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On Thin Ice
No Way Out
The Alaskan tundra - a land whose pristine beauty was overshadowed by the darkness of winter, the danger of corruption. Her career hung in the balance, her life was on the line, and, after one reckless moment in a stranger's embrace, Lauren Fotheringay's heart was, too....
He was a tribal cop working undercover as an oil rig roughneck to catch a corporate thief and win back his FBI job. But Seth Adams hadn't counted on murder. Hadn't been prepared to fall for his prime suspect. Instinct, however, told him the beautiful geologist was innocent, a mere pawn in a deadly plan. And as the danger around them escalated, the passion between them intensified as they raced against time to survive....
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2002
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Debra Lee Brown
25 books9 followersAn award winning author, Debra's ongoing romance with wild and remote locales began at an early age and is reflected in her books. Born and raised in California, and drawn to the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range like a fish to water, Debra was an accomplished outdoorswoman by the time she finished high school.
Debra began her writing career in 1997 and, after winning the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award in 1998, sold her first book to Harlequin in early 1999. In what is fast becoming a trademark of her writing, Debra loves nothing better than to strand her heroes and heroines in rugged, often dangerous settings, then let nature take its course!
Debra began her writing career in 1997 and, after winning the Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award in 1998, sold her first book to Harlequin in early 1999. In what is fast becoming a trademark of her writing, Debra loves nothing better than to strand her heroes and heroines in rugged, often dangerous settings, then let nature take its course!
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May 18, 2010
On the heels of the last book I read, this one didn't quite measure up. Rather mean of me to say that. But, it's the truth. However, this was a decent read, and I enjoyed reading it. The best part of this book was the hero, Seth Adams. He was a dreamboat. A mix of strength and vulnerability. Half-native Inuit, he had an insecurity complex fueled by an Anglo father who never truly accepted his mixed son.
Seth is working undercover as a roughneck on the oil drilling site on a remote island in Alaska. In flies high-powered geologist, Lauren Fotheringay. Is she behind the corporate espionage he's there to investigate, or is she just stealing his heart? I wish I could steal this Alaska boy's heart. I'd never give it back. He was adorable.
Lauren, on the hand, annoyed me more than one time. She trusted her upper-crust moneyed fiance implicitly, although he was clearly too slick for comfort. She did everything she could to get herself killed more than once. Good thing that Seth was always there to protect her. I was about to write her off as a heroine, but she comes to her senses near the end of this book.
This actually was a pretty good book. The mystery was interesting. It has some good action and intrigue, and the Alaska setting was very appealing, if you like midnight-dark, bitterly cold, and nasty blizzards (which I do). I think I would have enjoyed it more if I could like Lauren more than I did. She wasn't the worst heroine ever, but she was pretty annoying, and unworthy of Seth, in my opinion.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, if you like yummy, half-Native American sexy cop heroes, and the winter/cold setting at its best, and you have a desire to spend a few hours reading a romance story set in Alaska. I wasn't going to keep this book initially, but Seth is too sweet to give away. :)
Seth is working undercover as a roughneck on the oil drilling site on a remote island in Alaska. In flies high-powered geologist, Lauren Fotheringay. Is she behind the corporate espionage he's there to investigate, or is she just stealing his heart? I wish I could steal this Alaska boy's heart. I'd never give it back. He was adorable.
Lauren, on the hand, annoyed me more than one time. She trusted her upper-crust moneyed fiance implicitly, although he was clearly too slick for comfort. She did everything she could to get herself killed more than once. Good thing that Seth was always there to protect her. I was about to write her off as a heroine, but she comes to her senses near the end of this book.
