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Breaking the Ice |  | Author: Kim Baldwin
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 13070
Media: Paperback
Pages: 264
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1602820872
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820876
ASIN: 1602820872
Publication Date: August 18, 2009
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Product Description
Nothing is easy about life above the Arctic Circle. Except, perhaps, falling in love.
Bryson Faulkner embraces the challenges that come with making a home in one of the most beautiful but unforgiving places on earth: the isolation of the endless wilderness, the harsh and unpredictable climate, the predators that lurk about her remote cabin, and even the most perilous dangers of all--those that await her when she takes to the skies as one of Alaska's most daring bush pilots. The only thing missing is a special woman to share it all with, but she's resigned herself to the fact that few people can thrive in such an extreme environment.
Everything Karla Edwards thought she knew gets called into question when a series of events turns her comfortable and well-ordered life on its ear. Her partner leaves her, her mother dies, and Karla learns she has a sister in Alaska she never knew. She takes a leave of absence from her job as an ER nurse in Atlanta and heads to the far north, seeking answers and adventure. She finds all that and more when she crosses paths with a sexy bush pilot who opens her eyes to new possibilities. But can she open her heart as well and learn to trust again?
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 Enjoyable read October 22, 2009
OC
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book a lot. Baldwin is great at driving the plot forward. The opening, which takes place in a small plane in some very hazardous Alaskan conditions, is very exciting and it actually gave me chills.
 Baldwin Does It Again October 5, 2009
Tq (Seattle)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
No need to go into detail of BTI. The other reviews already do that for you. I'm simply going to encourage you to get it. You won't be sorry. If you love romance, the outdoors and turning pages, you'll enjoy Kim Baldwin's latest and greatest. Breaking The Ice will leave you yearning for more. Flight Risk, Whitewater Rendezvous, Hunter's Pursuit, Focus of Desire and many other exciting books await you. Enjoy.
A solid effort from Baldwin October 4, 2009
Reading Junkie (United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The other reviewers provide a synopsis of the novel, so I'll not bother.
A good book by Baldwin. It touches upon several events in her own life, and as a result, the book works rather well. So why not five stars? That annoying habit in soooo many lesbian fiction novels of wrapping up a 250+ page book in less than two pages! C'mon, folks. Please, can authors not have some say in their works and provide at least 5-10 pages for a proper resolution? Doing so makes for a better, more satisfying read. Authors, you put your blood, sweat, and tears in your books; are proper endings and resolutions lost in the editing process? I'm not picking on Ms. Baldwin, not at all. This is a trend I've noticed the last few years in lesbian fiction, and it bothers me. As a reader, I invest my time in a novel, and I want my investment to pay off. The payoff isn't so great when endings are lopped off and removed. I want the whole enchilada, and I don't mind paying for it. I don't like an enchilada that's short on ingredients. And now that I've mentioned food, I'll go grab a bite to eat. Perhaps an enchilada?? Who knows.
Vivid depiction of Life in the remote Alaskan Arctic September 27, 2009
E. B. MULLIGAN (Tampa, Florida)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating look at life in a remote Alaskan village. Bettles is the small dot located above the Arctic circle and when the land is not frozen is only accessible via the air. With twenty-four residents, all are dependent on each other for existence and entertainment.
Bryson Faulkner is forty years old and lives on her own in her remote cabin north of Bettles. She absolutely loves her life, when not ferrying goods or people to and from remote locations to Bettles or Fairbanks she can kick back and read and enjoy the gorgeous scenery. A native of Alaska she has followed the same career as her father. The one thing she would like to add would be someone to share it with. But in the remote location she has chosen her options are few and she isn't interested in settling for less than the right thing. Bryson is wonderfully self-confident, a good person and friends to all who know her.
Into her life crashes thirty-five year old Karla Edwards, an ER nurse from hot humid Atlanta Georgia. Karla's life in the last two months has been turned upside down and inside out, at this point there is nothing permanent or steady for her.
In other words they couldn't be more different. Outwardly at least.
The author gives the reader a good time bringing these separate elements together and blending them into a fun frozen treat.
If you like this book you will love the author's other stories -
Force of Nature
Whitewater Rendezvous
Flight Risk
Anything for Love September 16, 2009
K. Johnson (Twin Cities, MN)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ever a fan of Kim Baldwin, I was happy to get my hands on a copy of this latest book. This is the second recently-published book I've read that is set in Alaska (the other is `Warming Trend' by Karin Kallmaker). It seems funny to me that so often these books all pop up about the same time. Just shows you how small the community is that writes, publishes and reads our books.
The book is primarily about Karla Edwards, a woman who is looking for an anchor in the world after her mother dies and her girlfriend leaves. While looking through her mother's things, she discovers a sister she didn't know about. Her entire focus becomes finding her sister, and this Southern girl heads to Alaska without a plan. Her flight is delayed and she misses her final connection. While looking for a way to her final destination Karla gets off on the wrong foot with Bryson Faulkner, the pilot who ultimately takes her to meet her sister. Of course, it bodes will for the story that Bryson is like family to Karla's sister and they are consistently thrown together. As Karla's discovers a new life in Alaska, she struggles with what to do next. I couldn't imagine picking up my whole life and moving to the unknown, but I guess I'd be willing to do anything for true love.
Bottom Line - In the same vein as her other work, this latest from Baldwin has a solid plot, lovable characters and a great setting. I liked this book and am sure you will too.
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