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The Ice Queen
From the publisher: "From the bestselling author of <em>The Rules of Magic</em>, a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning. A woman who was touched by tragedy as a child now lives a quiet life, keeping other people at a cool distance. Then one day she utters an idle wish and, while standing in her house, is struck by lightning. But instead of ending her life, this cataclysmic event sparks a strange and powerful new beginning. She goes in search of Lazarus Jones, a fellow survivor who was struck dead, then simply got up and walked away. When she finds him, he is her perfect opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches. A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, The Ice Queen is Alice Hoffman at her electrifying best."
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Publisher’s description:
Alice Hoffman is at her electrifying best in this fairy tale for grown-ups. The story begins with a little girl who makes a wish one snowy night and ruins her life. She grows up with a splinter of ice in her heart until one day, standing by her kitchen window, she is struck by lightning. Instead of killing her, this cataclysmic event sparks off a new beginning. She seeks out Lazarus Jones, a fellow lightning survivor. He is her opposite, a burning man whose breath can boil water and whose touch scorches. As an obsessive love affair begins between them, both are forced to hide their most dangerous secrets – what turned one to ice and the other to fire. The Ice Queen is a haunting story of passion, loss, second chances and the secrets that come to define us, if we’re not careful.
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