Committee, a group of secret cold, jaded, emotionless agents whose only aim is to finish More...

Very good for tension and suspense. Problems were heroine stupidity and not as much romance as one expects for this genre.

Book 1 in the series was very good. This is book 2, not as good. I liked the set up and the characters. Billionaire Harry plans to upset financial markets by causing disasters like blowing up mines and oil fields. Peter is an agent for the Committee. He is undercover as an assistant to Harry. Peter is assigned to kill Harry. Genevieve is a New York attorney who arrives on Har More...

astagaaaaaa........lagi-lagi gw dibikin speechless ama hero nya tante Anne...seumur-umur gw baca novel romance bener-bener kali ini gw baru nemu ada hero yang bener2 dingin abissss,full ga ada emosi bahkan ampe akhir cerita pun bilang 'i lap yu' aja juga kaga...dan menurut gw dinginnya ngelebihin Bastien (hero di buku seri pertama)...ga heran semua ni seri dikasi nama "ice" series....
sebagai bukti betapa dinginnya Peter,dia pernah bilang walaupun dalam tugasnya dia harus terpaksa 'ehem2' bagi di More...

Hated the heroine and the hero equally. I am not a fan of this series and don't think I'll be reading any more of them.

Cold As Ice has been in my TBR pile for a while and this weekend I finally got around to read it. I just ordered Ice Blue so I thought it was the perfect timing.

Genevieve Spenser is a lawyer, she stop's by Harry Van Dorn's yacht - a known billionaire and philantropist - to have him sign some contracts. van Dorn is in fact a bad character and is preparing a series of terrorist acts and decides to make Genevieve his newest toy/victim and invites her to stay.

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This book was okay for me and necessary since I plan to read the series, but I did not care for the characters. I felt the book dragged in spots, there was a lot of re-explaining events that already happened and Harry's character was a nuisance. Isobel's character seemed to be changing the tone of the Committee to a more heartfelt organization than was introduced in the first book, "Black Ice." Also, Bastien (from "Black Ice") is in this book just a tad with an update on his life.

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I loved this more than Bastien's story. The dialogues were absolutely to die for.

I usually hated a mouthy heroine, but Genieve just proved that her non-stop babblings were what kept her alive when people left and right wanted her dead. It's good to be a yapping lady lawyer after all.

On to book #3.

This was another winner in Anne Stuart's 'Ice' series. I really enjoyed this one; as usual, it had an interesting plot, a really wacko villain, and the H/H--well, they may have started out slowly, but when they finally came together--they sizzled! The hero was probably the most stubborn man I've ever read about when it came to love. He refused to believe in it; he felt he didn't need it or want it. It took a mouthy lawyer heroine to sneak inside his icy cold heart. There were a couple of very em More...

Delayed writing this review for a week now. I love this series, but of all the Ice books, I liked this one the least, and all because of the TSTL female. The suspense is intense, but I just got so annoyed with the blond bimbo (Genevieve) who supposedly graduated top of her class at law school. She repeatedly put Peter's life at risk. Wanted to reach into the book and shake the idiot in that scene towards the end.

I liked Peter, but only because Stuart shared his thoughts with me. He is The Ice M More...

Wow...the author takes you through this story like a ride on a drag strip. 0 to 100 mph in like 10.5 pages and then you just hold on for the ride. Once the action starts, it really doesn’t stop until the end. Of course the downside of this story for me is the ending. It is so abrupt you feel like you just hit a brick wall...splat! But if you’re like me, I went splat with a smile on my face.

Cold As Ice is an edgy, exciting read. I haven't loved to hate a hero in a long time...but Peter, you were More...

3.5 STARS "The job was supposed to be dead easy -- hand-deliver some legal papers to billionaire philanthropist Harry Van Dorn's extravagant yacht, get his signature and be done. But Manhattan lawyer Genevieve Spenser soon realizes she's in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that the publicly benevolent playboy has a sick, vicious side. As he tries to make her his plaything for the evening, eager to use and abuse her until he discards her with the rest of his victims, Genevieve must keep her More...

