This is a great series by Anne Stuart, one of my favourite authors of Romance/Suspense. I love her books and the Ice Series is one of my favourites.
BOOK #1
I am a huge fan of Anne Stuart and have read all her books over and over again. And I love her Ice Series, Black Ice is the first book in the series and it’s a dark, non-stop action suspense story of Chloe Underwood, an American working in Paris as a children’s book translator, yearning for some excitement and sex in her rather boring life and Bastien Toussaint, a ruthless, sexy undercover spy for the mysterious Committee.
Chloe’s best friend and roommate, Sophie begs her to take her place as a translator for a group of businessmen. The pay is really good, she can spend the weekend in the countryside and it could bring some excitement into her life which finally persuades her in agreeing to the scheme.
But once she arrives at the amazing chateau in the countryside, Chloe meets all the participants, which include Bastien, who is feels very attracted to and being an observant and intelligent person she soon begins realizing that something is not quite right about the people and the place.
Plot is filled with twists and turns. Dangerous arm-dealers, ruthless killers, betrayal and we are propelled into the dark and dangerous world that Chloe has unknowably found herself in.
Bastien is not sure if Chloe is an innocent pawn in the game or part of the plan to break him down ….he is trying to infiltrate and destroy the cartel. She feels his interest in her which she cannot understand why and as the story progresses both are unable to stop the heat and lust and romance growing between them. The sex scenes are hot, sensual and so so sexy…..
Bastien is a loner, always lived alone and has no feelings for anyone. All that matters to him is to finish the assignment and move onto the next one. But for the first time in his life he begins to care for someone….he is unable to stop his feelings for the naïve Chloe.
I loved Bastien…hard, cold but with a heart beating under all the darkness in him. Putting his life on the line for someone he loves. And Chloe is really a cute heroine….loved that they got together finding love at last.
Just wished the ending had not been so….quick, abrupt….but I know their story will continue in the next book…which I am looking forward to so much.
I have read this series 4 times and each time I am drawn into Anne Stuart’s tautly written romantic suspense novels. Her heroes are always dark, gorgeous men that find redemption in the end.
BOOK #2
Cold as 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 the job they have set out to do including killing the enemies.
I loved Genevieve Spencer, a fast talking, feisty lawyer who just wants to get her job done – board billionaire Harry van Dorn’s yacht in Costa Rica, get him to sign the papers she is carrying and get back to Manhattan as quickly as possible. But this is not going to be as simple as she thinks. She discovers that he’s an evil, sick playboy who decides to use and abuse her and then kill her when he tires of her. Genevieve knows she has to use her wits to keep herself alive – there is nobody on this yacht that can save her.
Peter Jensen is the billionaire’s personal assistance. I felt no interest in him….he was so bland that you almost forget he was there. But this was just the ploy he used to keep his true identity….an agent sent to destroy Harry van Doorn and his evil empire of which the world had no idea existed. But he kind of grew on me….he’s the usual cold and deadly hero like Bastien Toussaint from the previous book Black Ice, prepared to kill Genevieve as a means to save the operation. He’s really an emotionless man…who uses sex and his body to seduce both men and women as long as he gets the job finished.
The chemistry between the two is great… Chloe is unable to resist Peter…..and he begins to discover that sex with her is so far different from the way he has always used sex in his life.
Bastien Toussaint makes an appearance….yay…and also a new character is introduced….Takashi O’Brien…..which we will get to know in the next book in this series I am sure…..
I love every book that Anne Stuart has written and read them many times and I am never ever bored.
The Book Description:
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 wits if she intends to survive the night.
But there's someone else on the ship who knows the true depths of Van Dorn's evil. Peter Jensen is far more than the unassuming personal assistant he pretends to be -- he's a secret operative who will stop at nothing to ensure Harry's deadly Rule of Seven terror campaign dies with him. But Genevieve's presence has thrown a wrench into his plans, and now he must decide whether to risk his mission to keep her alive, or allow her to become collateral damage . . .
BOOK #3
Ice Blue, 3rd book in Anne Stuart’s Ice Series continues the story of the mysterious Committee agents and it is just as suspenseful and romantic as the previous two books…which I ABSOLUTELY LOVED…and this one is just as amazing.
Summer Hawthorne’s mother, a rich and spoilt woman who has never cared or loved her had been under the influence of an evil Japanese cult and had promised them the priceless blue bowl, that had been given to Summer by her beloved Japanese nanny. They are determined to get the bowl by any means as it has incredible powers unbeknown to Summer.
Takashi O’Brien is a half American/Japanese (he also belongs to the Yakuza – Japanese Mafia…love those tattoos!!!!) and his mission is to get, by whatever means it requires even if having to seduce or kill summer - the bowl before it gets into the cult’s hands – it’s a very powerful relic which could destroy the world.
Summer has a lot of issues which she has to resolve before she can move forward in the growing relationship with the sexy, mysterious, dangerous Takara, who I really loved. He’s such an interesting character…and the secondary characters are very cool….especially Reno, his cousin who will get his own story soon….the scenes in Japan are fabulous….compelling family secrets…
This is a great suspenseful story in the series that take you on a roller coast filled with action, romance and much more
Fabulous read. Can’t wait for the next book.
The Book Description:
Museum curator Summer Hawthorne considered the exquisite ice-blue ceramic bowl given to her by her beloved Japanese nanny a treasure of sentimental value—until somebody tried to kill her for it.
The priceless relic is about to ignite a global power struggle that must be stopped at all costs. It's a desperate situation, and international operative Takashi O'Brien has received his directive: everybody is expendable. Everybody. Especially the woman who is getting dangerously under his skin as the lethal game crosses the Pacific to the remote and beautiful mountains of Japan, where the truth can be as seductive as it is deadly….
BOOK #4
Ice Storm, the next installment in the Ice Series is about Isobel Lambert, the cold as ice, beautiful and dangerous head of the Committee, the organization working at saving the world from evil and corruption. She has never let anything stand in her mission even killing the man she loved .
She has been sent on a mission to bring in Serafin known as the butcher who has traded his life for inside information he has .
There are a lot of twists and turns in this story which keep you turning page after page…..I couldn’t put it down until I read the last page.
Serafin, Isobel discovers is actually Killian, a man she had an affair seventeen years ago and had left for dead. She discovers she still has intense feelings for him even though she knows he is evil and a traitor and can betray her at any time without any thought for her. Their sexual chemistry is still as hot as it was years ago.
Both realize that there is someone in the agency that could be a double agent…but who???? Their journey to discover the betrayer leads them through a lot of obstacles and the climax is pretty awesome.
There’s lots of action, spies, murder and much much more.
I loved Isobel…strong but at same time showing compassion and love. I was so happy that they both find each other.
Liked reading about the previous characters…and how far they have come….
Great book in the series….Isobel is one of my favorite heroines so far!!!!!
I can't wait for book 5 in this series!!!!!
The Book Description:
Behind her mask is a deadly secret?
The powerful head of the covert mercenary organization The Committee, Isobel Lambert is a sleek, sophisticated professional who comes into contact with some of the most dangerous people in the world. But beneath Isobel's cool exterior a ghost exists, haunting her with memories of another life? a life that ended long ago.
But Isobel's past and present are about to collide when Serafin, mercenary, assassin and the most dangerous man in the world, makes a deal with The Committee. Seventeen years ago Isobel shot him and left him for dead. Now it looks as if he's tracked her down for revenge. But Isobel knows all too well that looks can be deceiving? And that's what she's counting on to keep her cover in this international masquerade of murder.
