BOOK INFORMATION
By: Maya Banks
Releasing
May 9, 2017
Avon Books
Avon Books
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BOOK SUMMARY
Multiple
#1 New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her
Slow Burn series with a suspenseful and sizzling story of a young woman who
escapes a terrifying past… into a more uncertain future.
Raised in a
strict religious cult since she was a young girl, Jenna has no connection to
the outside world beyond vague flashes of memory that seem to be from another
life. Memories she clings to when the cult leaders discover her extraordinary
ability to heal-and punish her. Years held captive and forced to do the cult's
bidding have turned Jenna into a meek, timid woman…or so they think. In truth,
she is merely biding her time, waiting for the perfect moment to escape.
When a terrified young woman tries to steal the SUV of Devereaux Security's toughest recruit, Isaac's anger quickly turns into a strange sort of protectiveness for the beautiful, bruised stranger. But when they are caught in a firestorm of bullets and Isaac is hit, he's sure the end is near, until Jenna touches him and closes his wounds. As he tries to bring Jenna to safety, she refuses to tell him what danger haunts her or how she healed him, but Isaac vows to do whatever it takes to gain her trust…and her heart. Because with just one touch, Isaac knows he wants Jenna to be his--forever.
When a terrified young woman tries to steal the SUV of Devereaux Security's toughest recruit, Isaac's anger quickly turns into a strange sort of protectiveness for the beautiful, bruised stranger. But when they are caught in a firestorm of bullets and Isaac is hit, he's sure the end is near, until Jenna touches him and closes his wounds. As he tries to bring Jenna to safety, she refuses to tell him what danger haunts her or how she healed him, but Isaac vows to do whatever it takes to gain her trust…and her heart. Because with just one touch, Isaac knows he wants Jenna to be his--forever.
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EXCERPT
Isaac lay
quietly in the dark, staring up at the ceiling, his thoughts consumed by the
blue-eyed angel in the next room.
Would she be
able to sleep? And if she was, did nightmares plague her dreams?
What was it
about her that called to a part of his heart and soul that had never been
breached before? He could come up with plenty of reasonable explanations, like
the fact that she’d saved his life. Or that he’d made it his life’s work to
protect the innocent. Or the fact that she was lost in a world of which she had
little understanding or knowledge. Or the fact that she needed him.
But the
simple truth was that he needed her every bit as much as she needed him, and he
couldn’t come up with a reason that made any sense to him.
He’d come
across plenty of victimized women who’d desperately needed help, his
protection, DSS’s protection, but never had he been even remotely possessive of
them. He’d done his job, and it never failed to enrage him and rile his
protective instincts.
It was who
and what he was; he’d never be a man to stand idly by while a woman was in
danger or being abused.
But his angel
wasn’t just any victim. She wasn’t just any woman in trouble and in need of
protecting. And he had no idea what to do with that realization. He couldn’t
even call it a realization, as if he’d just been struck by an epiphany as he
lay there with no hope of sleeping. He’d known it from the moment she’d touched
him, laid her hands on him, and he’d felt her in the very depths of his soul.
It wasn’t
sexual—wholly—because he’d be a damn liar if he didn’t want her with every
breath in his body. It was spiritual, and he felt like some hokey fool mooning
over things like destiny and fate, but how could he call it anything else when
from the moment she’d touched him he’d felt a connection that transcended any
physical want or need?
And he was
consumed with guilt for having sexual thoughts, lustful, needful thoughts,
about a woman child whom he didn’t even know whether she was of an age for him
to be having such thoughts about her. She had the innocence of a girl with the
body of a desirable woman. Hell, it was obvious that no matter how many years
she’d lived in this world, she’d spent the majority of them sheltered,
sequestered from the real world. She was either enraptured with or terrified of
things that he and others took for granted.
She’d been
conditioned.
He frowned.
It appeared that at a very early age she’d been indoctrinated. Brainwashed.
Taught an alternate reality that was twisted to fit the agenda of the people
who’d kept her under lock and key, and they’d proven they would go to extreme
measures to retrieve her. She was a valuable asset to them. Irreplaceable.
He wondered
when her powers had manifested themselves and as he pondered that question, he
wondered if it was what had saved her from a far worse fate. Even the dumbest
fucks would realize the enormity of what they possessed in Jenna.
He rolled
over to retrieve his cell and punched in Eliza’s number, knowing it was late
and that Sterling likely wouldn’t be pleased, but Eliza of all people would
understand his suspicions. He needed to bounce some ideas off her.
“This better
be damn good,” Eliza growled into the phone.
“Because I
was about to be the recipient of the mother of all orgasms, and Wade is just
pissed enough to throw my phone in the pool and withhold sex for a week.”
Isaac burst
out laughing when he heard Sterling in the background.
“Jesus fuck,
woman, can we keep our sex life and your goddamn job separate?”
CAT'S REVIEW
"Just One Touch" by Maya Banks tells the tale of Jenna and Isaac and trials that they must go through. This series has been one of my favorites and I do recommend reading the previous books as those characters make appearances in this one. While it might not be necessary, the reader will enjoy the interactions with the previous characters more. I was very excited to read Isaac's story and Ms. Banks didn't disappoint me. From page one, there is action and suspense. Each tale in this series brings a bit of a paranormal feel to it and "Just One Touch" is no different. In fact, Jenna is quite the powerful force. I enjoyed the pace of the story as well as the suspenseful feeling throughout. While Jenna and Isaac's instant attraction might be a turnoff for some, I found in endearing. If you enjoy a tale that will keep you on your toes with a touch of danger and a bit of action with, of course love, this is the story for you! (recevied ARC for honest review)
★★★★
AUTHOR INFO
Maya Banks is a multiple #1 New
York Times and USA Today bestselling author whose chart toppers have included
erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, Scottish historical
romances. She is the author of the Breathless Trilogy, the Surrender Trilogy,
the KGI novels, the Sweet series, and the Colters Legacy novels. She lives in
Southeast Texas.
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