Genevieve is a New Your city lawyer who wears her make-up, Armani suits, & Manolo Blahniks as the armor she uses to keep herself protected as she faces the world. When she steps on to billionaire and philanthropist Harry Van Dorn’s massive yacht she is in full armor. Since she didn’t want to be there to begin with she just hopped she could get Harry to sign the papers she had with her fast so she could be on her way. The last thing she expects is to find herself smack in the middle of a plot More...

Second in the Ice romance-suspense series revolving around operatives working for the Committee, a super top-secret agency beholden to no one and intent on protecting the world.

The Story
Peter (Madsen) Jensen is tasked with taking out Harry Van Dorn, a charming and charitable billionaire…on the surface. Van Dorn has plans to disrupt the world through his Rule of Seven, and the Committee is charged with ensuring his plans fail.

Unfortunately for Genevieve Spenser, her little stop for Harry to appro More...

Anne Stuart is known for her bad-boy heroes, but in Cold as Ice it's the heroine who steals the show. Genevieve Spenser is a wonderful character - she grew up nouveau pauvre, in a family that insists on keeping up appearances despite the fact that the money's all gone, and it gives her a unique mix of effortless cultivation and real toughness. Peter Jensen admires her because she never gives up - she always fights back, even though she doesn't stand a chance against a team of trained professiona More...

*guh*

How. In the heck. Did I miss this book back when I was reading the Ice series for the first time?! They must've been out of it when I bought them or something, because I know I would've picked it up if they'd had it.


I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.

Yes, our hero was the epitome of an Anne Stuart Hero -- jaded, cold, harsh, doing whatever needs to be done, and of course, using his sexuality as a weapon.

But how much did I love Peter anyway? *dreamy sigh* Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I wanted to throttle More...

4 STARS

Well that went better than expected.

While I did enjoy Black Ice, I feel like I haven't found my footing in this series and can't seem to get an actual pulse on how I'm supposed to regard the heroes and, yes, even the heroines. With this book, I've somehow finally gotten Anne Stuart's rhythm and what she's trying to tell me.

These books have a certain International Man of Mystery feel to it especially Black Ice with the hot cars, the hero's glittering social calendar and liquid platinum.C More...

This one is another reader-gripper. I must say I was afraid it won't live up to the first book, but I had nothing to fear. It's definitely different in terms of characters, but it still has that kind of the same feeling of "how is this romantic?" to it.

So, Peter Jensen. I was super excited when I realized it's his story because I wanted to know more about him after reading Black Ice. While I thought Bastien was a crazy sociopath that has nothing redeeming about him, Peter wasn't so bad! Yes, he' More...

So many times in a book like this the Hero goes from being a cold mercenary to a waxing blubbering fool for love. that is just not the case in this series, and i love it. these men start out hard and they end that way.

this one was a little different than the last. our Hero, Peter wasn't quite as stoic with his feelings towards the heroine, Genny. He fought them, he railed against them, he tried to say he didn't need them, but we were still able to see them.

i am a little confused as to what the More...

I am getting the sense that this series strongly follows a formula. This was eerily similar to the first book in the series, and it seems like the only thing that changed were names, locations, and some details. The relationship followed the same pattern as the last book, same goes with the plot. The suspense is light for quite a bit, but it does take off like a rocket.

I have a few complaints. For being such a "strong" and "brilliant" organization, the members of the Committee have a bad habit o More...

I’m working my way through Anne Stuart’s Ice series out of order (5, 3, 1, 2) and this definitely my least favorite entry in the series to date. It’s thrilling and there are exotic locations coupled with the mundane tedium that is the “hurry up and wait” lifestyle, but this book definitely suffers from the infamous sophomore slump.

My greatest grievance with the book is the character of Genevieve. She’s entirely uneven throughout and at some points almost too stupid to live. I almost got the imp More...