Touch Me With Fire

blaise is a wonderful character...strong and intelligent. julian is the kind of man women dream of. hot smoldering dangerous and troubled. i fell in love with him right off the bat

This had enough "sexy" to keep me excited about it, enough mystery and suspense to keep my attention on it, and well written enough to satisfy me with the finale. It's over 700 pages. I HATE reading long books but, this was a pleasure. A page turner! Thanks NICOLE j. You freakin' rule. Ragin' regency fun. I laughed and/or heart throbbed through every chapter. Buy it! Unless, you're a prude. This is NO inspirational Christian book.

Touch Me With Fire is a story that blazes with passion and senuality, as the handsome and charasmatic Julian Morrow, Vicount Lynden pursues the beautiful violet eyed, raven haired, Blaise St. James. Julian, an injured war hero is now home from Spain struggling with not only the deep physical and emotional pains of war, but the struggles and rumors surrounding the death of his first wife, which originally caused him to run off and fight so far away from England. Upon his return home, he happens across young Blaise, dressed as a servant, as she is on the run from her guardians and an unwanted arranged marriage. Julian does not realize Blaise is a "lady" and wants her as his mistress. He offers to take her to her gypsy friends and there in the romantic setting of the gypsy camp pursues her with lust and passion that the young, innocent Blaise struggles with and does not truly understand. Under the guidance and love of her gypsy friends, which are like family to her, she begins to fall in love with Julian. While Julian knows he lusts for Blaise, he struggles with his true feelings of love, as he watches the young, kind, loving Blaise care for him and others in the gypsy camp. He sets many alluring passionate traps for Blaise, who is drawn to this handome, sexy, yet troubled man. Finally he can no longer wait and arranges to have her, only to be caught and discover that she is not truly his firey gyspy, but a "lady" of the ton. He feels betrayed and manipulated and Blaise is confused, as their troubled, sensual marriage begins and the mystery surrounding the death of Julian's first wife begins to unravel to a surprise ending. The book is well-written and researched with strong characters, deep mystery, inner emotional stuggles, passion, desire, and love scenes beautifully written that keep the reader riveted to the page. It was a pleasure to read this book the first time around and it was even more pleasurable to visit it again as a reissue.

Julian is a classic tormented hero -- an "alpha" male with a good heart, a scarred face, a gimpy leg, and a young wife who loves him and for whom Julian will do anything, even against his better judgment. Is this your kind of hero? Then try this book. The sex between him and Blaise is hot -- but hey, they're married! Just a very good read, with a smooth style, and lots of gypsy lore. Excellent.

Blaise is an independant, adventurous woman who runs away from her aunt to avoid marriage of her aunt's choosing. She meets Julian, Viscount Lynden before she could escape and helps her avoid her aunt even without knowing her true identity. He takes her to be with her Gypsy family whom she claims that she is betrothed to one of them. However, Julian doesnt' seem to care, he wants her passionately. Although Blaise refuses to be his mistress, Julian stays in the camp and seduces Blaise to sleep with him. She brings him peace and makes him alive after years of feeling numb and bad memories. He was rumored to have killed his wife, so out of guilt he left his family home and joined the military. He decides to go back, and along the way Blaise helps him deal with his ghost and of course, they fall in love.I enjoyed reading the book. The characters were developed well. A little twist in the story. Not as passionate as her other books, but worth reading.