This actually was a pretty good book. The mystery was interesting. It has some good action and intrigue, and the Alaska setting was very appealing, if you like midnight-dark, bitterly cold, and nasty blizzards (which I do). I think I would have enjoyed it more if I could like Lauren more than I did. She wasn't the worst heroine ever, but she was pretty annoying, and unworthy of Seth, in my opinion.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, if you like yummy, half-Native American sexy cop heroes, and the winter/cold setting at its best, and you have a desire to spend a few hours reading a romance story set in Alaska. I wasn't going to keep this book initially, but Seth is too sweet to give away. :)
July 2, 2011
I enjoyed the premise and whole atmosphere of On Thin Ice. It is based in Alaska where they are drilling for oil , really bad weather, with communications apparently down, murder, people acting weirdly.
Lauren Parker loved Alaska but after her father died, her mother re-married made her wealthy husband adopt her and kind of sketched out her life, her only rebellion was to become a geologist like her father but now under her mother and fiancee she seems to have forgotten herself and her dreams of becoming a teacher. She has been busy climbing the corporate ladder so hasn't been in the field for a while, when the out of the blue she has to go. This job is important to her as it is sure to get her a promotion. I didn't like Lauren at first and throughout the book I had problems with her and how she allowed people to set her life path.
So, she arrives, allows the man in charge to push her around and then her father's best friend dies(murdered), and she starts noticing weird things, faulty equipment, men acting weirdly and the Jack, the head kind of threatening her and trying to get her out of the way, also all the communication don't seem to be working. Then, there is Seth, a half-native.
Seth is actually an ex-FBI agent and a cop working undercover on the rig. He suspects Lauren at first, after all she is wealthy and seems to put the work first even before a man's death and she also reminds him of his ex-wife but he soon discovers that is not the case, he finds her crying for the man who died. Seth has spent all his life trying to please his ambitious father and he is attracted to Lauren.
Lauren as well, she tries to justify the attraction as result of not having contact with her fiancee and being cut off and does stop him each time they kiss.
But well of course they don't stop there. There is an attempt on their life and they escape. It is Lauren who makes the first move. The thing I didn't like is Seth confessed he loved her, then of course she finds out who he is and is all mad but even after sleeping with another man she no intention of backing out of her wedding. WTH? Then, she soon comes to the realization that she has just been allowing others to dictate her life but then also she doesn't talk about breaking up with the fiancee.
Of course she does, but that is only after she learns what he is. Honestly, I enjoyed the writing and Seth my only quibble was over Lauren and her fiancee.
Lauren Parker loved Alaska but after her father died, her mother re-married made her wealthy husband adopt her and kind of sketched out her life, her only rebellion was to become a geologist like her father but now under her mother and fiancee she seems to have forgotten herself and her dreams of becoming a teacher. She has been busy climbing the corporate ladder so hasn't been in the field for a while, when the out of the blue she has to go. This job is important to her as it is sure to get her a promotion. I didn't like Lauren at first and throughout the book I had problems with her and how she allowed people to set her life path.
So, she arrives, allows the man in charge to push her around and then her father's best friend dies(murdered), and she starts noticing weird things, faulty equipment, men acting weirdly and the Jack, the head kind of threatening her and trying to get her out of the way, also all the communication don't seem to be working. Then, there is Seth, a half-native.
Seth is actually an ex-FBI agent and a cop working undercover on the rig. He suspects Lauren at first, after all she is wealthy and seems to put the work first even before a man's death and she also reminds him of his ex-wife but he soon discovers that is not the case, he finds her crying for the man who died. Seth has spent all his life trying to please his ambitious father and he is attracted to Lauren.
Lauren as well, she tries to justify the attraction as result of not having contact with her fiancee and being cut off and does stop him each time they kiss.
But well of course they don't stop there. There is an attempt on their life and they escape. It is Lauren who makes the first move. The thing I didn't like is Seth confessed he loved her, then of course she finds out who he is and is all mad but even after sleeping with another man she no intention of backing out of her wedding. WTH? Then, she soon comes to the realization that she has just been allowing others to dictate her life but then also she doesn't talk about breaking up with the fiancee.
Of course she does, but that is only after she learns what he is. Honestly, I enjoyed the writing and Seth my only quibble was over Lauren and her fiancee.
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