Title: Melting The Ice Queen
Author: Aurora Black
Published in November 2006 by Phaze Books
Genre: Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 1-59426-584-4
Other Books by Phaze: Santa's Helper
There is a time when a man just needs a hide-away from the worries and the cares of the world, and for David Shaw, that is a lush but secluded cabin in the woods. It is close enough the traveling distance is not hard, but far enough away to give him peace from the hustle and bustle of the workplace. David is alone at this relaxing winter retreat when by chance he meets a woman alone, an enchantress who at the moment looks very much like the Snow Queen straight from the faerie tales of his childhood. Enchanted, and immediately enamored by the mysterious stranger, he is saddened as he interrupts her pleasure in skating on the frozen pond. He doesn't want to see her go, and is sorry his walk disturbed her. Before he can make his apologies, she is gone. Like a brilliant, blindingly white angel, she disappears from his life, only to show up at his place of work. This woman, his angel is the one the office has been talking about. Smart, ruthless, and cold, she is known as the "Ice Queen" because of her icy demeanor, and unyielding formality on the job and off. David can’t get over her though, can’t see past the loneliness deep in her eyes.
The last person Christabel Lockheart ever expected to see again is the man from the pond, and now she can put a name to the face, David Shaw. It is a shock to see him again, and especially in the workplace where they will have to be working closely together. She struggles with the feelings he has awakened in her from that night at the mountain pond, and now as they work together. Her life is not her own. She has a heavy burden on her shoulders, and because of circumstances she feels responsible for, she is unwilling to be involved with another man. She does not really need this attraction in her life, she is better off alone, and she knows it very well. This is not good, and Christabel doesn’t know exactly how to handle it, because the situation is going from bad to worse, and digging up a lot of stuff she wants to remain buried. She fights and argues internally, telling herself she knows better than to get into a relationship, and with a co-worker. As she tries in vain to deny the hunger she feels every time he looks at her, she is not sure any more of what she wants, what she feels, and the walls she has so carefully built around her heart start to melt. Christabel is really frightened because now David is in danger, and she can’t make him see the horror he could face……
Smart, sexy, and sassy, Melting the Ice Queen by Aurora Black is a sensitive adventure into the world of make-believe. Make believe it is your fault, make believe you caused the problem, make believe you can live alone. This is the world Christabel Lockheart lives in, the world ms Black gives us entry to, and allows us to visit. It is a world that will soon be turned upside down when fate intervenes in Christabel’s plan, and throws her a man she can on no way ignore, or resist. David Shaw saw something that cold winter’s night when he met Christabel near the frozen forest pond. There was a loneliness in the woman’s eyes he felt compelled to fight, to take away. The cool collected woman he meets at work is not the same fey sprite who was skating on the pond, but she still has the haunted, lonely look, and David still wants to be the one to make it vanish. Constantly, consistently, and patiently he works to get into Christabel’s mind, into her heart, and get her into his life, his home, and most definitely his bed. Will David succeed where all others have failed? Wanna find out? Then go to Phaze.Com and get Melting the Ice Queen. It is a must buy, and the story is unforgettable. Melting the Ice Queen is a short you can’t afford to miss!
Yours in good reading,
Rose!
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