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Black Ice

by Anne Stuart · Ice #1

2005 · 377 pages

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Dark RomanceForced ProximityEnemies to Lovers
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📚 Book 1 of a completed 2-book series

About this book

A struggling American translator gets more danger and passion than she bargained for when a simple weekend job spirals into a high-stakes run for her life alongside a mysterious and dangerously seductive operative. Thrown together out of necessity, Chloe and Bastien must navigate their explosive attraction while she desperately tries to figure out whether he's her savior or her doom. With danger closing in from all sides and trust in short supply, their connection becomes her only lifeline—even as she questions everything about him. It's a thrilling, tension-filled romance that proves sometimes the most dangerous man is exactly who you need to survive.

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