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Dangerous to Touch

by Jill Sorenson (Goodreads Author)

3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 · rating details · 47 ratings · 9 reviews

All her life Sidney Morrow had tried to repress her disturbing psychic visions. Until a vision of murder shattered her fragile serenity. She had to go to the authorities--make them listen. But Lt. Marc Cruz didn't trust her one bit. In fact, the sensual homicide cop treated her like a suspect. And sent her senses haywire....The dark-haired beauty knew something about the s...more

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Published June 1st 2008 by Harlequin Books

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Feb 25, 2011 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Good characters. I liked the psychic parts. I disliked heroine stupidity and conflict caused by miscommunication.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I was really enjoying this most of the way through – thinking a good 4 stars. But then the author used two of my pet peeves which frustrated me and brought it down to 3 stars.

(1) After they have sex for the first time, they each think the other doesn’t like them and therefore treat each other badly. She looked unhappy, so he felt rejected and acted cold to her. She...more Good characters. I liked the psychic parts. I disliked heroine stupidity and conflict caused by miscommunication.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I was really enjoying this most of the way through – thinking a good 4 stars. But then the author used two of my pet peeves which frustrated me and brought it down to 3 stars.

(1) After they have sex for the first time, they each think the other doesn’t like them and therefore treat each other badly. She looked unhappy, so he felt rejected and acted cold to her. She in turn felt rejected and acted cold to him. The truth was she had a headache. All she had to do was say “I enjoyed sex with you but now I have a headache.” I’m sorry, but I just don’t like conflict based on vague communication. It’s a cheap way to have conflict. Much better is basing it on actions, events, personality clashes, or other people.

(2) Heroine is extremely stupid at the end. She knows who the killer is and goes to his house alone. Of course something bad happens to her.

Other than the above, I enjoyed the characters and how their relationship developed. I enjoyed the scenes where her psychic ability allowed her to know things and caused some interesting interaction. The ending explanation of how the killer did what he did was odd. But this is fiction, so I’ll go along with it. There were several sex scenes, not the hottest, but they were pretty good.

STORY BRIEF:
Sidney is psychic. When she touches someone she sees what they are thinking or their recent actions. A serial killer has killed two women. The dog of one of the victims comes to Sidney’s home. She touches the dog and sees things related to the killing. She gives information to the police, which is how she meets Marc who is investigating the murders. At first she is a suspect. The newspaper prints an article about her helping the police as a psychic. The killer then breaks into her home and leaves a dead cat on her bed. Marc is trying to protect Sidney while he investigates. They are drawn to each other. A secondary story involves Sydney’s sister who is going through a divorce.

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Story length: 205 pages. Swearing language: mild, including religious swear words. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: 7. Estimated number of sex scene pages: 13. Setting: current day southern California. Copyright: 2008. Genre: romantic suspense.(less)

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Mar 05, 2012 Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I've been wanting to read this book since it's release but somehow other books in my TBR managed to bump this one. As this is Ms. Sorenson's debut, I was nudged to delve into it because of a Debut Reading Challenge. I'm so glad I did!

Our heroine is a woman who shuts herself off from human contact as she has the gift of touch. It's this gift that brings her to our hero, Marc, the detective searching for a serial killer. When a jealous reporter reveals that the police are working with a psychic,...more

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Aug 30, 2011 ~Megan~ rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: cops-military, romantic-suspense, scarred-tortured-hero, psychics-paranormal-powers

I have some seriously mixed feelings about this book, but hardly any of them are good feelings. The suspense portion of the book was well-done, but where it fell flat for me was the romance. If ever there was an example of the hated misunderstandings/miscommunication plot devices, this is it. It didn't happen just once...it happened over and over again. One second they were smiling and talking with one another, the next second one of them would say something extremely hurtful. All the way up unt...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Laura (Kyahgirl) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: main-character-is-tstl, military-law-enforcement, mystery, romantic-suspense

2.5/5; 3 stars; C+

This is a fairly new to me author who has something I like in the way she writes so I'm not giving up on her, even though I didn't rate this book that high. In the afterword of this book it says this is her first book to be published.

