Silhouette Intimate Moments #574: Jake's Touch

By Mary Anne Wilson

Jake's Touch by Mary Anne Wilson released on Apr 24, 1994 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 037307574X
• ISBN13: 9780373075744
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT - DEFINITELY A KEEPER

Cutter Ford is calling in a favor from Whitney Tate. She used to work for him until ..... Now she has to return to the field of gathering information from a very reluctant former terrorist hostage. How can she get close to a man who refuses to stay in one place more than a week? Jacob Michael Hill is a driven man who suffers from nightmares that seem to come and go at will. He cannot survive if anyone is allowed to get close to him. He cannot allow anyone to touch him physically yet he is drawn to this petite, blond haired woman. Cutter arranges for Whitney's expensive car to break down near Bliss, Arizona. It seems that Jake is employed at the only garage in Bliss. He offers Wally a week of free work to gain a job. You can feel the heat of Arizona in this story of two wounded people - one trying to help the other survive a killing trauma and pay off a debt. But then Whitney begins to care for the tormented Jake, even after he tries to kill her. Jake is running scared now that he knows what he may be capable of. What is the reason that Cutter needs the information from Jake for? Why does he ruthlessly put Whitney in a position of possible danger. Especially of losing her heart. Jake knows that nothing can ever come of his reluctant interest in Whitney. Then they both travel out to the ancient Indian burial grounds at Wally's insistence. Again something strange happens - then Jake opens up just a little to Whitney and almost ........ It seems that Whitney is getting unseen, other-world help in detaining Jake's departure. Suddenly Jake is being faced with lock-up and Whitney must call in Cutter's help to prevent Jake going over the edge. Great story! great characters! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --M - Certainly a keeper to be read again.

THE HEALING TOUCH

Jake needs the healing touch of a good woman but he hates to be touched since spending time in a terrorist prison. The unspeakable horrors he suffered torment him, especially at night, when the nightmare returns in vivid detail. He sleeps with the doors and windows open to the outdoors or better yet, when he can, out in the open. He rides a motorcycle and flaunts public disdain so as not to let anyone get close. The woman who finally gets to him is sent to try to get him to come in to the authorities for de-briefing about his imprisonment. As she slowly uncovers the reasons behind his reluctance to talk or be touched, she also discovers the torment in his soul. She then is caught between her "job" and her growing attraction to Jake. This story is one of the most original I have ever read and it's on my keeper shelf.