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A Date with the Ice Princess
Bought by a delectable doctor - and he's about to awaken all her senses! Daughter of a rock star, shy registrar Abigail Smith always tries to stay out of the spotlight. But it's gained her the reputation of the hospital's ?ice princess' - something she's determined to shake off. That's why she's on stage being sold to the highest bidder for her hospital's charity auction! Expecting no one to bid for a date with her, Abby is amazed to be bought by the hospital's bad boy bachelor, Dr Lewis Gallagher! And he's made it his personal mission toÿrid Abby of all her inhibitions!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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Kate Hardy
930 books263 followersKate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, particularly if it's hands-on and means experimenting with cooking. Reviewers say that her books are full of warmth, heart and charm - and also that you'll learn something new and interesting from them!
Kate also writes bestselling local history books under the name of Pamela Brooks.
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February 21, 2014
A DATE WITH THE ICE PRINCESS by author Kate Hardy is a Harlequin Medical Romance series release for July 2013.
Abigail was new to the hospital and was too shy to make friends easily. So her colleague Dr. Lewis Gallagher makes her his project to bring her out of the shell and make her a team player.
He bids for her at the auction and wins a date with her. She was known as the ice-princess because of her cold behavior. But he manages to bring her out of the shell and she starts making friends at the hospital. While doing this they fell deeply in love with each other. But would they be able to commit to each other? Could Abby trust that Lewis wanted her for herself? Could Lewis bring himself to trust another woman?
A DATE WITH THE ICE PRINCESS is an emotional roller coaster of a read amid all the medical drama. Author Kate Hardy always brings her readers stories that keeps them riveted from the first page till the last. And this was no exception.
Recommended for all lovers of medical romance.
Abigail was new to the hospital and was too shy to make friends easily. So her colleague Dr. Lewis Gallagher makes her his project to bring her out of the shell and make her a team player.
He bids for her at the auction and wins a date with her. She was known as the ice-princess because of her cold behavior. But he manages to bring her out of the shell and she starts making friends at the hospital. While doing this they fell deeply in love with each other. But would they be able to commit to each other? Could Abby trust that Lewis wanted her for herself? Could Lewis bring himself to trust another woman?
A DATE WITH THE ICE PRINCESS is an emotional roller coaster of a read amid all the medical drama. Author Kate Hardy always brings her readers stories that keeps them riveted from the first page till the last. And this was no exception.
Recommended for all lovers of medical romance.
August 31, 2016
In this read we have ourselves a ice princess, however she is all ice for a very good reason. Ice keeps the people away and stops them from using her simply to get to her famous father.
However her all ice attitude brings her to a point where being lonely in her palace of ice is no fun anymore and she turns up the heat by participating in a charity event, the event involves her being bid on , yep who ever bids the highest gets to take her on a date.
But of course no one wants to date Abigail aka the ice princess and she goes along with the game simply to show she is not all that icy.
She does not count on hot-shot-I'm-all-game-to-tame-the-ice-princess Lewis to bid on her, nor that he is the only man , man enough to be determined to melt her into a puddle, one searing hot kiss at a time.
When I read the back-cover and noticed this is about a icy woman I at first thought " Oh dear that's been dong before", but knowing this author always has a trick up her sleeve or rather a way of placing a very interesting spin on things I was certain I could not pass this book up.
I was not disappointed, the author gave a very compelling medial romance story with vivid characters and stunning lines. I really enjoyed the heat bouncing between Abigail and Lewis, I found myself addicted to the fire and ice relationship.
What stood out the most was just how amazing the author let the characters become whist sorting through their issues, in all reads this is of course always what happens. The characters are at first all broken and then becomes healed through the help of another character, but what author Kate Hardy did was not only let Abigail and Lewis both heal she also developed them into so much more than healed characters and in the end I not only felt really connected to both of them but as if I had truly seen their lives and the change play out in front of me.
I'm taking away a message of you never know the real person until you dig down deep and seek, the trick is finding the courage to dig.
4.5 star review
" In his arms she is all fire and no ice"
However her all ice attitude brings her to a point where being lonely in her palace of ice is no fun anymore and she turns up the heat by participating in a charity event, the event involves her being bid on , yep who ever bids the highest gets to take her on a date.
But of course no one wants to date Abigail aka the ice princess and she goes along with the game simply to show she is not all that icy.
