Review: Hot, steamy, suspenseful book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2012
Gruesome murders and highly erotic sex...this is a good description of Sandra Ross' book `Untouched: A Murder Mystery and Erotic Love Story'.  At first, I didn't see how the two genres could work together since erotica tends to be a little more upbeat than a murder investigation.  But Ross manages to pull it off pretty well, and the result is an engaging little read that captures the essence of both genres well in an eBook that is in turns disturbing and highly engaging.The protagonist, Abby, is tired of being alone, having been out of a romantic relationship for a while.  She is thrust back into the presence of her former flame when her roommate goes missing and subsequently turns up dead, the apparent latest victim in a string of similar, brutal murders.  She has to deal with her grief over the loss of her friend, and the conflicting emotions of being so close to her ex, who happens to be the guy assigned to the murder investigation.  There is a lot of high drama, and the characters are all pretty likeable, so you really want to find out what happens in the end.In true Sandra Ross style there is plenty of sex and innuendo.  The sex scenes are hot, steamy, and fairly believable.  I can buy that someone who has been resorting to self-pleasuring for a while can jump straight into the sack with an old flame, especially in a time of emotional crisis.  Ethan seems like he was the one that got away, so Abby would do well to reel him back in while she can.  Their encounters between the sheets left me feeling a little breathless, and made me want to call my husband up to bed with me!When I first read the title, I thought it was going to be a slightly different type of erotica, but was pleasantly surprised to see how it related to the story.  The author has a funny way of doing that with some of her books, and I guess that's just to keep us readers guessing at what we are going to get when we look inside.  I have yet to really find one of her books that I didn't like, and they are all a little different from the standard erotica that I have seen elsewhere on the Kindle site.The book kept me guessing til the end, and the sexy scenes would have made me blush if I were reading them in polite company, so I would rate this as a pretty good read.  It helps that I like both murder mysteries and erotica, so this seemingly unlikely combination of the two worked just fine for me.