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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Ballantine Books | | Page Count: | 208 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 10, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 344th |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9780345517197
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Product Description
’Tis the season for mistletoe and holly, Santa . . . and suspense. And the gift that keeps on giving is Ice: premier thriller author Linda Howard’s breathless tale of a man, a woman, and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter–and an unrelenting killer. Oh what fun it is to read.Gabriel McQueen has only just arrived home on holiday leave from the service when his county-sheriff father sends him back out again with new marching orders. A brewing ice storm, and a distant neighbor who’s fallen out of contact, have the local lawman concerned. So he enlists Gabriel to make the long haul to the middle of nowhere, and make sure Lolly Helton is safe and sound. It’s a trip the younger McQueen would rather not make given the bitter winter weather–and the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly. But there’s no talking back when your dad is the town’s top cop. And there’ s no turning back when night falls just as Gabriel arrives–and discovers that the weather outside isn’t the only thing that’s frightful. Spotting strangers in Lolly’ s home–one of them packing a weapon–is all it takes to kick Gabriel into combat mode. And his stealth training is all he needs to extract Lolly from the house without alerting her captors. But when the escape is discovered, the heat–and the hunt–are on. And the winter woods are nowhere to be once the ice storm touches down, dropping trees, blocking roads, and trapping the fleeing pair in the freezing dark. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.5 based on 58 reviews)
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Where has Ms Howard gone? by L. W. Choi (San Francisco, CA)  1 Stars
November 29, 2009
This book was so disappointing I felt compelled to comment. Plot felt like a formula that has been wearily repeated in her previous several books. Lots of descriptive action, very little character development or actual romance. This is nothing like the Linda Howard of old days. Is someone else writing her plots? Come back soon, Ms Howard, or all your fans will have left for more true authors.
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Definitely read all the 1-star reviews before buying this book. by Bryan M. Bernard (Houston, Texas USA) 1 Stars
November 28, 2009
I won't recap again what everyone here has already said (all the 1-star reviews are 100% accurate), but I will say that I borrowed Ice from the library today, read it in an hour, and was sorry to have wasted that hour. LH used to be an auto-buy for me, but not with the past 3-4 books. If you really must read this, please save yourself the money and borrow it from the library.
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More than a little disappointed by Just like to read in Virginia (Virginia) 1 Stars
November 28, 2009
This book was a complete an absolute was of time. I could not believe that anyone thought that it should be sold for $22.00 or $11.00 or even $3.99. It never should have made hardbook status. I have read every book ever written by Linda Howard and this must have been her first effort at writing or something and had to have been some publishing company's attempt to make some money from her fans. Although I completed the book, it was a complete and absolute waste of time. For a decent read, check out any of her works over the last few years and leave this one alone. What a disappointment.
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A bit unrealistic and a steep price for small book. by Detra Fitch (USA)  2 Stars
November 27, 2009
Gabriel "Gabe" McQueen returns to Wilson Creek, Maine, just as an ice storm cranks up. His father, the sheriff, and his men are busy preparing for a sudden ice storm and dealing with a wreck. When Gabe offers to help, his father asks him to check on Lorelei "Lolly" Helton because there is no way to notify of her of the sudden ice storm.
Gabe and Lolly have not seen each other in fifteen years. They certainly were never friends. Every time they met tempers burst. But Gabe drives to the Helton house. The house is on the mountainside, just out of town. When his truck slides into a ditch due to the ice accumulating, he hikes the rest of the way. Upon arriving, Gabe knows something is wrong. Two people with guns, obviously high on meth, show in the down stairs window. The upstairs window shows Lolly, preparing to escape.
Gabe and Lolly find themselves fleeing through the woods, on rough terrain, in the middle of a dangerous ice storm with two killers on their tail.
** TWO STARS! This novel is a small hardback with about two hundred pages. The price is steep for such a short book. The time frame of the story is only a day or two. I think it is pretty unrealistic to expect two people who hardly tolerated each other in the past and have not seen each other in fifteen years to suddenly fall in love almost over night. In my opinion, the chase scenes are thrilling, but the story is unbelievable and not well executed. **
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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WHAT A MELTDOWN! by Sunlover (Florida)  3 Stars
November 26, 2009
"ICE" was a cute little story. It had plenty of action and Ms Howard described the ice storm perfectly. Hero and Heroine were ok. And I read it in two hours. (Had to have lunch in between) :D
However, I thought it was one of those cute Christmas stories, and it turned out to be a 'holiday' story. All blood, guts and attempted rape vividly described to lengthen the book. Great.
What is happening to all my favorite authors these days? Nora Roberts books at least give you 362 pages of drivel for $22. This book was 197 1/2 double spaced, mostly repetitive pages. It was a novella; not a novel. Thank heaven our taxes are still funding libraries.
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