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Hot Ice (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 7)

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Taylor Kincaid is a jewel thief, the best in the business. She has been after the famous Blue Star diamonds for a short while now. The man who "acquired" them for his wife is supposed to currently have them at his terrorist compound in South Africa, within a special safe that could not be cracked. Taylor does not find the diamonds. By the time she is in the "uncrackable" safe they are gone. However, she takes everything else. She has no clue that she inadvertently pockets valuable disks filled with security codes.

Huntington "Hunt" St. John is a top T-FLAC operative. He and his team specialize in counter terrorism. They desperately need the disks Taylor stole from José Morales's safe. They also need her expertise. Morales is the head of "Mano del Dios". For many years he has prepared for a special event. One he believes God has chosen him for. Friday, October thirteenth, is D-day unless Hunt and his team can stop him. First they must capture Taylor, then "convince" her to help. Morales has a nuclear missile ready. In order for the team to reach it and deactivate it, they must live through seven levels of deadly traps. Without Taylor's cooperation, it is impossible. With it, the chances of success are still slim, but it is better than nothing. If they fail, millions will die.

***** There is not really much romance at all in this Romantic Suspense. The two main characters are attracted to each other, but by the end of the story I, as the reader, did not feel that they could possibly be in true love. Most of the novel is dedicated to capturing Taylor and convincing her to help. The author did an excellent job on that, as well as, on the seven levels. Fans of the games or movies in the "Tomb Raider" series will be enthralled! Highly recommended. *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

José Morales is a madman. The head of the terrorist organization "Mano del Dios" he is filled with religious fervor and thinks God has called upon him, in person, to save the world by destroying all who disagree with his ideas. He has been illegally amassing a fortune in jewels and artwork, keeping it safe in a super secret underground mine, a place where he has also stashed the means to achieve world domination.

Huntington St. John is an agent in a secret anti-terrorist organization called T-FLAC. He is intent upon finding out Morales's method for his intended day of wrath. To do that he needs the set of computer disks with the answers to the hidden cave of destruction that is locked in Morales's impossible to open, super secure safe in his home. He and his colleagues find out that there is one person in the world with the expertise they need to break into the safe. A woman named Taylor Kincaid

Taylor Kincaid is a highly talented jewel thief and safecracker of many years. Since she was a teen, she had been teaching herself the art of stealing from internationally know miscreants, people who have made their fortunes making off with other people's riches. She had already made her way into Morales's safe looking to steal the spectacular Blue Star diamonds, but they weren't there, so she cleaned everything out of the safe and mailed them to herself. She had no idea that there was a set of important computer disks there too.

Huntington St. John manages to find Taylor, but she had already been arrested and beaten into blindness. Their introduction wasn't a civil one, but along with the dawn Taylor's sight returns, and both their eyes were opened to the magnetic feelings of attraction that sizzles between them. Taylor escapes before Huntington can explain why the free world needs her help along with the computer disks. A worldwide chase ensues and the hunt between the two begins!

HOT ICE is mainly a scorching romance in a setting of international intrigue, terrorism and high class heists. Chapter upon chapter is dedicated to the amorous feelings between Hunt and Taylor, all while these two people are trying to disavow any of it. But the strength of their passion overpowers them each and every time they are together and it always ends in regrets.

Fans of adventures will also be interested in HOT ICE. It manages to outdo Indiana Jones in a few categories, as the underground mine had been fashioned by Morales to reenact Dante's rings of Hell with the use of special dangerous effects along with masterly created robotics. Here male and female members of the leading couple are extraordinarily gifted in their chosen fields. They both manage to think faster than all the others around to solve problems.

You can tell that Cherry Adair did her homework. Seven of Dante's rings of hell are described along with Morales's recitation of pertinent psalms and proverbs. Also she goes to great pains to explain how super safes work, along with a detailed history and how they can, only with extraordinary skill and luck, be opened.

If you're in the mood for passion, sex and romance blended with phenomenally perilous adventures, where the survival of the world is at stake, read HOT ICE.

When it comes to jewel theft, Taylor Kincaid is the best--and Huntington (Hunt) St. John needs the best. The private anti-terrorist organization he works for has learned that super-Christian terrorist Jose Morales has hidden the codes for his secret base in a safe so secure that it's supposed to be unbreakable. Hunt needs someone to get him those disks so badly, he's willing to break a known criminal out of prison to help.

Taylor responds to Hunt physically, but that doesn't mean she trusts him. She needs the diamonds she stole from Morales--and isn't convinced by Hunt's story that he works for the good-guys. Isn't that what everyone says?

When Taylor escapes him, Hunt is desperate. Time is running out, and Morales plans a strike far bigger than 9/11, wiping out the entire city of Las Vegas in his efforts to eliminate sin and bring about the kingdom of god. It doesn't help that he gets excited every time he gets close to Taylor--everyone in the T-FLAC private anti-terrorist organization knows that women are the curse. Still, the two need to work together, which isn't a problem when they learn that they really are on the same side.

Heading off the threat sends them into a reconstructed mine in South Africa--a mine that has been transformed into the seven circles of Dante's Hell. If they'd still had the codes, it would have been merely difficult--but with only two of the five disks, they rely on Taylor's safecracking and Hunt's macho dere-doing to survive.

