Rafe McCay has a bullet in his side and a bounty hunter on his tail. Since there are few doctors in the Arizona Territory, he takes what he can get…literally. Pointing a gun at Dr. Annie Parker, he abducts her into the mountains so she can tend his wounds. In this dangerous wilderness world, Rafe wakens in Annie a woman’s hungry desire, as Annie finds a man wounded in soul as well as body. Her healing touch brings him new hope, but the secrets of the past still pursue them. The exhilarating journey they must take together teaches both the true meaning of danger…and of enduring love.
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After four years on the run, outlaw Rafferty (Rafe) McCay's face wears "the remote expression of a man who had seen and caused so much death that it no longer touched him." Annie Parker is the lone doctor in boomtown Silver Mesa, a woman with a "worn, weary look" but with "softness in her brown eyes" and healing magic in her hands. An unlikelier pair could not be found, yet fate and a gunshot wound throw them together in Howard's ( Angel Creek ) new novel, set in Arizona territory in the 1870s . When Rafe forces Annie to come along and tend his gunshot wound, what begins as a kidnapping flowers into passion and love, but Howard's set-up is so obvious that her protagonists' coupling--the only real touch of fire in this book--is never really in doubt. Minimal tension provided by several run-ins with bounty hunters leads to the maximal tension of myriad graphic sexual encounters. Slowed down by redundancy and verbosity, Howard's tale wends its way cross-country towards its rather inevitable happy conclusion, with one truly moving segment wherein Rafe and Annie risk their lives to treat a settlement of seriously ill Apaches.
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Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, Dying to Please, Open Season, Mr. Perfect, All the Queen’s Men, Now You See Her, Kill and Tell, and Son of the Morning. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.
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The Touch of Fire is the fifth Linda Howard novel that I read, and my favorite so far. (I've read All The Queen's Men, After the Night, Dream Man, and Heart of Fire.) I was completely enthralled by Heart of Fire, and didn't think this one would top it. When I opened to the first page and saw 1871, Arizona Territory, my heart sank. I am not into westerns or historicals.
But I pushed on, and within a few pages, I was incapable of putting the book down.
Again, LH has created strong, appealing characters, and a compelling plot, full of danger and suspense. The love that develops between Annie and Rafe is so beautiful and unconditional, that in itself, it makes The Touch of Fire one of my favorite romance novels of all times.
Rafe McCay's respect, protectiveness and sensitivity toward Annie, especially in a time and place in which men were men and women their servants, makes him my favorite LH hero to date.
In LH classic style, we are invited on these wonderful characters' journey through hell and sensual discovery, and cheer them on to resolution and their happily ever after.
Thank you, LH, for sharing this wonderful story with us.
By Amanda Lynn
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Coming from a huge fan of Heart of Fire, I thought it was impossible for any book to come remotely close to being as good. Not only was the story The Touch of Fire soul captivating, the characters were just as strong as Ben & Jillian (Heart of Fire).
Although I do have to admit, when I first started reading this book - I was a bit bored. I wasn't into the whole western theme, and found it hard to keep reading. Providing that this was a LH novel, I knew I had to keep going.
As the story progressed, I found it harder and harder to put the book down. The Touch of Fire has it all; very steamy romanctic & sexy scenes, humor, a great history behind it, a wonderful storyline and let us not forget the characters. It's impossible not to fall in love with it all!
If there is one thing I didn't like, it was at the very end. Anyone who has read this book will probably understand what I'm saying - I really wanted to know the name!!
All in all, I absolutely adored this book. The Touch of Fire is a definite keeper.
You've done it again, Howard! Keep them coming.
By Mia
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I love this book so much.well actually i love every one of the Linda Howard books i've ever read. i love Rafe he difines the word rouge. and Annie is so cute. they just make the book perfect. in a way Rafe really sweeps Annie off her feet. but if you haven't read the book not in the way you think
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Nothing Like Love western style
I really enjoyed "The Touch Of Fire" It was fun, and fast paced and full of romantic tension. READER'S WILL LOVE Rafe and Annie. Read more
Published on Dec 6 2002 by Crystal T.
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Good, Old Fashioned Western
This book reads like a good, old fashioned western movie. Rafe has been on the run for years accused of a murder he didn't commit. Read more
Published on May 8 2002 by Mona R. Anderson
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The Touch Of Fire
Once again L.H. has impressed me with her ability to write a story that held on to me until the end. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2001 by Richard C. Harb
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SIMPLY THE BEST
It would be hard for me to write a bad review of a Linda Howard book, but fortunately I don't have to worry about that with A Touch of Fire. It is simply the best. Read more
Published on April 14 2001
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i've read most of linda howard's books, and i'll have to say that this was the best yet. i liked the way everything was set..and even though Rafe is determined, so is Annie. Read more
Published on Aug 18 2000 by katie kelly
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Sizzling.
This story sizzled from start to finish. When Linda Howard writes a really good love story (and this one was), there's just nobody better.
Published on Aug 2 1999 by marguerite_raimo@cit.uscourts.gov
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Very good but not quite as exciting as Linda is capable of.
I've read several of Linda's books - "Son of the Morning","Angel Creek", "Lady of the West", etc. She never fails to engage my imagination. Read more
Published on April 26 1999
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1871
I don't particularly like stories about the frontier, specially if they're set in the past, but being Linda Howard who wrote this book, i decided to try it. Read more
Published on Aug 24 1998
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