I liked the story, the animals, the psychic angle. I really didn't like what a cruel, unprofessional character Marc was for much of the book. I thought both main characters were TSTL at several points in the story and there were some pretty unbelie...more

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Jan 30, 2012 Rowena rated it 3 of 5 stars

I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while now because the author told me that this book was set in the city I used to live in: Oceanside, California. It’s been a long time since I’ve been out to Oceanside but Jill Sorenson did a phenomenal job of taking me back to my old stomping grounds. There were a lot of times that I would be reading the book and she’d mention a street name or a park and I would immediately see the park and the street corner in my head. I think because I had a visual i...more I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while now because the author told me that this book was set in the city I used to live in: Oceanside, California. It’s been a long time since I’ve been out to Oceanside but Jill Sorenson did a phenomenal job of taking me back to my old stomping grounds. There were a lot of times that I would be reading the book and she’d mention a street name or a park and I would immediately see the park and the street corner in my head. I think because I had a visual in place in my mind, the story came to life a lot easier for me. It was great to visit Oceanside again vicariously through Sidney and Marc.

A series of murders that Marc is investigating brings him into contact with Sidney Morrow. Sidney has special abilities, in short she’s a psychic and a simple handshake will tell her everything she needs to know about you so there aren’t very many secrets you can keep from her. She touched a dog that belonged to a woman who was murdered and by that simple touch; she was able to piece what happened even though she couldn’t see who made it happen. Marc doesn’t believe a word that’s coming out of her mouth when he first meets her and Sidney finds herself on a very short list of suspects.

As Marc tries to find a killer, he starts to get to know Sidney and realizes that she’s not the killer and she might not be such a fake either. He also finds himself fighting an attraction to her that might cost him his job but he can’t stop it. Their biting attraction is something neither of them wanted but it was fun watching them fight it.

What I liked about this story was that it didn’t feel like a short read. It was a short read but it didn’t feel like it was. Sorenson did a good job of fleshing the characters out in such a short story and that couldn’t have been easy. I had a good grasp on just who Marc Cruz was by the end of the story as well as Sidney Morrow. They were both lost souls who needed someone on their side for once and they found it with each other.

Marc’s character was this hard nosed cop who didn’t trust anyone but himself and he trusted women even less. He comes off as this big ass and while he was, I never once thought he wasn’t good enough for Sidney. I never once not liked him. He exasperated me, he made me want to kick him in his balls but he didn’t turn me off. I enjoyed getting to know him and was rewarded at the end when he finally got his shit together.

Sidney’s character is more complex. She shies away from interactions and relationships with others because of her special abilities. It’s hard to become friends with someone when you know everything that they’re thinking. Seeing Sidney come out of her shell with Marc made for an interesting draw out. She made mistakes but I didn’t think she was TSTL. She was as normal as one can be with being psychic and all. It didn’t help that her family wasn’t as supportive as they could have been with her abilities. Her mother was an ice bitch, her father was a little bit better but not much and her sister was a crazy sack of shit.

This story unfolding one layer at a time and seeing the story come together was an entertaining way to spend a few hours. I enjoyed getting to know the characters, I enjoyed visiting Oceanside again and I just enjoyed the book. Jill Sorenson is shaping up to be a good contemporary go to author for me. I’ve got Set the Dark on Fire in my TBR pile and I’m thinking I need to read that one as well.(less)

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Oct 30, 2011 Shantia Davis rated it 3 of 5 stars

It was a good read. It was also a good mystery and page turner.

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Sep 25, 2009 Sylvia rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 26, 2008 Sherry rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Romantic/Suspense

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“Dangerous to Touch” is an interesting story of ostracization, preconceived bias and evil. In the beginning of the book the author Jill Sorenson stated that this is her first published work, it is an excellent start! The storyline was suspenseful, the characters multi-dimensional and just an over all good read. Good luck Jill and I’ll be sure to look for your name on new releases!

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Jill Sorenson writes gritty, sexy romantic suspense for Harlequin, HQN and Bantam Dell. She lives in San Diego with her husband and daughters.

THE EDGE OF NIGHT has been called "absolutely riveting" by NY Times bestselling author Eloisa James.

STRANDED WITH HER EX was nominated for a RITA Award by the Romance Writers of America.

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