Review: Cold as Ice

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When Darby O'Roarke wakes up in a strange house with a dead man - with no memory of what happened - she knows who she has to call: FBI Supervisory Special Agent Eban Winters...the man she fell for, and who rejected her, last summer.

A negotiator isn't supposed to get involved with kidnap victims, and Eban has been trying to avoid the temptation that is Darby O'Roarke ever since they met. One frantic phone call has him racing to Alaska to uncover the truth, but he faces stubborn opposition from the local police, and a growing media frenzy.

Getting Darby released from jail and keeping her safe is his first priority. When another woman is brutally slain, evidence emerges that suggests Darby is being framed, and that the culprit is a vicious serial killer who has eluded the FBI for more than a decade...and, now, the killer has Darby in their sights.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: September 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: From the suspense perspective, this book is probably one of the best in the whole series. There are lots and lots of twists and turns and when you think you have it all figured out - well, you're in for a surprise.

 

In terms of romance, I honestly expected more. Darby and Eban have been circling around each other since book two in the series and it seemed fair that when Eban finally relented and let Darby get close, there would be real sparks flying. There are some sparks, yes, but there are also some really weird dialogs between them - along the lines of "let's have sex tonight; yeah, ok". Even though we know they were in love before this book (you don't really have to read the others, everything is fully explained in this one), there still could be some more romancing between them.

Overall, Cold as Ice is a great book, but I think it's fallen a bit short of its full potential. 

Happy readings!

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