Man of Ice (Thorndike Large Print Silhouette Romance Series) [LARGE PRINT] (Hardcover)

by Diana Palmer (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon; Lrg edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373596855
• ISBN-13: 978-0373596850
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,229,175 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This sequel to Maggie's Dad is one of the author's best!, July 23, 1999

By	flutterby (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man Of Ice (Man Of The Month, Celebration 1000) (Silhouette Desire, No 1000) (Paperback)

This is an incredibly sad book. Dawson and Barrie are step-siblings. She always had a crush on him but he distrusts women. During a family vacation in the French Riviera, the shy Barrie gets up the nerve to flirt with Dawson and, cynic that he is, he assumes she just wants to sleep with him. Anyway, he goes to her room that night and they have some less than memorable sex. She is completely ashamed of herself and he is too stuned to say much (what he does say is insulting). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, and, more than five years later, they are both painfully repressed and barely speaking to each other. I cried as I read about about all the hurts thay had inflicted on each other, intentionally or not. The path they took to find each other after everything was long and bumpy and well worth the read.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Diana Palmer, August 2, 2002

By A Customer

I think I have read this book over 10 times. My heart just aches when I read of how Barrie still loves Dawson despite the way he has always treated her. She tries to avoid him and let go of her love but she just can't. She has to help him no matter what the cost to her emotion. When Dawson finally tells her about his past and shows her his vulnrablity you will agree that this is Diana Palmer at her best.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NUMBER 2 - DEFINITELY A KEEPER!, May 10, 2003

By	M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Maggie's Dad and Man of Ice. WOW! definitely this set is a keeper!

Ah, here we have Dawson Rutherford, age 36 [whee! a man with immense problems for his age] Angry, bitter, distrustful and need I mention jealous?

He is using the beauteous redheaded widow, Leslie Holton and his desire to purchase her property that lies between his ranch and Powell Long's ranch, to lure Barrie back to the home ranch in Sheridan.

You have to hurt for them as you become aware of their torment.
Five years earlier, Dawson the cynical cad took Barrie in a fit of passion. Whoa! you won't believe the emotional trauma that esculates and nearly destroys these two people.

Barrie, now 26, avoids Dawson like the plague and flirts with men by the dozens and Dawson avoids women and has become the "man of ice". Rumors abound about his not likeing women.

Dawson talks Barrie into excepting an emerald "engagement" ring to give the appearance of impending marriage to the widow, Holton.

I really enjoyed Leslie's insight into the facade. Again I don't want to give away the whole gist of the story but the story is heart rending and will keep you reading it in one sitting. It is power-packed with emotion and hard to put down.

Again HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --?? prove it to yourself [even the cover guy SD 1000 looks right for the story]