Lord of Ice (Random House Large Print)

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Summary: Rambo Meets Cinderella
Review: This latest installment in the Knight family has once again left me banging my head in frustration. Every cliché known to man has been brought forth and strung together to resemble a plot. Handsome heroic tormented war hero? Check. Spunky beautiful orphan who's really an heiress? Check. Forced relationship so that there can be a happily ever after? You bet. I won't bother going into too much detail (if you ever have a day to waste you know what to do with it.) But once again Ms. Foley excels at mediocrity. Miranda is a headstrong orphan who has found herself under the care of Damien Knight. Damien is the tormented war hero who is traumatized from his service in the war and doesn't want the burden of being responsible for the raven haired beauty. After the initial meeting I can see why. Miranda behaves like a hot-blooded trollop who needs to be taught self control and Damien acts like a sexual predator who shouldn't be the guardian of anyone female and under twenty one. Steamy introduction aside the two soon fall into the guardian/ward relationship which is then encouraged by Damien's own family to turn into a romantic pursuit, in spite of the fact that Damien's relationship with Miranda by all accounts resembled at the very least that of a brother and sister if not a father and daughter. Throw in an evil uncle desperate to get his greedy hands on Miranda's money and you have everything set up for Damien to become the brave knight in shining armor. Between Damien killing people with his bare hands(he knows nine different ways to kill with his hands) as if he's Solid Snake and Miranda having the cliché rags to riches story the book came off like Rambo meets Cinderella. The afterthought of throwing in Napoleon's escape from Elba was more like utilizing some lost notes than to move the plot along; by the time I had gotten that far I couldn't care less what happened to any of them. I have to question myself as to why I continue reading anything by Ms. Foley when I'm constantly frustrated by her haphazard story telling but maybe deep down I'm a masochist at heart.



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Summary: Oh Damien! What a man!
Review: When i first read Lord of Ice I figured this book would be so dull, the way Lucien describ his twin as a stiff militairy man I didnt see what could be said about him! But after what happen to Damien in Lord of Ice I just had to find out what was wrong with the other handsome twin.

To my shock this book is so full of passion and a true connection between Damien & Miranda, wow Miranda what a woman! She totally deserve a man as passionate as Damien once she got "saved" him. Ms Foley trully did justice for this book and does not dissapoint. Lucien is still the man for me, but there is thru passion in Damien, A MUST read! No need to read Lord of Fire before