num_pages: 211
description: A fairy tale for grown ups, which brings together, as only Hoffman can, the fabulous and the real, chaos theory and the irrational everyday moment, in a compelling, haunting and sexy novel, with a sharp edge. 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.
language: English
title: The Ice Queen
titlecomplete: The Ice Queen
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit, Adult, Fairy Tales, Romance, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 20301
places: The United States of America
publisher: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company