One Touch Of Topaz [Paperback]

Iris Johansen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1994

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Loveswept (1994)
• ASIN: B000RZI8RU
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,174,721 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Iris Johansen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pandora's Daughter, Stalemate, Killer Dreams, On the Run, and many more. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ruth's Thoughts, April 13, 2010

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Velma Ruth Smith "Ruth Smith luv2read" (Riverbank, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This was a departure from Johansen's usual. Less tense adventure and psychological fear. This is a good romance novel with a mixture of light adventure and sensual feelings. The characters were well drawn and interesting. I enjoyed it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tender Romance from the Carribean to Paris - Johansen LITE, August 23, 2011

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Regan (San Diego) - See all my reviews

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I have learned to love Iris Johansen's romances (I've listed my favorites at the bottom of this review). One thing many have in common is wonderfully complex plots, many multifaceted characters and exotic locales. I loved this story, and it did take place in the Caribbean and Paris. While I recommend it, I cannot give it 5 stars as it's lacking some meat in my mind. I wanted more story, more plot--more of what I expect from Johansen. 277 pages just wasn't enough. This story is related to TENDER SAVAGE, the story of Ricardo Lazaro, a character in this one and the revolution's charismatic leader.

Fletcher Bronson is your basic, self made tycoon. A handsome, rugged hunk graying at the temples. A former Vietnam vet with a head for business, he's now a billionaire in his late 30s. He's on the island country of St. Pierre (fictional) because a junta has taken over the island and confiscated his refinery. And no one takes anything that is Bronson's without paying a price. But in the middle of this, Bronson learns the revolutionaries are trying to evacuate nine of their members whose lives are threatened. When he hears this group includes children, he lends his helicopter to the evacuation effort. His contact's code name is Topaz. Soon, he finds out Topaz is a woman, a slender bit of a young woman (age 21) who is a part of the revolution that failed. Fletcher gives up his seat on the helicopter and stays with Topaz (aka Samantha Barton, an American) because she fascinates him. He offers her a proposition she cannot refuse and soon, she becomes his obsession.

It's well written and moves along at a good pace (I finished it in one day). Fletch is a hero with a noble heart though he appears ruthless in business. Samantha is a girl who has had to face hardships, like living in a cave for six years and often having nothing to eat while on the run. She is also self-sacrificing and gentle, risking her life for her friends. Fletch is humbled by her kindness to him. As usual, Johansen creates wonderful heroes and heroines; I loved both Fletch and Samantha/Topaz. The dialog is good back and forth banter and you'll love the secondary character, Skip Brennen, the helicopter pilot.

The only negative is that there could have been so much more story. It ends too soon. So, if you're looking for a quick read that won't disappoint, get this one--and the related one, TENDER SAVAGE. But if you like her very complex stories, you might want to consider those of her historical novels I believe deliver 5 stars worth of story:

--The Wind Dancer series: The Wind Dancer, Storm Winds, and Reap the Wind (buy the 1991 version of this last one)and there's a 4th, Final Target I've not read (for which the reviews are not as good)
--The Beloved Scoundrel
--The Magnificent Rogue
--The first in the Sedikhan Series: The Golden Barbarian

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A LIGHT FUN READ, September 3, 2009

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ems "EMS" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed this book and was aware it was one of her earlier books. Due to a few references it is a bit dated, but fun. Enjoy