White Satin

Informationen zum Autor Iris Johansen is the New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including Killer Dreams, On the Run, Countdown, Firestorm, Fatal Tide, Dead Aim, and No One to Trust . She lives near Atlanta, Georgia. Klappentext In this classic novel! New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen spins a marvelous love story about a world-class figure skater! her distant! demanding mentor! and the high-stakes competition that could bring them together at last-or put all their dreams on ice. WHITE SATIN On the smooth! silvery surface of the ice skating rink! Dany Alexander cuts a figure of strength and fire! beauty and grace. One man alone is responsible for Dany's success: Anthony Malik! a former skating star who has managed her career for the past sixteen years. And for all that time! deep within his fortress of money! sex! and power! Anthony has found his attraction for Dany growing more intense. Now he wants Dany-not as a prodigy! but as a lover. Part guru! part taskmaster! and total mystery! Anthony is adept at finding out things about Dany that she's kept hidden-even from herself. The depth of his desire for her can't be denied. But what about Dany's own need to get to know her mentor as the man he really is? With the Olympics just weeks away! an extraordinary contest of wills has begun. It could culminate in a crushing fall! or the greatest prize of all. Chapter 1 Oh, please, let it be 5.7, Dany prayed silently, her hands clenching the stems of the roses she was holding. Hardly anyone ever got a perfect score—a 6.0—but she could come close. Only a few minutes earlier she’d scooped the roses up from the ice and waved them at the audience with a bright smile of appreciation as she glided around the rink. Anthony had taught her to do that as he’d taught her everything else. “A crowd pleaser,” he’d said with that cynical little smile. “It’s always your business to please your audience, Dany.” But it wasn’t the audience she had to worry about today; it was the judges. She’d always had an empathy with the audience. She could feel their warmth and admiration reach out to enfold her every time she skated out onto the ice to do a routine. They were always with her all the way, and she was passionately grateful for that support. She’d needed it today when she’d found out Anthony wasn’t going to be there for the finals. Shifting the flowers, she rubbed her palms nervously on the sheer silver chiffon of her skating costume, her gaze fixed on the judges across the sports arena from her. “Why can’t they hurry?” she whispered. “The scores should be coming up any minute, sugar,” Beau Lantry said soothingly, his own face tense. “That third judge has been handing in her scores late all evening.” His hand fell bracingly on her shoulder. “It’s not a life-or-death decision, you know.” His lazy southern drawl flowed like molasses over her taut nerves. “One competition isn’t going to break you, Dany.” “Tell that to Anthony,” Dany said dryly. She drew a deep, steadying breath. “He doesn’t understand failure. Particularly in an important competition like the United States Championships.” “True.” Beau’s lips twisted ironically. “Still, he probably won’t be angry at you, only at me. I’m your coach, and all blame falls on my humble head. I’ve never heard him raise his voice to you in all the years I’ve been working for him.” “He’s never had to.” All he had to do was gaze at her in silence with silver-green eyes that could be as glacier-cold as a Norwegian ice floe. Then he could proceed to tear her entire routine apart with an incisive brilliance that left her feeling as miserably unsure of herself as she’d felt as a child. No, more unsure. He’d been kinder to her then. Not warmer, but certainly more tolerant than the relentless mentor he’d become since she’d won the Juniors. The scores for tech...

Product details

• Authors: Iris Johansen
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.11.2010
• EAN: 9780553593709
• ISBN: 978-0-553-59370-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 104 mm x 173 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Beau Lantry; Beau Lantry
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature