Title: Melting the Ice Prince
Author: Amylea Lyn
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (228pgs)
Publisher: Silver Publishing (16th March 2013)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4 Hearts
Reviewer: Pixie
Blurb: Two men with walls of ice surrounding their hearts must learn to look past the masks each other wears in order to discover the love of a lifetime that waits hidden inside.
David Talhoone’s whole life revolves around taking care of his special needs older brother, Sammy. Untrusting, he protects his heart with an icy and cool demeanor, earning him the nickname Ice Prince at work. It’s a description David’s proud of, until the day his boss’s son walks through the door.
Nick Masterson takes one look at the cool beauty with fire in his eyes and has to have him. But after being brutally rejected, he makes a bet that he’ll be able to melt David’s shell and win his heart without managing to give away his own in the process. But Nick didn’t count on the man beneath the icy mask being everything he’d ever wanted in a partner.
Can a relationship based on lies last once the truth finally comes out?
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Review: David is responsible for his special needs older brother, Sammy, he has done everything he can to protect them both after their horrible childhood and that includes ensuring nobody can hurt them emotionally, his icy persona keeps people at bay until his bosses son, Nick, walks through his office door. Nick has been burnt by love in the past, now he is a ‘love ‘em and leave ‘em’ man, but when David rejects his advances out of hand he accepts a bet to melt David’s icy shell, but getting to know David and his brother Sammy convinces him to take a chance on love again, but the bet is hanging in the background. Can Nick make David believe in his love when the truth comes out?
This is a lovely novel that will touch your heart with it’s emotionally punches and its simple sweetness. David adores his older brother, Sammy, even though he has to look after him, after a horrendous childhood with their father, David took guardianship of Sammy and has never looked back, Sammy’s gentle childlike sweetness more than makes up for any hardship they have faced. Holding people at bay is a way to protect both of them, but Nick works his way into their lives and into David’s heart and shatters David’s trust. Nick pursued David on a bet, after being shattered by his ex’s betrayal Nick didn’t think anything of it, until he got to know the kind, sweet, sexy man beneath the icy persona and knows that he has to come clean about the bet, but he leaves it too late.
Oh. If ever there were characters that you wanted to take home and mother, then David and Sammy are it, David is a wonderful character who always puts his brother first, opening his heart to Nick was hard for him, but when he does, he embraces what they have together. Nick is callous when he first meets David, but as he gets to know the real David his heart is unprotected and he can’t help falling in love. Even though this is a romance story Sammy is still one of the main characters and you can’t help but fall in love with his childlike delight and wonder, we also take their neighbor Ms Petty to heart.
I loved how this story was paced although the ending felt a bit rushed, the storyline is really good and the characters are wonderful, there are many emotions that roll around in this story and you are there every step of the way. I would love to see all these characters again in the future
I have to recommend this story to those that love simple romances, adorable characters, trusting again, hot sex, betrayal, forgiveness, and a very successful conclusion.