Author Cherry Adair's fast-paced style and steamy sensuality propell the reader through the story. I found myself, however, distracted from the story by the improbability of Adair's scenario and by the drawn-out misunderstandings between Hunt and Taylor--especially that at the end of the story. Morales's scheme for 'world domination' is hard to understand, but not nearly as hard as was a second terrorist group (the Black Rose)'s plan. The multibillion dollar transformation of a mine into the seven circles of Hell is interesting and consistent with the crazy but Christian Morales, but the whole disk and code thing didn't seem to work. If Morales needed the codes and didn't have them all, how was he supposed to get his army of thugs into the pit to face Hunt and his T-FLAC buddies? And how did the Black Rose terrorists get down?

HOT ICE had a lot of potential and it's definitely worth the read--but Adair missed too many chances to make the adventure and the romance more compelling and give the reader a bigger payoff for an oversized suspension of disbelief.

This is the first Cherry Adair book I have read. A friend recommended her books. I liked very much the men of T-FLAC and enjoyed Taylor Kincaid and learning of her "softer" side.

The story begins with Huntington St. John aka "Hunt" in an alley outside a jail cell as he hears the jailers returning and tossing their chain and padlocked encased prisoner to the floor of the cell. It is a renowned and extremely elusive jewel thief that Hunt is after as he needs her help and he also believe she either inadvertently or purposely stole something that was not jewels.

When Hunt breaks Taylor loose, they both discover that she is temporarily blind from the blow to the head. He takes her to a safe house and they both feel some physical attraction. However, Taylor escapes and so Hunt is on the "hunt" again!!

Unbeknownst to Taylor, Hunt is pushed in his moves to find her by a deadline that is fast approaching. How Hunt catches up to and tries to hang on to Taylor was a very exciting and adventurous read!! Also the developing romance, I felt, was well done and not overdone.

I look forward to finding and reading more of Ms. Adair's novels!

I cannot say enough about Cherry Adair and her Men of T-Flac! I have enjoyed each and everyone of these great stories. Hot Ice is no exception. The characters of Hunt St John and Taylor were too much fun. Cherry really knows how to build a story and keep you going until the very end. I am a sucker for a happy ending and I love that all her books find the guy and the girl finding their way to each other. The pyramid with all its levels of danger was a great time. I also like that she keeps her books connected using characters from her other books. I am always looking forward to the next Cherry Adair and her Men of T-Flac book!!

I would recommend this book to just about anybody. It's hot and it's thrilling. And it's about time there's a woman they can't survive without! Without her skills, they've got nothing!

I love all of the T-FLAC books I have read. I started with this one, then read The Mercenary(which was very short) and fell in love with Ms Adair heros and the women they fall in love with. This book has suspense, main characters that like to argue with each other and then they fall in love. And the sexy parts are sexy, not all flowery and sweet.
I have now started reading all the T-FLAC books from the begining.

Love Cherry Adair! Her books are filled with action--believable, exceptional humor and steamy couplings. Love the intricaties and all tied together with ongoing characters.

I won't write about the story because so many reviewers have done that already. I usually love Cherry Adair's style of writing. It sucks you right in the story. It is a nice read that I can only recommend.

The love story between Taylor and Hunt was pretty well written too. I enjoyed that he had to hunt her down on different occasions. It was pretty funny that she didn't made it easy on him.

I also enjoyed the plot - at least that was till the very end. I didn't understand why the whole place was secured with codes and Dante's Hell if you can just walk in the back door??? That is also the reason why I only give 4 stars.

Cherry Adair has made a name for herself with the exciting series of T-FLAC books. Each story, featuring a hot, sexy operative of this privately funded, top-secret, anti-terrorist group has the twists and turns of an action-adventure novel and the steam of a high-powered Jacuzzi. HOT ICE is no different, with Huntington "Hunt" St. John taking center stage, attempting to gain intel on a terrorist madman named Jose Morales.

Morales, a man who believes that anyone who disagrees with his beliefs deserves to die, has been amassing jewels, art, and weapons in an underground mine for years. Hunt, assigned to find out when Morales attends to strike the world's population, needs to open the top-of-the-line safe in his domain to gather the computer disks that are there-he's sure that those disks hold all of the information he needs to deter Morales and his mission. The problem is that he needs someone who can open the supposedly uncrackable safe, and there's only one person who can do that-Taylor Kincaid, a jewel thief and safe cracker who is thought to be the best in the world.

Unfortunately, before Hunt can reach Taylor and plead for her assistance, Taylor is arrested in San Cristobel for breaking into the home of-you guessed it-Jose Morales. Now Hunt believes he has the ultimate power chip to get Taylor to help him-he'll bail her out of jail if she gives him the computer disks that she stole. Taylor , of course, plays dumb, assuring Hunt that she has no idea what he's talking about. But when Morales's henchmen come to pay her a visit, Taylor has second thoughts on holding out on Hunt. After all, the man with the power and resources of T-FLAC behind him might be the only person who can keep her alive long enough to bring down the terrorist.

Ms. Adair has penned another sexually charged winner. The action-adventure part of the story is top-notch, with believable characters and situations that will have you rooting for the good guys and crying for the downfall of Morales and his men. The sexual chemistry between Hunt and Taylor isn't necessarily instantaneous, but it's an integral part of the story. Neither one of them is sure that they can truly trust the other, and the situations they find themselves in only add to the age-old idiom of whether they really love each other or are just responding to the danger around them.

I did miss seeing the Wright brothers in HOT ICE, the operatives from the previous T-FLAC stories, but Hunter St. John is an intriguing and sexy new hero, and his alternate aloofness and genuine caring made for an intriguing story. Taylor is a woman that reminds you of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider or a non-vampire-fighting Buffy, and her slow nature of trusting added depth and emotion to the storyline. All in all, HOT ICE is definitely a book to pick up-you won't be disappointed!