Fire and Ice is the fifth and final installment in Anne Stuart’s ICE chronicles. But it’s only the end for now or so the author’s webpage says. And I just have to say, “Please don’t let this be the end!” I love this series the same way that a fevered pre-teen loves Orlando Bloom and Jonny Depp in pirate gear. I love this series the way chocoholics love Godiva. I love this series the way a crazy old cat lady loves cats. Yeah, it’s a lot.
You’ve got to be wondering why I’m ranting lovely about this particular romantic suspense series. It’s just because it’s awesome. I started out with Ice Storm, the fourth book, and worked my way back. They just got better and better the more I read and I swore from Ice Storm on that I was a fan and that hasn’t changed. For me Fire and Ice has only sealed the deal and I’m not going to give up hope of there being a sixth book.
Fire and Ice centers around one of my favorite characters in the whole series. Reno, Taka’s cousin, was introduced in previous books as the punk heir to a Yakuza empire in Tokyo. Sent away from Japan by his Grandfather he’s been working for the mysterious Committee made up of a group of assassins who have their base in England. Reno’s been enjoying life in London until he learns that Jilly, Taka’s sister-in-law, has gone to Tokyo to visit her sister Summer. Usually it wouldn’t matter but Taka and Summer have been forced into hiding due to Russian mercenaries and Jilly’s in danger.
For Reno it’s a matter of family honor to go home and find Jilly before the Russians do. But it isn’t only family honor that drives him. Two years ago he’d met Jilly and been warned by both Taka and Summer that she was off limits. But Reno hadn’t been able to forget about her and Jilly definitely hadn’t forgotten about him.
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