{"product_id":"9780099493051","title":"The Ice Queen","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Hoffman, Alice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 2 March 2006 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e178 x 111 | 125g\u003cp\u003eAlice Hoffman is at her electrifying best in this fairy tale for grown-ups. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hoffman, Alice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666576117944,"sku":"9780099493051","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780099493051.jpg?v=1734748752","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780099493051","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}