Rule Number One: Never fall in love with a patient. When a darkly handsome man walks into her office for massage therapy, Iz Amato knows she’s in trouble. Not only does her body want to cross every line of the therapist/patient relationship, but her heart has rebellious plans of its own.Iz would never breach the ethics rules about dating a patient. But when Sebastian–a doctor still suffering … Sebastian–a doctor still suffering from injuries sustained in a car accident–assists with her sister’s mysterious illness, her attraction catapults into dangerous territory. He awakens her desire to heal someone again and kindles more than passion for her career.
Then life deals Iz a devastating blow, and the tables are turned. Sebastian’s love is the healing balm she needs…but he’s the one thing she can’t have.
A Beautiful Touch is the second book in the Love at Lincolnfield series, heart-warming, hot page turners about the love lives of men and women who work at a Chicago hospital. Read them all in any order.
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It’s always a beautiful thing to come across a good guy hero who from the get go has his lady love’s best interest at heart. Sebastian seemed to fall for Iz, the heroine, at first sight. He was kind, extremely patient, and genuinely seemed to care for her almost immediately. Learning about her past and present situation only endeared her even more to him. He was everything a girl could ask for, folks.
Iz felt the zing of hot chemistry when Sebastian first walked through her massage therapy clinic front door. He was gorgeous, romantic, and a gentleman to boot. I get the professional dilemma she found herself, but not so much how she handled things. She needed to take the advice everyone else logically kept pointing out to her. Honestly, it would have solved their problem. Her constant hand wringing and pushing him away took up most of the story line. At 70%, they still weren’t what I would consider a real couple. Not contacting him immediately when a very shocking and devastating event happened completely dumbfounded me. I thought it would be the wake up call she needed. I was surprised he didn’t take major offense afterwards and write off their non-existent relationship altogether. Instead the opposite happened. This very compassionate, forgiving, understanding man pulled her closer into his world.
Unfortunately, that’s when the writing took a turn that did not work for me. Mechanical, sappy, and just plain off are words that come to mind, which is a shame because before that the writing flowed. At 75%, Iz finally decided to get smexy with Sebastian. He sure was happy about it, naturally, but I just was no longer in the mood, folks. I felt like an uncomfortable spectator when introductions to his family commenced.
So here’s to hoping others love this entire book. I wish this author continued writing success. The first half held my interest as I leisurely strolled along with them. I just found myself rather exhausted, frustrated, then turned off starting around the 70% point. By then it was mostly the writing itself. I find myself wondering now if the problem was a well thought out endgame was missing.
Title: A Beautiful Touch, Series: Love at Lincolnfield (Book 2), Author: Colette Dixon, Pages: 270, stand-alone but part of a series, slow burn, very slow paced, extremely patient good guy hero, instant attraction/love at first sight, not smexy until 75%, hand wringing heroine, writing lost its appeal, lots of massage therapy terminology. Rating: 3 stars
Book 1 – A Beautiful Risk
Book 2 – A Beautiful Touch
Book 3 – A Beautiful Match
(I voluntarily read and reviewed a free copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)
She has the touch and he has the need
A Beautiful Touch is the second book in the Love at Lincolnfield series. I had read the first book in the series, A Beautiful Risk, and really liked so I was really hoping for the same when I was reading this book. I was proven right and I really adored the story of Iz and Sebastian. She is a specialized massage therapist who is also dealing with her sister being sick. He is a doctor that was injured in a car accident a few years ago and must have treatment in order to be able to practice medicine again.
Sebastian seeks treatment from Iz and the sparks fly between them. But they are doctor/patient so it is not ethical to become involved. But tell that to your heart, head and libido when Iz is putting her hands all over the handsome and built Sebastian. Their story is filled with a lot of sweet goodness, but with a dash of drama and some bumps and twists along the road to their HEA.
This book can be read as a stand-alone in the series.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
***4 Stars***
As soon as I read the little tease of A Beautiful Touch at the end of A Beautiful Risk I knew I had to get my hands on the book and I wasn’t disappointed. While this book was all kinds of sweet, smexy and frustrating (in a good way) it also has a good dose of drama and heartache, which I definitely wasn’t expecting, that gave the story a lot of depth and heart.
I loved Sebastian and Iz. Sebastian is sweet, charming and determined and a little sneaky, which I thoroughly approved of and made it easy to fall for him. Iz is sweet and compassionate and definitely knows her own mind. She isn’t afraid to put herself out there and try new things, but she also knows when to draw the line in the sand.
Their journey to their HEA was definitely fraught with a good dose of frustration, but through all of it, it did give them the time to really get to know one another and see just what made them tick. I loved their bantering and how they seemed to just get each other. The smexy, once it happened, was HOT and I loved how they became more to each other than either expected.
This was, overall, a sweet read chock full of characters that were easy to like and root for. The bit of drama in it wasn’t expected, but as I said, did give depth to the story as well as Sebastian and Iz’s characters. I enjoyed the first person POV, and normally don’t have an issue when the entire story is told from one POV, but considering all that went on in the story I do wish that we’d gotten a couple of chapters from Sebastian’s POV. The secondary characters in this one were very well written and I really wished I could have spent more time with all of them ~ especially Sebastian’s family. So, if you are looking for a sweet read with a dash of drama then this one you should check out!
Note: This can definitely be read as a true stand-alone as no characters from A Beautiful Risk make an appearance.
~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~
This was a story of an empathetic massage therapist and her patient, a doctor who was badly injured in a motor vehicle accident. He had all but lost hope in getting back to a state where he was capable of being a competent doctor again. She was feeling emotionally wrung out from dealing with the chronic sickness of her twin sister. Sebastian was just the patient she needed to renew her passion for healing through massage therapy. Her healing therapy gave Sebastian hope that he could be whole again. There was a spark between them that Iz had to ignore since Sebastian was technically her patient. He waits for her to be ready, even though being apart is driving them both insane. This is a wonderful story about finding yourself again, finding love, and finding your way back to the light after being swallowed by darkness in heartache and loss. This was a beautiful story. I did receive this free arc from Hidden Gems and this is my honest review.