Touché by A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly

8b36f86203dcd273fa075509e2f699be.image.300x450Title: Touché

Series: Orgasmic Texas Dawn 10 

Author: A.J. Llewellyn & D.J. Manly 

Genre: Contemporary, Crime 

Length: Novel (190pgs) 

Publisher: Silver Publishing (19th October 2013) 

Heat Level: Moderate 

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥ 3 – 3½ Hearts   

Reviewer: Pixie    

Blurb: In Touché, the tenth book of the best-selling Orgasmic Texas Dawn series, Marco and Sam grow closer in some respects and yet are pulled apart in others. Whilst Marco, still recovering from his injuries has developed a dependency on his prescription meds and is in constant pain. With Trace and Sam determined to help him, Sam meanwhile accepts an undercover assignment with the US Marshals in the often violent, drug-strewn country of Colombia. Marco flies to Colombia as part of the backup team helping Sam in his guise as a big-time drug buyer, where the US Marshals are hoping to take down the Howard family drug cartel once and for all.

Marco is in obvious pain but it’s Trace who winds up hospitalized. Marco and Nicholas soon become involved in a case of a different kind in the ravaged streets of Bogotá, the nation’s capital. An abandoned newborn baby has been reported to the hospital but the caller is a young girl and speaks only English. With time running against them, Marco and Nicholas race to find the child as Sam enters the twilight world of big-money drug dealing… 

Purchase Link: https://spsilverpublishing.com/touche-ebook-p-59263.html    

Review: This story is part of a series and must be read in order. Marco and Sam are still struggling with their feelings for each other, being on opposite sides of the law doesn’t help in the least but staying away from each other is something neither man can do. Marco is still struggling with his injury from the ambush and is becoming dependent on pain meds. Sam finds himself under the thumb of an unscrupulous U.S. Marshal who will sacrifice anything to shut down the Howards. And both Sam and Marco find themselves in danger, when someone from Sam’s gang decides they want Sam gone. 

This is a great addition to the Orgasmic Texas Dawn series but we don’t get to see Jubilee or Kieran :-(. We are now on our third couple in the series after seeing two other sets of U.S. Marshals find their happy relationships but this is the most difficult relationship yet. Sam is the leader of a biker gang who is unhappy with his lot, Marco is the one that got away and is making a life for himself as a U.S. Marshal, their attraction and feelings for each other make their positions hard and Sam finds himself working for the Marshal’s to bring down a cartel. 

We see Sam and Marco admit their feelings for each other but they still can’t really be together. Sam has little choice in his actions, but tries to make them work for him. And Marco has to fight his jealousy, his need for Sam and his constant pain to carry on with his job. Marco finds himself in danger with Sam riding to the rescue and Sam discovers he is tied to a mysterious man who is more involved in the cartels than the US Marshals realize. With investigations and undercover ops their way of life, for the US Marshals hospital visits are to be expected, but two of them end up in hospital for unexpected reasons. 

Now while I have loved reading the Orgasmic Texas Dawn series I found this one to be less exciting than the others, there was less separate investigations and it was more focused on the Howard’s and the cartel. We do see a little diversion with Sam’s gang but that was really about it other than the baby nearer to the end of the story, but I suppose I have just been spoilt with the interesting array of investigations in the past. The story flows smoothly and Marco and Sam are still mega hot, their sex life is still smoking and their imaginations are descriptive and hot. 

I recommend this to those who love U.S. Marshals, hot bikers, great investigations, excitement and action, danger and rescues and an ending that gives us hope for the future.