Review: Fantastic Read!  Strong Characters and Powerful Plot
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
*SPOILERS*A great story written around the  lives of two beautiful, intelligent and intriguing people.  Ethan Frost is the brilliant mind behind Frost Industries. A conglomerate run in the style a la Google. A large campus, state of the art cafeteria with 2 gourmet chefs where all food is free to all employees and where the atmosphere is often casual depending on the individuals job. It's a place where employees are valued and treated well.Chloe is an intern who has been dreaming of working at Frost Industries for ages.  It's her dream "job" internship and she wants to make a great impression.On her first day at Frost Industries Chloe meets Ethan Frost but doesn't realize who he is.  The encounter they have intrigues Ethan Frost to the point of wanting to see Chloe again.  This story follows the building of a relationship between a CEO, Ethan, who not only has feelings for the intern, Chloe, that works in his legal department but a man who  believes in her intelligence and her capacity to become a great asset to Frost Industries.  Chloe on the other hand believes any kind of relationship with Ethan would be a mistake and goes out of her way to avoid any type of feelings she may have for him.  And although she knows she's smart she doesn't expect to be treated as anything other than the newest intern at Frost Industries therefore paying her dues.  But Ethan is a man who gets what he wants and he wants Chloe.  And Chloe is a woman who doesn't let any man control her life because she made that mistake in the past and it cost her....a lot.  The author creates these two wonderful characters and has you caring for them and seeing the depth of their identities.  She intertwines the personal and business lives of Ethan and Chloe.  Both Chloe and Ethan are where they are at in their careers because of something that changed them fundamentally when they were younger.  Something tragic.  As things progress rapidly between Chloe and Ethan we see the fear in Chloe in opening up her heart to Ethan.  We know she's damaged although we don't know exactly why.  The author gives us hints to her past throughout the book driving our curiosity so that we want to read each page faster than the last.  Ethan on the other hand seems to be so put together.  We know he's a good guy and he built his empire to help others who face a similar fate as his father did.But near the end of the book we realize that something is terribly wrong with Ethan's life as well. (Although we don't find out the full extent of his problems in this book.)  After leaving on a business trip where he professes to Chloe that he will miss her everyday.  And where Ethan calls and texts Chloe daily as well as making a date with her for the day he returns....something changes.  The texts stop, he doesn't show up for his date and Chloe knows something is terribly wrong.  When she confronts Ethan he is cold and uncaring and he has also been beaten to a pulp.  Chloe immediately wants to help him but tells her to get out.  Now it's Chloe's turn to get what she wants.  She demands an explanation as  to why Ethan played with her feelings, got her to open up and then just throw her away. Ethan sees her pain and finally admits he wants her but tried to get her to leave to protect her from him.  They both admit to being in love with each other.  After making up...and I do mean hot, steamy making up...a surprise visitor shows up at Ethan's door and the visitor brings Chloe's world to a horrifying stop!  Yes...a major cliffhanger and I cannot wait to read the next book in this series!  I only hope that the next book doesn't take to long to come out because I find that very aggravating!  I also hope it's a series that doesn't drag on.  Two books would be great.  The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because in the beginning the author mentions in almost every reference to Ethan Frost  how rich he is and what a big time brilliant CEO he is.  At times I understand why she brings up his position but many times we don't need to be reminded over and over and over again.  All in all an awesome read; character driven, steamy romance, with some heartache and a little angst.  A perfect combination!  I highly recommend this book to everyone who loves contemporary romance!