His first sexual encounter with the heroine is a rape, and what's most chilling about it is how little emotion there is behind it. He's a compelling character, just as cold as the title would leave you to believe.
The antihero, Bastien Toussaint, is probably the book's saving grace. Several of my friends kept recommending the book to me, because they know I like dark/anti-heroes in my fiction, and I was really excited to hear that.
I read BLACK ICE for the first time about three years ago. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.If books were wine, BLACK ICE would be a sweet white good at first, but man, does it not hold up well over time. Brilliant characterizations and a suitably moody ambience drive this dark tale of unlikely love. Despite his ruthlessness, Bastian can't resist saving Chloe's life (on multiple, graphic occasions) and attempting to send her back to her family in the U.S. On meeting Chloe, Bastian isn't sure whether she's a spy, perhaps sent to kill him, or the innocent she appears to be. Cold-blooded assassin Bastian Touissant, who was sent a year earlier by a nebulous "the ends justify the means" agency to infiltrate this shady group and try to stop its illegal activity, seems to blend right in. After accepting a last-minute translating job in the French countryside, she discovers that rather than working for a consortium of food executives, she's stumbled upon a group of sadistic international arms dealers. Chloe Underwood, a 23-year-old American who regards herself as a disappointment to her high-achieving family, makes a meager living in Paris by translating children's books into English. This taut romantic suspense novel from RITA Award–winner Stuart ( The Widow) delivers deliciously evil baddies and the type of disturbing male protagonist that only she can transform into a convincing love interest.
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