Polttava jää

by Nora Roberts

Other authorsAnna Salo (Kirjoittaja.)

Hardcover, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Romance

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

Jyväskylä ; Helsinki : Gummerus, 1990

Description

Fiction. Romance. Suspense. HTML:From New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a seductive novel of red hot passion and cold hard cash, as a Manhattan socialite living at jet-set speed crosses a desperate man on the run�and finds herself trapped in a deadly game that may have no winners or losers . . . or survivors. Reckless Whitney MacAllister possesses all the wealth and beauty every woman dreams of. Streetwise Douglas Lord has the good looks and quick wits to be a success at his chosen profession: larceny. She has the cash and the connections. He has the stolen documents leading to a fabulous hidden fortune. It is a business proposition, pure and simple. But the race to find the treasure, from Manhattan to Madagascar, is only part of the game. For their fierce and dangerous attraction to each other soon threatens to overwhelm them�unless their merciless and shadowy rivals kill them first.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Darla

I always think of this as Nora's caper book. Unfortunately, I don't think this is one of the books that's being considered as a movie. Which is just as well--they're making Lifetime movies out of them, and this would make a good mainstream movie. The bored but plucky heiress, the daring jewel

thief, action, adventure, crocodiles, caves, chases, drama, an evil villain and his creepy henchmen, even a pig. Somebody should contact the producers who made The Italian Job. Seriously.

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

Whitney MacAllister is a socialite (and interior designer) is carnapped by Douglas Lord (burgular on the run) neither of them expect what happens next and it's the adventure of their lives. He has some documents that suggest he can find the location of some missing Marie Antoinette jewels. The guy

he stole the papers for wants them, he doesn't think he should give them to him.

It's a bit of a romp of a book, the path is pretty obvious but it's a fun ride along the way. I enjoyed the story and the characters.

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LibraryThing member Kathy89

Heiress gets mixed up with a society burglar in a treasure hunt for jewels belonging to Marie Antonette after he attempts to steal her car. Usual love/hate story with survival in the wild and hitmen following them and attempting to kill them at every turn for the treasure map.

LibraryThing member cenneidigh

This was a fun story of treasure hunters and romance. i love the places this book takes you and the adventures that find the characters trapped and in love.

LibraryThing member SunnySD

Ice cream heiress Whitney MacAllister has an eye for the expensive and a yen for something new and different, so when a stranger hijacks her car seconds ahead of a trio of deadly thugs, she decides being kidnapped might be interesting. Especially when Douglas Lord hints at the prize he's hunting -

a set of jewels once owned by Marie Antoinette. Of course, the way her abductor fills out a pair of jeans doesn't hurt... From a pricey Manhattan high rise to the jungles of South America, it's a race against death to find a fabulous treasure before a killer finds them.

Classic Roberts, this still reads well twenty-five years after its original publication date.

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LibraryThing member treehorse

I never could quite suspend my disbelief long enough to really root for either of the protagonists...

LibraryThing member ToniFGMAMTC

This hints at suspense, but really it's RomCom. A lot of it felt cliché.

LibraryThing member ToniFGMAMTC

This hints at suspense, but really it's RomCom. A lot of it felt cliché.

LibraryThing member Okies

I got a few chapters into this audiobook, all the time intriguingly aware that the story was familiar. But I haven't entered it here in Library Thing... It must have been 2-3 years ago. I have no memory of it, until I listen again. As I recall I enjoyed it, and if there weren't a million other

books to read, I'd listen to it again.

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