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    Just One Touch: A Slow Burn Novel

    By Maya Banks

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    #1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and sizzling Slow Burn series with the fifth book featuring the men and women of Devereaux Security Services.

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 23, 2017
    ISBN9780062410191
    Author

    Maya Banks

    Maya Banks is a #1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author whose chart toppers have included erotic romance, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and Scottish historical romances. She is the author of the Breathless Trilogy, the KGI series, the Sweet series, and the Colters' Legacy novels.

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    • 1/5
      Ouch! Another stinker! Another one that I can't (won't) finish.This story is over-the-top to begin with, but made 10 times worse because the reader uses a Jack Webb voice the entire time. Jack Webb works well for Dragnet and the eras it was produced in, but... not in 2018 (well, unless it's pulp fiction?).
    • 1/5
      This book is so below Maya Banks' normal standards. I know she can do better than this!

      Okay, first off, the instalove. Jenna is a healer, and when Isaac is shot, she heals him. This is their very first interaction. Apparently Jenna doesn't just heal Isaac's body, but his soul too. He likens to her to an angel. Despite others she heals having very similar reactions, Isaac decides he is in love with Jenna, and she has no choice but to love him back. There is virtually no mention of any other facet of Jenna, just her amazing healing ability. He barely even knows her.

      Jenna has lived an extremely sheltered life. She has never been touched in kindness by a man, let alone had a kiss or fallen in love. She falls for Isaac's worship of her, and believes they are meant to be together. Again, she barely knows him and is more in love with the idea of being loved than anything particular to Isaac.

      Secondly, Isaac's 'love' for Jenna is more like obsession. There are numerous mentions of how he can't ever let her go and how lucky it is that she loves him too because he wouldn't let her go either way. Um, what? That's so wrong, not to mention illegal. He even acknowledges the similarities between Jenna's kidnappers and himself, noting that the only difference is that he would adore her instead of using her. Her permission seems irrelevant.

      It's all so wrong. And so shockingly beneath Maya Banks' normal standards of book. Do NOT be put off Maya Banks if you haven't read her other work. I'd even recommend the first three books in this series, where we meet Ari, Gracie and Ramie. Those three books were fantastic. The fourth didn't do much for me, but this fifth Slow Burn novel is not worth your time and attention.
    • 3/5
      This is my 3rd Slow Burn novel by Maya Banks, and I must say I enjoyed it. This one, like the others in the series, was action packed and kept me engaged. Jenna ran away from the cult who’s been abusing her and using her for her healing powers since she was 4 years-old. She attempts to steal Isaac’s vehicle during her getaway, and ends up saving his life after he was shot (by dangerous people trying to get to her). He shoots back since he is always packing as a Devereaux Security employee, and the two fall in love as they work to keep Jenna safe against seemingly insurmountable. I enjoy reading Ms. Banks and have read many of her novels. As in most of her books, we have a dominating physically imposing alpha male and a “tiny” damsel in distress. Also, one of my pet peeves with this author is her tendency to repeat herself, almost as a means to add to her word count. That tendency did not appear to be as prevalent in this novel.
    • 4/5
      DESCRIPTION, NOT REVIEW: 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.