She does not count on hot-shot-I'm-all-game-to-tame-the-ice-princess Lewis to bid on her, nor that he is the only man , man enough to be determined to melt her into a puddle, one searing hot kiss at a time.
When I read the back-cover and noticed this is about a icy woman I at first thought " Oh dear that's been dong before", but knowing this author always has a trick up her sleeve or rather a way of placing a very interesting spin on things I was certain I could not pass this book up.
I was not disappointed, the author gave a very compelling medial romance story with vivid characters and stunning lines. I really enjoyed the heat bouncing between Abigail and Lewis, I found myself addicted to the fire and ice relationship.
What stood out the most was just how amazing the author let the characters become whist sorting through their issues, in all reads this is of course always what happens. The characters are at first all broken and then becomes healed through the help of another character, but what author Kate Hardy did was not only let Abigail and Lewis both heal she also developed them into so much more than healed characters and in the end I not only felt really connected to both of them but as if I had truly seen their lives and the change play out in front of me.
I'm taking away a message of you never know the real person until you dig down deep and seek, the trick is finding the courage to dig.
4.5 star review
" In his arms she is all fire and no ice"
July 21, 2015
I like Kate Hardy's medicals, which is weird, because Sarah Morgan's really haven't worked for me. I think it might be that they're less medical, as in less terms that I don't really get (the UK to US divide is WIDE here), and more about the relationships between medical professionals.
Anyway, this was a good kid of a famous person story. I liked the reactions both the hero and heroine had to events of their past and I liked the eventual resolution.
Anyway, this was a good kid of a famous person story. I liked the reactions both the hero and heroine had to events of their past and I liked the eventual resolution.
April 6, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, didn't want to put it down from when I first started to finishing it.
Daughter of a rock star, shy registrar Abigail Smith has been home-schooled for a long time, eventually going to high school and having trouble fitting in since she has toured with her father and been around adults all her life up until then. She has a new job as a registrar at a Hospital, and is asked to help with a fundraiser by offering a prize... her workmates refer to her as the Ice Princess and she is won in the raffle by the Hospitals Casanova (according to the grapevine he is good for 3 dates before he dumps you). Nothing could be further from the truth, 2 people hiding behind their own personal facades they find each other, but will they face their demons and move on.
Daughter of a rock star, shy registrar Abigail Smith has been home-schooled for a long time, eventually going to high school and having trouble fitting in since she has toured with her father and been around adults all her life up until then. She has a new job as a registrar at a Hospital, and is asked to help with a fundraiser by offering a prize... her workmates refer to her as the Ice Princess and she is won in the raffle by the Hospitals Casanova (according to the grapevine he is good for 3 dates before he dumps you). Nothing could be further from the truth, 2 people hiding behind their own personal facades they find each other, but will they face their demons and move on.
November 21, 2014
The author detailed that both lovers had a gamma of family conflicts.
So? The conflicts never happen.
So after a mild break up that supposed to be the "black moment",
they just decided that all conflicts were a thing of past and lived happy ever after.
I'm no author but, just some ideas for a wider black moment:
- His sisters could have rejected her, in a party, with lots o bickering
- Her father could have acted as a jerk, just to test him, and they would make a bet of competing in some radical sport, then her father would see how much the guy was willing to get engaged.
So? The conflicts never happen.
So after a mild break up that supposed to be the "black moment",
they just decided that all conflicts were a thing of past and lived happy ever after.
I'm no author but, just some ideas for a wider black moment:
- His sisters could have rejected her, in a party, with lots o bickering
- Her father could have acted as a jerk, just to test him, and they would make a bet of competing in some radical sport, then her father would see how much the guy was willing to get engaged.
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October 14, 2013
InA Date with the Ice Princess by Kate Hardy Abigail Smith decides to shake off her “ice princess” tag by going out on a date with the highest bidder for her hospital’s charity auction. While she expects nobody to bid for her, the hospital’s bad-boy bachelor,Dr.Lewis Gallagher proves her wrong by winning a date with her.Read More
July 11, 2016
2.5 Stars.
It was pretty decent at times—at least the characters spent time getting to know one another. But then all of a sudden, they break up and then declare their love...and The End. I needed an epilogue, after that abruptness.
It was pretty decent at times—at least the characters spent time getting to know one another. But then all of a sudden, they break up and then declare their love...and The End. I needed an epilogue, after that abruptness.
June 15, 2018
Read the book before, but great-it's a Kate Hardy book say no more!
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