Ice Storm (Ice, #4) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Oct 17, 2008 Danielle The Book Huntress rated it it was amazing

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Review of 1st Reread completed May 18th, 2013 on Kindle Version

I have finally gotten the time to start my reread of Ice Storm. It’s taking me forever to get through this Ice series reread, but I am enjoying it immensely. It’s nice to be able to savor the writing of my favorite author this way. I usually read books faster than I would like the first time, and you miss the nuances when you do that.

I loved how I was kept guessing on Killian. Is he really the cold-hearted murderer his reputation su ...more

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Mar 03, 2008 Auntee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romantic-suspense, part-of-a-series, anne-stuart

This one was definitely the best of the 'Ice' bunch for me so far. I just loved Madame Isobel (the ice maiden) Lambert's backstory! How she came to be the powerful, icy woman that (she thinks) she is just fascinated me. And her repartee with the hero of this book, Killian, was priceless. I just knew that Killian was not all that he was pretending to be! And even though I hated how Killian betrayed a young Isobel 18 years earlier, I was rooting for them to have a HEA. I also liked how characters ...more

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Jul 10, 2008 Christa rated it it was amazing

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Another great addition to Anne Stuart's Ice series! Now that I've read this book, I can't beliveve that I let it sit on my TBR mountain for so long. While I loved the other books in the series, the impressions I was given in them of Isobel Lambert did not captivate me and make me anxious to read her story. I didn't particularly like her in the other books, so I kept passing this one over when I selected the next one to read. I am glad that I finally decided to start this one - I was engrossed fr Another great addition to Anne Stuart's Ice series! Now that I've read this book, I can't beliveve that I let it sit on my TBR mountain for so long. While I loved the other books in the series, the impressions I was given in them of Isobel Lambert did not captivate me and make me anxious to read her story. I didn't particularly like her in the other books, so I kept passing this one over when I selected the next one to read. I am glad that I finally decided to start this one - I was engrossed from the beginning and very quickly came to like Isabel Lambert. I also found Killian to be entirely too appealing to be "the butcher" and a monster, and was certain that there was more to him than what met the eye. As with most other Anne Stuart books, this is no sweet, tender love story, but an edgy, intense book with characters who seem on the surface to be unlikely as a hero and heroine. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and will definitely not wait to read the next one.

Isobel Lambert, head of "The Committee" has been tasked with escorting terrorist Seraphin to England and assuring his safety. Upon seeing a photograph of him, Isobel is stunned to realize that he is Killian, a young man she met, fell in love with, and killed eighteen years ago. Isobel's hatred of the murderous terrorist Seraphin increases when she realizes his identify, and she hopes for the opportunity to kill him as she thought she did years ago. When Isobel meets with Killian nothing goes as planned and it soon beomes apparent that someone has sold the terrorist out. Isobel and Killian must change their plans and find an alternative route to England. At the same time, operatives of "The Committee" are targeted by someone unknown. Isobel believes that their association with Killian is to blame, but nothing can be taken for granted. As Isobel tries to complete her mission, she is dismayed by the attraction and feelings she has for Killian. She is determined not to let those stand in the way of an opportunity to kill him. Killian has many secrets, but he cannot share all of them with Isobel until he finishes this mission and makes it his last. Killian and members of "The Committee" must stop whoever is hunting down operatives. Only then will Killian be able to find out what choice Isobel will make - to kill him or to have a relationship with him.

This was a very fast paced book, and it was hard to put down. Both the improbable hero and heroine quickly captured my interest and my compassion. I felt sympathetic to them and wanted them both to find a loving relationship in the midst of their harsh world. I wasn't at all disappointed in this book, and what I have read about operative Reno makes me eager to read his story.

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Jun 02, 2011 Arch rated it it was amazing

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Hero: Killian/Serafin
Heroine: Isobel Lambert/Madame Lambert/Mary Isobel Curwen
Love Scenes: Intense
Theme: Best Friends/Nemesis turn lovers

Ice Storm is my favorite book from this series. It’s the third book that I have read from this series. Fire and Ice, Reno’s book was my first. I like Reno, but Killian has him beat.

Anne Stuart has taken me on a tension filled roller coaster ride in this book and I love it. I’m a tension fan and Mrs. Stuart has fed me a delicious tension meal. There’s plenty of ...more

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Mar 27, 2008 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it really liked it

Shelves: spies, suspense-mystery-thriller, dangerous-or-bad-boy, enemies-to-lovers, undercover-special-covert-ops, second-chances-reunion, vengeance-revenge, anti-hero-heroine, dark-romance-gothic

The fourth book in Anne Stuart's Ice series. The story starts 18 years before and tells about the meeting of Mary Isobel and Killian aka Serafin. Fast forward to the present and Isobel is now a cold-hearted, powerful woman in charge.

Now we have two characters that would be classified as anti-hero(ine). Very gripping and suspenseful. ...more

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Oct 14, 2008 Terri rated it really liked it

Shelves: thrillers-suspense, romance

Isobel Lambert runs a covert ops group in the UK called The Committee. She is sent to bring in Serafin the Butcher, a notorious terrorist and find out intel from him. She goes to pull him out of Africa, turns out he is the man known as Killian who she thought she killed 18 years before.

There are interesting characters in this book and lots of betrayals and twists.

The romance was believable but both of these are very flawed characters, ones who maybe deserve each other but wouldnt necessarily wa ...more

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Aug 10, 2008 Crystal rated it it was amazing

I have to admit, when I found out that Ice Storm was going to be about Isobel Lambert, I was less than thrilled. In the other books in the series she always came across as a little cold to me. And old. I thought she was REALLY old and I was just not looking forward to reading this book. So those who have already read the book can imagine how pleasantly suprised I was! I loved it! Loved the action, loved Isobel, and I ESPECIALLY loved Killian. I can't wait to read the next one. ...more

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Jul 17, 2008 Liz B rated it it was ok

Shelves: romance, suspense

This was better than Ice Blue, but not as good as Cold as Ice and Black Ice. Maybe Stuart is starting to run out of steam as her series continues...who knows.

My main objection was that Isabel Lambert is the head of the Committee and supposed to be a major badass, and yet she was just as dominated by Killian/ Serafin as the non-professional-killer women in the rest of the series. I was hoping to see her get the better of him at last a few times. But no.

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