01281cam a2200301 4500 607538516 TxAuBib 20091123120000.0 091116s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780345517197 hbk 0345517199 hbk 9780345517203 pb 0345517202 pb (OCoLC)310399713 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP WSW AA5 UPZ DOV B2A CoLwJCPL TJT TxAuBib Howard, Linda. Ice / Linda Howard. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2009. 198 p. ; 22 cm. As a brewing ice storm approaches, and despite the icy conditions that have always existed between him and Lolly Helton, combat veteran Gabriel McQueen makes the long haul to the middle of nowhere to find out whether she is safe and sound. Spotting strangers in Lolly's home--one of them packing a weapon--Gabriel rescues Lolly from her captors ... but when the escape is discovered, the heat--and the hunt--are on. 20091123. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Neighbors Fiction. Ice storms Fiction. Christmas stories. TXMIT