The Warrior's Touch (The MacEgan Brothers) [Kindle Edition]

Michelle Willingham (Author)

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Product Description

Connor MacEgan is a fighter; it's in his blood. But when his hands are crushed in a brutal attack, he finds he may never wield a sword, or touch a woman, ever again.

He becomes reliant on Aileen à Duinne, whose determination matches his, for Aileen can no more ignore a person in pain than Connor can stop being a warrior.

But she also holds a secret, one of passion and deception that could break their hearts, long after she has mended his hands...

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 214 KB
• Print Length: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin Historical (August 1, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001E28LSQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,881 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Rita® Award Finalist Michelle Willingham has published over a dozen books and novellas. Currently, she lives in southeastern Virginia with her husband and children and is working on more historical romance novels. When she's not writing, Michelle enjoys baking, playing piano, and avoiding exercise at all costs. Visit her website at: www.michellewillingham.com or interact with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/michellewillinghamfans.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can outcasts find love in Medieval society?, October 17, 2007

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D. Merrimon Crawford (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Warrior's Touch (Harlequin Historical, MacEgan Brothers Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)

Michelle Willingham's THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH is a heart-moving historical romance between outcasts set in Medieval times. Strong characterization draws the reader into the heart of the story while layers of suspenseful detail emerge as the hero and heroine reveal their desire. THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH is an outstanding second book of what is turning into a magnificent MacEgan brothers series.

Connor MacEgan is a warrior until he is found near death. Despite being banned from healing, Aileen O Duinne must disobey her tribe and the curse on her and try to save him. Connor finds death preferable to never being able to brandish his sword. His manhood and his position is dependent upon the health of and strength of his hands. Can Aileen's herbs, splints and love bring life back into this warrior's heart and body or will her tribe banish her, cursed as they think she is? As Connor and Aileen grow closer, past secrets, former promises and layers of deception threaten their growing passion. In the end, which is riskier and more noble, the battle of swords or the battle of the heart?

Readers wondering how Michelle Willingham could match debut romance HER IRISH WARRIOR can rest assured ---- she did. Her second book adds a new dimension to the MacEgan Brothers' world. In THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH, Michelle Willingham turns her attention to the outcasts of Medieval society, a warrior who can no longer fight and a woman healer now cursed. Around them death and disease threaten them while inside both Connor and Aileen are haunted by the past and their failures. When romance and love are at stake, can Connor and Aileen battle themselves and all the forces outside who threaten their growing love? Without creating spoilers, the idea of curses and the medieval demons of disease here are indeed scary, especially to a world unable to combat them quite as easily as we do today. Michelle Willingham grabs the reader's attention and heart in her portrayal of the darker side of Medieval society, not sensationalizing it, but allowing the reader to feel some of fears of the medieval world from her characters' point of view.

As in HER IRISH WARRIOR, Michelle Willingham once again demonstrates her ability to create intriguing minor characters, here in Ewan and Whelon, that reveal hidden sides of the main hero and heroine as they endear themselves to the reader's heart. In THE WARRIOR'S TOUCH, Michelle Willingham does an exceptional job of adding and integrating elements of Medieval literature into her stories. The mixed identity theme works very here as it creates secrets and romantic conflict while simultaneously and creating a literary echo to Medieval literary tradition. With her second book, Michelle Willingham has firmly established herself as a new voice to watch among Medieval enthusiasts!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Liked the other Warrior novels more, August 11, 2008

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Melissa (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Warrior's Touch (Harlequin Historical, MacEgan Brothers Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)

Irish healer Aileen O Duinne finds her first lover Connor MacEgan near death close to her home. He has been tortured and his hands smashed by a father who believes that he has dishonored his daughter.

Aileen takes him back to her home and begins the slow process of healing him even though she has been forbidden by her chieftain to engage in the healing arts as punishment for her inability to heal the Chiefton's son. Aileen feels she has something to prove but she also has something to hide. Conner does not remember being intimate with her since she disguised herself as another woman when they were lovers. This resulted in a child that Connor knows nothing about.

Aileen is dedicated to Connor's healing but she is not succumbing to his charms as other women do. He also wants personal revenge against the family that broke his hands, instead of allowing the courts to decide the matter. Aileen wants him to give up his revenge but Connor wants no part of that, his honor is at stake.

On the whole this novel was interesting but not really moving until the last few chapters. Aileen was a bit cold, and held herself back from Connor. She was almost cowardly. Connor was driven and had to be right. Not until the final chapters did I really see that these two people were madly in love with each other. Overall an okay romance but not an exciting one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not a well rounded book, February 7, 2011

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This review is from: The Warrior's Touch (The MacEgan Brothers) (Kindle Edition)

I was disappointed in this book. There are a lot of things missing in this book. I like a book that grabs you from the beginning, and doesn't let you go. This one never grabbed me at all. No passion, no fire, nothing to grab my attention and not let go.