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Retribution is the second volume in a trilogy by Susanne Beck about Ice and Angel, two women who meet in prison and have to face unbelieveable odds to make a life for themselves. As Retribution opens, they are crossing the border into Canada, fleeing from both the law and the Mafia. Angel has been granted a pardon from prison, but Ice has escaped to join her and she is the target everyone is after. This book deals with them building a home in Canada and establishing themselves as valued members of their small community. Always hanging in the background though is the threat of Ice's past catching up to them. As this book ends, everything seems to come crashing down around them, but you're left with the hint that even that may not be so. Beck creates amazing characters in her books. I find myself thinking at various times that these, and the supporting characters, are fantastic women, the kind you would like to know, then have to remind myself that they are characters in a book. You can read any one of the three books by itself, but you won't get the full picture unless you read all three, which I strongly recommend. Beck also knows how to write wonderfully erotic love scenes without becoming trite or crude. If you like to read about strong women who overcome great odds, these are the books for you.

This is the second best book I've ever read. Redemption was the best. I can't wait to read Restitution, the continuing saga of Ice and Angel.

START OF BACK COVER TEXT - Retribution is a story with action, drama, suspense and too many emotions to list. Told by Angel herself, it will let you see into her very soul.

This sequel to Redemption details the lives of Ice and Angel as they cross over the border and try to make new lives in a small vacation town in Canada. They meet both friends and enemies along the way and their love for one another grows and deepens. But obviously, as a fugitive from justice, danger is always only one step away for Ice. The man who fixed it so that she was sent to jail for a crime he committed is out to get her again. Several of his cronies manage to find her and she trades her life for Angel's and is dragged away. Can she save herself and find her way back to Angel and happiness? - END OF BACK COVER TEXT

The second in the Ice and Angel trilogy, `Retribution' (which follows `Redemption') is the second book of an endearing story of two tragic characters brought to us by Suzanne Beck.

Angel and Ice escape to Canada and head to Angel's family's old cabin. The cabin has been burned down, but they find refuge with Ruby, an old family friend, while they rebuild. Pop, the local garage owner, hires Ice as a part-time mechanic and Angel becomes the town tutor.

Beck is also the author of `The Growing.' Unfortunately for her fans, she hasn't published much else.