Body Contact (Harlequin Blaze, No. 31) [Paperback]

Rebecca York (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2002

Maddy Guthrie is used to working undercover—but posing as a rich man's plaything is pushing it! Especially when the "rich man," fellow agent Jack Connors, has one stipulation: make love first so they can get comfy in their roles.

The sex they share is incredible. But Maddy knows she's breaking ironclad rules as they work side by side. The only safe place to communicate is in the steamy shower—and that's far too arousing for Maddy. Then there are the silken bedsheets...where Jack loses all control when he touches her. As the mission escalates, there's a new kind of danger to deal with—the state of Maddy's heart.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 037379035X
• ISBN-13: 978-0373790357
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,155,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"[Rebecca York's] books. . . deliver what they promise: excitement, mystery, romance. . ."
- Michael Dirda, Washington Post

An award-winning, best-selling novelist, Ruth Glick is the author of over 100 books. Writing as Rebecca York, she has authored or co-authored over 50 romantic suspense novels. The first of her Berkley Sensation paranormal romantic suspense novels, KILLING MOON, was published in June 2003; EDGE OF THE MOON followed in August 2003 and WITCHING MOON in October 2003. KILLING MOON and EDGE OF THE MOON were launch books for the Berkley Sensation imprint.

She writes the popular 43 Light Street series for Harlequin Intrigue. Over 30 Light Street Intrigues have been published. NOWHERE MAN was called "one of the most heart-wrenching, moving works of romantic suspense in several years," by reviewer Harriet Klausner.

Ruth's many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book has been selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances." In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for NOWHERE MAN. Ruth's book, KILLING MOON won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal. AMANDA'S CHILD won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times. "Tyler" in BAYOU BLOOD BROTHERS won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for best Novella. In 2007 THE SECRET NIGHT received the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for best Harlequin Intrigue. Ruth's cookbook, 100% PLEASURE, was picked by USA Today as one of the 12 best cookbooks of 1994; her FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE was a finalist for the MidAtlantic Publishers Association's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award.

Several of Ruth's Moon books (WITCHING MOON, SHADOW OF THE MOON, and NEW MOON) have been on the USA Today best-seller list.

Ruth and her husband travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks. Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a hot air balloon.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY INTENSE!, May 5, 2002

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Romance At Its Best (Warminster, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body Contact (Harlequin Blaze, No. 31) (Paperback)

Going undercover as a "rich man" and his plaything, security agent Maddy Guthrie and ex-CIA agent Jack Connors try to find and rescue the kidnapped daughter of Sam Winston who was taken by his enemy. Their undercover work becomes more than just work as their trip progresses and Maddy is anything but Jack's plaything. From the start of the book, there are things that shock you, entice you, thrill you, and make you gasp for that much needed breath. As the heat is turned up and the danger becomes more intense, Maddy and Jack fall for each, hard.

BODY CONTACT was intense from the start and it didn't let up until the end. The ending was divine and the character supreme. Ms. York has written a gut-wrenching, belly flop, creative novel. I didn't put it down till the end and then I was disappointed it was finished it was so good. I can't wait until Ms. York's next book and hope it has the impressive qualities this one had.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Intense passion in Body Contact, June 9, 2002

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Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body Contact (Harlequin Blaze, No. 31) (Paperback)

Despite bearing an uncanny resemblance to Cherry Adair's Hide-and-seek in the plot, Rebecca York propels her debut Harlequin Blaze offering with sweltering sexual tension between her characters Maddy Guthrie and Jack Connor. Working for industrialist Stan Winston as a security provider, Maddy is distraught when she has lost his daughter Dawn to an old-time enemy of the family, Reynold and decides to team up with ex-CIA agent Jack Connor to retrieve her back from the clutches of a mob boss under the guise as a crime-lord and his love-interest. To get their acts together, Jack persuades her to open sexually to him even though he feels hard to admit he reserves feelings for Maddie. Through dangers and surveillance in the Orchid Island, they find treachery amidst which threatens their lives and binds them together....

Rebecca York combines action and passion, charging the relationship between Maddy and Jack with erotic tension which is the main focus. The action is regrettably cliche - and there are highly improbable situations - like the experienced Maddy being duped by Reynold's mistress and the escape part just came too easy. However it is undeniable that this is a romance at heart - and it shimmers with mutual lust and intense passion.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb undercover tale, March 20, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Body Contact (Harlequin Blaze, No. 31) (Paperback)

Winston Industry security chief Maddy Guthrie believes she screwed up her assignment of watching over her employer's teenage daughter Dawn. Though her charge slipped her a sleeping pill, Maddy feels culpable for enabling Dawn to flee to Manhattan. Calling in ex-CIA agent Jack Connors for help, he finds out that thugs working for Oliver Reynold abducted Dawn. Because Oliver hates Dawn's dad, Maddy and Jack worry about the victim's safety, as this is not an "ordinary" kidnapping. Oliver holds Dawn prisoner on Orchid Island in the Caribbean.

To safely expedite Dawn, Jack poses as a wealthy man while Maddy acts as his plaything. Jack forces Maddy to share sex with him before they go undercover so that their performance seems genuine. The sex is more than great and soon the two operatives fall in love. However, their feelings must be kept in abeyance as the danger mounts for them and Dawn.

BODY CONTACT is an exhilarating romance that is literally and figuratively action-packed undercover. The story line is loaded with sexual tension and taut suspense though Jack's initial insistence of sharing sex before the tropical encounter seems more like a bad male ploy. Still Rebecca York cleverly blazes a heated suspense that will garner her new readers who will also want to follow secondary character Alex Shane's adventures in Harlequin Intrigue's upcoming FROM The SHADOWS.

Harriet Klausner