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Delaneys: The Untamed Years II #2
Satin Ice (The Delaneys, #12)
Book by Johansen, Iris
245 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1988
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Iris Johansen
228 books7,367 followersIris Johansen is a New York Times bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels, starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success.
She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant.
IRIS JOHANSEN is The New York Times bestselling author of Night and Day, Hide Away, Shadow Play, Your Next Breath, The Perfect Witness, Live to See Tomorrow, Silencing Eve, Hunting Eve, Taking Eve, Sleep No More, What Doesn't Kill You, Bonnie, Quinn, Eve, Chasing The Night, Eight Days to Live, Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Pandora's Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On The Run, and more. And with her son, Roy Johansen, she has coauthored Night Watch, The Naked Eye, Sight Unseen, Close Your Eyes, Shadow Zone, Storm Cycle, and Silent Thunder.
http://www.irisjohansen.com
She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, Roy Johansen, is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant.
IRIS JOHANSEN is The New York Times bestselling author of Night and Day, Hide Away, Shadow Play, Your Next Breath, The Perfect Witness, Live to See Tomorrow, Silencing Eve, Hunting Eve, Taking Eve, Sleep No More, What Doesn't Kill You, Bonnie, Quinn, Eve, Chasing The Night, Eight Days to Live, Blood Game, Deadlock, Dark Summer, Pandora's Daughter, Quicksand, Killer Dreams, On The Run, and more. And with her son, Roy Johansen, she has coauthored Night Watch, The Naked Eye, Sight Unseen, Close Your Eyes, Shadow Zone, Storm Cycle, and Silent Thunder.
http://www.irisjohansen.com
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March 31, 2024
Свекърва от ада, дяволски култ и мацката измъкна цял руски принц от Петербург и го транспортира в Аризона (тоя момък беше ангел, честно!)…🤣
3,5⭐️
3,5⭐️
January 7, 2018
"Satin Ice" is the continuation of the tale of Silver and Nicholas.
In the last book, Silver Delaney had married Nicholas Savron and it ended in a mild cliffy, and a HFN. But things do not always go as planned..
In this book we see a 19 year old pregnant Silver struggling to stay happy while Nicholas and she grow apart, as they search for Etaine and Monteith, her coming to terms with his past mistresses and tragedies, his evil mother and then suffering a devastating heartbreak.
We also see Nicholas and Silver suffer misunderstandings, and through through difficulties find strength in their love. Both their childhoods contribute to their extreme insecurities, and I love the painful way it is portrayed by the author. I hoped their lack of trust wasnt so evident, but it was, and it really made me think of all the other time when young willful heroines are paired with older, dominating heroes and the books end in a presumed HEA. This book was a testament to all the possible problems they might face.
That being said, the plot goes all over the place, from different people POV including the villians and there is loads of drama in this one.
I loved the strength with which Silver was portrayed, and she remains possibly my favorite character in this whole series. Her rejections and tragedies only made her stronger, and she never gave up. Also adored her ability to love and loyalty.
Even after all my whining and ranting, I loved these two and glad that the Cossack followed the firebird until the very end.
Finishes on a bittersweet note, with a hope of better tomorrow along with letters detailing epilogues of characters from previous books.
Unsafe/SWE
3.5/5
In the last book, Silver Delaney had married Nicholas Savron and it ended in a mild cliffy, and a HFN. But things do not always go as planned..
In this book we see a 19 year old pregnant Silver struggling to stay happy while Nicholas and she grow apart, as they search for Etaine and Monteith, her coming to terms with his past mistresses and tragedies, his evil mother and then suffering a devastating heartbreak.
We also see Nicholas and Silver suffer misunderstandings, and through through difficulties find strength in their love. Both their childhoods contribute to their extreme insecurities, and I love the painful way it is portrayed by the author. I hoped their lack of trust wasnt so evident, but it was, and it really made me think of all the other time when young willful heroines are paired with older, dominating heroes and the books end in a presumed HEA. This book was a testament to all the possible problems they might face.
That being said, the plot goes all over the place, from different people POV including the villians and there is loads of drama in this one.
I loved the strength with which Silver was portrayed, and she remains possibly my favorite character in this whole series. Her rejections and tragedies only made her stronger, and she never gave up. Also adored her ability to love and loyalty.
Even after all my whining and ranting, I loved these two and glad that the Cossack followed the firebird until the very end.
Finishes on a bittersweet note, with a hope of better tomorrow along with letters detailing epilogues of characters from previous books.
Unsafe/SWE
3.5/5
March 19, 2019
2.5
Nicholas ends up taking his new (as well as pregnant) wife, Silver back to St. Petersburg so they can track down the villain Monteith and take custody of the little girl Etaine. But Silver finds Russia to be strange and unfriendly, and to make matters worse, Nicholas hasn't touched her since she was beaten (in the last book). So she also thinks Nicholas is no longer interested, but is still strapped down with her. Well, Silver makes some enemies and this results in . At first, Silver is inconsolable, but once she learns the truth, nothing will stop her from tracking down the person responsible. But Silver doesn't feel she can trust Nicholas, since she has reason to believe it could be him. Nicholas becomes enldessly frustrated with Silver and her mission and the tension grows within the marriage. Things come to a head, but when they learn who actually IS responsible, it could have even further complications for their marriage.
