Forbidden Ice - Eden, Cynthia

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Résumé :
Solve the case. Save the girl. Stop the killer. Protect Wren. The minute that Jacob Jones receives the text from his brother, he springs into action. Wren Maye is the golden girl from his childhood, the star of his teenage fantasies, and the one woman who was always off limits to him...because she was his twin brother's girl. Over the years, he kept a careful distance from Wren because he knew she was the one person who could wreck his careful control. She's in danger, and he's the only one who can save her. Jacob arrives just in time to stop Wren's abduction. Now he's going to be her shadow because Wren is the target of a killer bent on vengeance. Jacob has always maintained a careful distance between himself and Wren-but there is no room for distance any longer. There is danger. There is desire. There is a vicious obsession that will not end. So now, he's just going to take what he wants. And, yes, he will damn well fight his brother for her. He will fight the world for her. She will be his. No one will hurt what belongs to him. She thought he hated her. Now he's being her hero. What is a woman supposed to do? One minute, the delectable Jacob Jones is keeping an icy distance between them, and in the next instant, he's saving her. Kissing her as if his life depends on the task, and swearing that he'll keep her safe from any and all threats. And in order to do that protection bit? He has to assume the role of his brother. He'll be her lover. Or...at least Jacob mistakenly believes that was the role Ebenezer Eb Jones had in her life. Newsflash-she has never belonged to Eb. How could she? For years, she's been hooked on Jacob. The intense and brooding twin who knows far too much about darkness. A killer will use her to get vengeance. It is Wren's connection to both Jacob and Eb that makes her the killer's perfect target. He wants to kill her in order to punish the brothers. A life for a life. The twins will pay for their crimes. And they will pay by losing a woman who is so very important to them both. A friend to one. A lover to another. An ice-cold grave for them both to visit as they mourn for what they lost. Vengeance is best served ice-cold. And desire? It's best when it burns red-hot. Author's Note: A cold case from the past is about to shatter Jacob's world. If he can't team up with the Ice Breakers and solve this case, he may lose the woman who has been his life-long obsession. The woman who owns his heart. Get ready for another Ice Breaker Cold Case Romance...danger, steam, a hero who will not fight his desire any longer. Be careful when you wake the beast. Because he will fight like hell for the woman he wants....

Sommaire:

Solve the case. Save the girl. Stop the killer.

Protect Wren. The minute that Jacob Jones receives the text from his brother, he springs into action. Wren Maye is the golden girl from his childhood, the star of his teenage fantasies, and the one woman who was always off limits to him...because she was his twin brother's girl. Over the years, he kept a careful distance from Wren because he knew she was the one person who could wreck his careful control.

She's in danger, and he's the only one who can save her.

Jacob arrives just in time to stop Wren's abduction. Now he's going to be her shadow because Wren is the target of a killer bent on vengeance. Jacob has always maintained a careful distance between himself and Wren-but there is no room for distance any longer. There is danger. There is desire. There is a vicious obsession that will not end. So now, he's just going to take what he wants. And, yes, he will damn well fight his brother for her. He will fight the world for her. She will be his. No one will hurt what belongs to him.

She thought he hated her. Now he's being her hero.

What is a woman supposed to do? One minute, the delectable Jacob Jones is keeping an icy distance between them, and in the next instant, he's saving her. Kissing her as if his life depends on the task, and swearing that he'll keep her safe from any and all threats. And in order to do that protection bit? He has to assume the role of his brother. He'll be her lover. Or...at least Jacob mistakenly believes that was the role Ebenezer Eb Jones had in her life. Newsflash-she has never belonged to Eb. How could she? For years, she's been hooked on Jacob. The intense and brooding twin who knows far too much about darkness.

A killer will use her to get vengeance.

It is Wren's connection to both Jacob and Eb that makes her the killer's perfect target. He wants to kill her in order to punish the brothers. A life for a life. The twins will pay for their crimes. And they will pay by losing a woman who is so very important to them both. A friend to one. A lover to another. An ice-cold grave for them both to visit as they mourn for what they lost.

Vengeance is best served ice-cold. And desire? It's best when it burns red-hot.

Author's Note: A cold case from the past is about to shatter Jacob's world. If he can't team up with the Ice Breakers and solve this case, he may lose the woman who has been his life-long obsession. The woman who owns his heart. Get ready for another Ice Breaker Cold Case Romance...danger, steam, a hero who will not fight his desire any longer. Be careful when you wake the beast. Because he will fight like hell for the woman he wants.