Touch & Geaux (Cut & Run, #7) in Riptide Publishing

Nov 19, 2012 Debra ~~ seriously slacking on her reviews ~~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: part-of-series-or-serial, m-m, favorites, cops-detectives-feds-investigators, mystery-suspense-thriller, bisexual-pansexual-mc, angstfest-dramarama-and-loving-it

Shame on me, allowing myself to be lulled into the HEA that was Stars & Stripes. Enjoying the honeymoon and forgetting all the underlying emotions and the fragile bonds that Ty & Zane forged their relationship on in the early books. Sure they both have their secrets, but for the most part it seemed they were willing to push those under the rug and so was I. I was not prepared for what Abigail Roux dished out in Touch & Geaux.

This was easily the darkest, most emotional and heartbreaking installm ...more

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Apr 20, 2013 Jen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favs, ty-zane

Ty and Zane

Man, what a book. Whatever words I have won't do justice to the experience of this book. I have so many thoughts.

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Apr 14, 2013 Snuffles rated it it was amazing

Shelves: real-world, kindle, 2013

I'm still recovering ;) I might write a real review once that has happened. Or never. We'll see :P

(It made me cry once, almost more than once. o_O) ...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Dee Wy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, favorites, m-m-contemporary, cops-law-enforcement

Uh, huh! I shoulda seen it coming. Everything was too sweet and rosy and our dear author Abigail Roux figured it was time to shake things up. Well, I was pissed, then so sad, then scared, and in the end felt like it all really needed to happen. Somehow our boys will work it all out and be stronger for it. I JUST KNOW IT!!!

When's the next book due out? Gawd, I can't wait. ...more

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May 07, 2013 Crys Harris rated it liked it

I hadn't planned to read this because I felt like I'd read all I needed to about Ty and Zane and I liked where they were at the end of Stars and Stripes. This book just kept popping up, though, on my Amazon recommendations and in discussions with friends.

As I suspected, I didn't like this as much as other books in the series. Too much angst, too little real communication. I did enjoy spending time with Sidewinder and I enjoyed the flashbacks to get a glimpse of the guys before they knew each oth ...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Trish rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m

Easily 5 Stars. I'll keep this short b/c many other reviews have expressed exactly what I felt while reading T&G.

We have an ensemble cast in this book. All of Ty's Marine buddies are pretty solid in the story, even Owen :P and the flow of all the characters intertwining with each other was spotless. I cannot imagine how hard it must be as a writer to "write" a story with 2 MC's let alone a cast of characters. Well done Abi!

We had funny, action, smexy lovin, sweetness, mystery (nawlin's style, v ...more

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May 22, 2013 ElaineY rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, mm, sequel-or-prequel

Having read seven of these installments, I think I enjoyed Touch & Geaux most. It took about 20% into the story before I was hooked because I wasn't interested in Nick and the Sidewinder guys. I was fresh out of Stars & Stripes and still coming out of my Ty & Zane sugarland haze so when the Sidewinders made their appearance, I couldn't have cared less.

I'm glad I stuck with this because it soon morphed into my type of romantic suspense - action and some 'real' sex, not just HJs and and BJs.

I love Having read seven of these installments, I think I enjoyed Touch & Geaux most. It took about 20% into the story before I was hooked because I wasn't interested in Nick and the Sidewinder guys. I was fresh out of Stars & Stripes and still coming out of my Ty & Zane sugarland haze so when the Sidewinders made their appearance, I couldn't have cared less.

I'm glad I stuck with this because it soon morphed into my type of romantic suspense - action and some 'real' sex, not just HJs and and BJs.

I loved the tie-in of details I've actually forgotten about - which means I get to reread the entire series again and this time, I'm looking forward to it. Every other time, I am annoyed at having to reread the previous book because by the time the new book came out, I'd forgotten the story. In T&Z's case, they have burrowed under my skin so deep, they are an itch I love, and need, to scratch.

I can't relate to the criticisms some readers, fans or not alike, have leveled at the series/characters/author because my arriving at this place (where I'm a diehard fan) has been so erratic. All I can say is that if I were to read Divide and Conquer again, for example, I would still have the same complaints about the plot holes...but, I would now love T&Z so much I wouldn't care.

I plan to re-listen and reread the entire series once I finish Ball & Chain and am fairly sure my rating for Divide & Conquer will change. I had given it 1 star for being a DNF back in July last year and that was already my 2nd attempt to read it.

As I mentioned earlier, there were a lot of the tie-ups in Touch & Geaux that I was not expecting, but encountering them was what made this installment such a pleasure to read. Again, as I said, I've forgotten a lot of the details in the earlier books, all of which are being connected here so I need (and want to!) to go back and reacquaint myself with those dots.

I don't know about other fans and ex-fans but I am very much in my T&Z happy place right now; I am so glad I didn't give up on the series or allow the negative comments to deter me even though I agree with them.

I know that by the time I'm done with Ball & Chain I will close T&Z's journey with a satisfied sigh. I know because I peeked at the ending, of course. ...more

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May 28, 2013 Tara rated it really liked it

Shelves: police-government-agency, m-m, read-in-2015

I really liked this book even if I felt like it came too late in the series. A book like this would have been a great 3rd book, but 7th? So much new information about both out main characters and the teardown to rebuild a better stronger relationship that I have been hoping for. There was also some clumsy set up of the spin off series by giving Nick a lot of POVs in this one, and a lot of focus on Kelly. (I honestly knew the series was out there but I didn't know who the characters would be, and ...more

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Feb 16, 2013 Evaine rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-books, adventure, m-m

As always, it's the dialogue that makes the Cut & Run series for me. It's what brings Ty and Zane to life. And Nick and Liam Bell and Kelly and Digger... well, you get my drift.

This installment of Ty and Zane's adventure was filled with lots of introspection and heartbreak among the action, adventure and danger and is quite the roller coaster ride. What we're left with at the end is one helluva cliffhanger, IMO. Not a BAD one though - it's how these things should be - the story is complete in t ...more

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Jul 02, 2013 Claudia the Night Owl rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hot-and-steamy, devoured-it, hot-guy, kickass-hero, can-t-get-enough, backstabbed, ohmagawd-that-ending, made-me-laugh, ahhhhhh, m-m

Oh My Effing God! That was intense! wow just wow, I don't even. ahh. Okay. okay, so in this rollercoaster of a book Ty and Zane head off to the crazy city of New Orleans and meet up with Ty's old recon friends for a little party but of course, being who they are they end up in the middle of death and craziness and bad joo joo. Secrets come out that threaten Zane and Ty's relationship and an old frienemy of Ty's appears. And the ending dear lord that ending, woo. Five stars not enough. ...more

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Nov 21, 2012 Didi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, series

~~Oh wow. Need a moments to gather words for this...~~

Still can't get passed howling stage to give appropriate review on this. Longer so-called respite needed to gather my thoughts. Phew... ...more

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