Hot Ice

by Madge Swindells

Christine Winters and Sienna Sheik were best friends at school but with their different backgrounds the two friends soon grew apart – Sienna into the moneyed world she was intended for, whilst Chris had to fight to make her way as a successful businesswoman. It seemed that their worlds were never to meet again. Little did Chris know that Sienna’s wedding day would turn her life upside down. When Sienna is brutally kidnapped from her wedding car, Chris does everything in her power to save her. When she is later headhunted by Financial Investigations Inc., an agency which specializes in criminal investigation and terrorism, she is given the perfect opportunity to solve the mystery of her friend’s disappearance. Suddenly Chris finds herself thrown from an unfulfilling career as a media and entertainment solicitor into the dangerous underworld of diamond smuggling, money laundering, civil war and terrorism. A lone woman in a man’s world, Chris must use her integrity, wit and bravery to uncover the truth surrounding her friend’s kidnapping as well as battling her own demons.

459 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

MADGE SWINDELLS was born and educated in England. As a teenager, she emigrated with her parents to South Africa where she studied archaeology and anthropology at Cape Town University. The author of numerous romance novels, her work has been translated into seven languages and has reached bestseller lists across the world.

Reviews

[Debra Lodge-Schnellenberg · Rating 2 out of 5]

The potential for this book to be readable and wonderful is there. Unfortunately, the main character is finding all males in her life sexy and attractive. Dear Lord. I got halfway through and quit before my brain turned to mush.