One touch was all it took for the
gorgeous stranger to penetrate his soul.
He was a hardened former marine with
a guarded past…until one touch from Iris Browning became his undoing. Thanks to
the raven-haired beauty, reclusive millionaire Maddox Heller found himself back
in the line of fire, chasing down an elusive killer who’d made Iris his next
target. She claimed not to know why, and every instinct told Maddox to believe
her. Still, trusting this virtual stranger seemed risky, especially as their
relationship grew increasingly personal. Now, as ghosts from the past
threatened to destroy the present, would one forbidden touch bring pleasure…or
pain?
Iris came
to the island of Mariposa because she was supposed to catch up with her college
friend. However, when she arrived her friend had disappeared. With no one
willing to believe her she started the search on her own and met Maddox. Soon
he was helping her discover clues as to the whereabouts of her friend. Meanwhile
she was trying to hide the devastating effect that his touch had.
SPOILER
ALERT: The big secret is that Iris is an empath. Not just a ‘oh I know what
you’re going through’ but a real, you stub your toe and my toe hurts empath. It
comes out that her friend had been recruited by these guys working with a bunch
of ‘specially gifted’ people who, working together, could see and move things
without being anywhere near the thing they want to move. They eventually find
out that they had been recruited by terrorists posing as scientists.
I really
enjoyed the way that Paula Graves was able to make telekinesis, clairvoyance,
empaths, and mediums seem more scientific and cool rather than edge of society
weirdos. I do not have a prejudice against supernaturally gifted people, rather
movies, media, and even books sometimes make them seem freakish. Paula Graves
was able to take these ‘freaky’ things and make them seem cool. She did it in a
way though that made you want to admire the abilities from a distance rather
than wishing you had the ability. I thought this was great because it made it
seem more real, somehow.
The
character relationship building was great. Even though they only knew each
other a little while they seemed to build a solid relationship and it felt like
they knew each other a lot longer than they did. This was great because it was
a short book but it didn’t feel short. There was a lot of quality content
packed into 250 pages so it felt like a longer, bigger book condensed down to
the necessary story.
Overall, I
really enjoyed this book. I am rating it 3.5 stars.
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
ISBN-13:978-0-373-69313-9
Price: $4.99 (cover)
www.paulagraves.com
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