Hot Ice

Whitney MacAllister is a socialite (and interior designer) is carnapped by Douglas Lord (burgular on the run) neither of them expect what happens next and it's the adventure of their lives. He has some documents that suggest he can find the location of some missing Marie Antoinette jewels. The guy he stole the papers for wants them, he doesn't think he should give them to him.

It's a bit of a romp of a book, the path is pretty obvious but it's a fun ride along the way. I enjoyed the story and the characters.

Hot Ice
DNF

Nora Roberts is an incredible author who has written numerous amazing books. Unfortunately, this is not one of them.

The plot is plodding and replete with cliched villains and TSTL moments. The heroine is pretentious and annoying with her constant recording of how much the hero owes her down to the last cent. The hero, a supposedly charming rogue, is nothing more than a wastrel flitting from heist to heist spending his ill gotten gains on undeserving women.

The story never fully captured my attention and it was easy to put the book aside. I really could not care less if either the hero, the heroine or both were killed. Fans and newbies should look elsewhere for a better Nora book.

Ice cream heiress Whitney MacAllister has an eye for the expensive and a yen for something new and different, so when a stranger hijacks her car seconds ahead of a trio of deadly thugs, she decides being kidnapped might be interesting. Especially when Douglas Lord hints at the prize he's hunting - a set of jewels once owned by Marie Antoinette. Of course, the way her abductor fills out a pair of jeans doesn't hurt... From a pricey Manhattan high rise to the jungles of South America, it's a race against death to find a fabulous treasure before a killer finds them.

Classic Roberts, this still reads well twenty-five years after its original publication date.

This was a fun story of treasure hunters and romance. i love the places this book takes you and the adventures that find the characters trapped and in love.

This hints at suspense, but really it's RomCom. A lot of it felt cliché.

hot ice by nora roberts
oh the places nora takes you to, escape and she does it so very well.
whitney just returns from a jaunt overseas and Doug hops into her car as others are chaing him and shooting with real bullets. they avoid then in the
car but they follow her to her upscale apartment which leads them to steal a car and hightail it to the airport. she wants to accompany him on his hunt for
treasure to madagascar as he owes her money for damages done. he did his homework as she arranged for everything, traveling in first class no less. he had done
extensive traveling, learning how to make food the right way. he was after the treasure.
among their travels they meet up with a tribe that honors their presence as they share what they know show more of the tribe with one another, legends, customs, etc. the whole
time they are being followed. what an adventure! exotic, intrigue. quite the surprise ending, perfect! show less

A Cherry Adair read-a-like, only the hero is a thief instead of military. Much more an adventure novel with an exotic location, and a tone of rich-and-famous, than romantic suspense, or typical Nora Roberts.

An excellent read-a-like for Elizabeth Adler.