Surviving an accident that takes his mother’s life, 22-year-old songwriter Santiago DeAngelo is consumed by grief, guilt, and the opiates he is prescribed for his injuries. Nearing rock bottom, he receives inspiration for a song from his late mother. As he struggles to write it, he falls in love with Kitty Holladay, a music producer who offers a rare shot at fame with a hidden agenda.
Miranda (May) Carlson’s life has fallen apart. In an attempt to piece together its shattered remnants, she is spending her summer in the place she vowed she would never return: the Colorado Rocky Mountains. After her parents ended her idyllic childhood by announcing their divorce when she was fourteen, May abandoned the Rockies and her best friend along with it. Now, at age twenty, she is face-to-face with the place and person she left behind. Dylan’s childhood in the Rockies was near perfection.
I'm a real fan of action and mystery; not so much for romance. If I Loved You caught me off guard. This book has it all - romance, action, more than one wicked relative, a bunch of handsome guys, a lovable dog and a couple of girlfriends we all would love to have. What more can you ask from a really good book. Williams knows how to develop characters that the reader will love or hate, but about whom you can't be ambivalent.
Determining the genre for Touched By a Phoenix is a challenge because it is a successful mix of several. Romance, yes, but so much more. There is a lot of techie talk that, in places, reads like science fiction; there is mystery and suspense; and last but not least, there are some very explicit sexual encounters. I love to read about strong women and our protagonist Alexis kicks butt! There’s just no other way to put it – strong, independent, willful and will stop at nothing to protect her man.