So, in the last story, I hated Nicholas. In this one, I hated Silver. But also, just like the last one, despite my dislike of the characters, I still found this angsty and with enough juice to keep me reading. So still well written, but I wanted to strangle Silver. Nicholas morphs into a much more patient and controlled version of his former self. He's able to keep his hands off Silver (not that she wants him to) and give her time to grieve. Even though it kills him, he stands by (angrily, sure) as she flirts with guys and does whatever she can to solve her mystery. He tries to chalk it up to grief and hies himself off to the gypsy tavern where he tries (once) to get laid, but is unable - so yeah, that counts as attempted infidelity in my book...which is still an improvement over his behavior in the first book. Silver seems to have issues with this, even though she does everything she can to push him away from her. And she's inexplicably angry with Nicholas as well. And she treats him like shit (turnabout is fair play I suppose) while she keeps her mission hidden from Nicholas, refusing to trust him. And once that little issue had been solved and he was on board, I'd hoped that Silver had learned her lesson about trusting her problems to Nicholas and the two of them being a team. But no. Instead, she learns another secret and keeps it from Nicholas, driving him further into the realm of insanity. Just think, his HEA involves a lifetime of this. So now I dislike both characters, thank you very much. Silver was still good for some sarcastic, witty remarks about high culture in Russia and some direct hits on their shallow values, but it didn't save her as a character this time around.
You've gotta read it if you read the first one, but this wasn't really the conclusion I'd hoped for. Like I said, it's a dramatic, angsty story which might be good if you don't invest to heavily in the characters. This also could have definitely used an epilogue containing Nicholas and Silver (in addition to the one containing the modern-day Delaneys).
Nicholas ends up taking his new (as well as pregnant) wife, Silver back to St. Petersburg so they can track down the villain Monteith and take custody of the little girl Etaine. But Silver finds Russia to be strange and unfriendly, and to make matters worse, Nicholas hasn't touched her since she was beaten (in the last book). So she also thinks Nicholas is no longer interested, but is still strapped down with her. Well, Silver makes some enemies and this results in . At first, Silver is inconsolable, but once she learns the truth, nothing will stop her from tracking down the person responsible. But Silver doesn't feel she can trust Nicholas, since she has reason to believe it could be him. Nicholas becomes enldessly frustrated with Silver and her mission and the tension grows within the marriage. Things come to a head, but when they learn who actually IS responsible, it could have even further complications for their marriage.
So, in the last story, I hated Nicholas. In this one, I hated Silver. But also, just like the last one, despite my dislike of the characters, I still found this angsty and with enough juice to keep me reading. So still well written, but I wanted to strangle Silver. Nicholas morphs into a much more patient and controlled version of his former self. He's able to keep his hands off Silver (not that she wants him to) and give her time to grieve. Even though it kills him, he stands by (angrily, sure) as she flirts with guys and does whatever she can to solve her mystery. He tries to chalk it up to grief and hies himself off to the gypsy tavern where he tries (once) to get laid, but is unable - so yeah, that counts as attempted infidelity in my book...which is still an improvement over his behavior in the first book. Silver seems to have issues with this, even though she does everything she can to push him away from her. And she's inexplicably angry with Nicholas as well. And she treats him like shit (turnabout is fair play I suppose) while she keeps her mission hidden from Nicholas, refusing to trust him. And once that little issue had been solved and he was on board, I'd hoped that Silver had learned her lesson about trusting her problems to Nicholas and the two of them being a team. But no. Instead, she learns another secret and keeps it from Nicholas, driving him further into the realm of insanity. Just think, his HEA involves a lifetime of this. So now I dislike both characters, thank you very much. Silver was still good for some sarcastic, witty remarks about high culture in Russia and some direct hits on their shallow values, but it didn't save her as a character this time around.
You've gotta read it if you read the first one, but this wasn't really the conclusion I'd hoped for. Like I said, it's a dramatic, angsty story which might be good if you don't invest to heavily in the characters. This also could have definitely used an epilogue containing Nicholas and Silver (in addition to the one containing the modern-day Delaneys).
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November 22, 2020
Book 2 that continues the Nicolas/Silver story line. Interesting ideas with Montieth, Natalyia and the Russian court but I felt it was too rushed.
As in Wild Silver, I did very much enjoy that all the love scenes had Nicolas focusing on Silver's pleasure before his.
Oh, and sexy Russian accent - 'nuf said :)
As in Wild Silver, I did very much enjoy that all the love scenes had Nicolas focusing on Silver's pleasure before his.
Oh, and sexy Russian accent - 'nuf said :)
May 18, 2012
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August 1, 2014
Well that was stupid.
February 7, 2015
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This two book series was spell binding. Well recommend them highly to anyone that love mystery romance book. Spectacular reading
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This two book series was spell binding. Well recommend them highly to anyone that love mystery romance book. Spectacular reading
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