Chains of Ice

Title: Chains of Ice
Author: Christina Dodd
Series: The Chosen Ones (Book 3)
Genre: Paranormal


Genny Valente has been bullied into doing things by her father her whole life. While she wanted to be a veterinarian, her father made her go to business school. She eventually has basically given up on her own hopes and dreams when her father surprises her with a trip with a renowned expert to study an endangered species, the Ural Lynx. Unfortunately, the trip is tainted. Genny made a deal with an agency so that she could get the money to go to college. She thought she was going to pay them back in money - but now they are calling in a favor. They want her to seek out John Powell and bring him back to NYC.

It's not an easy trip and right off the bat, Genny hears stories of the "Yeti" A man who has secluded himself away into the wilderness and only shows up in town for one of two reasons: his mail or to choose and ravish a woman with the best sex of her life. Of course, this is John Powell.

Genny knows that someone is watching her and assumes it is John. This suspicion doesn't get confirmed until she nearly dies while watching for the Lynx, and John saves her life. After that they seem to have some magical pull to each other. John shows her where Mama Cat and her kittens live and Genny is blessed with some of the best photos and experiences of her life.

But John isn't all happy and loving. He is dealing with some dark issues from his past, that he eventually confesses to Genny. It doesn't matter to her and she tries to help him heal and see things from a different view.

But then John finds out what Genny's original motive was for seeking him out. He is furious with her and she leaves him and leads him to believe that she has died.

Up until this point, the story could have basically been a stand alone book. None of the characters from the previous books really make an appearance, with the exception of the mention of Gary. But thinking that Genny is dead, John goes and seeks out the remaining Chosen Ones and offers his services.

I really enjoyed this installment to the series. I read it in one day and just felt like I couldn't put it down. The relationship between Genny and John for the most part was pretty cute, although I was a little put off by how soon after meeting John spills all his darkest secrets. You think he would have waited a little longer.