Cold As Ice (Ice, #2) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Sep 21, 2011 Crista rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, series, suspense, 5-star, tortured-heroes, favorites, bad-boys, kindle, hot, tortured-heroines

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.

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Jun 21, 2010 Jess the Romanceaholic rated it it was amazing

Shelves: alpha-male, kidnapped, contemporary, angsty-read, realistically-sized-heroine, enemies-to-lovers, 2010-read, favorite-heroes, cruel-hero, tortured-hero

*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 *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 the man for a good 75% of the book, but that's half the fun of reading an AS book is the redemption of the arsehole hero ;) There's just something yummy about a man who actually honest-to-goodness considers killing the heroine but just can't quite bring himself to do so despite all the good arguments for doing so...

I was rather fond of Genevieve as well -- she was feisty (and a size 8/10 lol that bit made me happy as well), mouthy, and a romantic at heart.

Being part of a series, it does help if you read the first book in the series before you pick this one up, but I don't really think you'll be lost if you don't -- it's been a long while since I read the first one and I didn't feel as though I was at a disadvantage because of it.

Some readers may find a slight objection to Peter due to some of his past sexual behavior.. As I mentioned, he does whatever is necessary, using sexuality as a weapon, and therefore has done some very unsavory things in his past -- including seducing men and women alike for the sake of a mission -- even doing so before killing said man or woman, if necessary..

So, while there's nothing explicit outside of the smexin between the hero and heroine, some folks might be a bit squicked. Even so, I would still recommend this book because having someone who has, for their whole life, treated sex as just a physical response and something that can be used to better manipulate his targets, and then watching as they begin to discover a sexual relationship that means so much more than any of the relationships in the past... *dreamy sigh* Hot 'n' Tasty.

Solid 5 Stars, but heck, it's Anne Stuart so we kinda knew that going into it :D ...more

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Jun 09, 2010 Ruth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bad-boy-badass-s-o-b-rake-hero, series, contemporary-romance, all-time-favorites, military-specops-govt-fire-cops, mystery-thriller-spies-suspense

Another great, dark thriller with an s.o.b. hero. I enjoyed this just as much as "Black Ice". The heroine drove me a bit nuts, but it seems so realistic to have a mouthy, irritating lawyer as a semi-anti-heroine. The villain is a great psycho nutcase. The total unpredictability and irrationality of his motives or lack of them is just superb. I also love the way the author really uses the secondary characters from the previous book, and also the successive books, I presume. They don't just turn u ...more

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