Texas Touch

by Emma Merritt

Ten years after he fell in love with Floryn, the golden-eyed beauty stuck in a passionless marriage with his uncle, Cord Donaldson leaves prison to discover that Floryn has not forgotten their time together. Original.

Genres: Romance

447 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

Pseudonyms: Emma Bennett, Micah Leigh

Emma F. Merritt was born on 12 November 1940 in Texas, USA. She resided with her husband, Paul, in San Antonio, where she wrote long letters to her twin sons, who both served in the Marine Corps. Her romances were published since 1983, she signed her novels as Emma Merritt and under the pseudonyms Emma Bennett and Micah Leigh. She was the first president of the San Antonio Romance Authors. She was widely known in the romance community as a tireless volunteer and mentor.

Emma Merritt passed away on 18 October 1995. Since then, the Romance Writers of America have honored the memory of Merritt by naming their National Service Award after her. The Virginia Romance Writers have also named a scholarship after Emma Merritt, and the San Antonio Romance Authors have named their conference and contest after her: the Merritt Conference and the Award of Merritt.

Reviews

[Heather ~*dread mushrooms*~ · Rating 2 out of 5]

An easy read. It wasn't great though, and I liked it better in the beginning than the end. I liked that the hero ended up having faith in the heroine, but I wish that he hadn't been disappointed in her in the first place based on rumors.

[Alexa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This one was tough to finish... it started with some strong plot points that I thought would keep me interested (reuniting old flames (who were once aunt/nephew by marriage), a secret child, false rumors landing people in prison that must be disproven), but then was so long with so many unnecessary story lines that I was basically skimming through to the end. Romance/smut was decent, but then one tiny remark would cause huge miscommunication and argument between the couple over and over again and it was v frustrating. Happy they worked out their differences tho and it was proved he is not a murderer and she is not a whore (equivalent crimes at the time basically)
Honourable mentions/best lines:
-multiple mentions of Cords "eyes" being corrected to "eye" in Floryn's thoughts bc the man wears an eyepatch
-"Nothing had really changed. Oh, yes, they were sleeping together and making sex, but he still felt as if he were a pawn in this game Floryn was playing"
-"Hal informed him of Floryn's unfaithfulness and accused her of being a femme fatale who had lured every man she met into her bed." (legend tbh)

[Greeneyes Belle28 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Avery Follett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Being a disrespectful jerk isn't an attractive trait for masculine-identifying people