Review: A Simple Touch
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Title:  Touching DeuceAuthor:  Lynnette BernardPsychic Connections - Cowboy Mates Book 2James "Deuce" McCade, Boss of the McCade Ranch,  Dominant Alpha Male type, and secret desire of Gracie Emery.  If you ask Gracie to decribe herself the mostly likely answer would be cursed.  She can calm, women, children and animals in distress, but the minute she touches a man both she and he feel pain. An intimate relationship with the man of her dreams, Deuce is out of the question.  How can she make love to the man sho holds her heart knowing it will cause him unbelievable pain.  She can't even shake hands with a man without him crying out.  No it is better to stay away or get out of his life before someone gets hurt.Then Melanie, her sister, has a vision and els Gracie that there will be complications with the delivery of her second child and that both she and Duece are to care for son and new baby.  Gracie agrees immediatly and  Deuce, being no one's fool uses the situation to get Gracie in his home.  From there can it be that much harder to get her into his bed.  Deuce has loved Gracie since they were kids and knows she was fated to be his mate and the mother of his children.  He only has to convince Gracie that instead of pain she brings him peace and centers him and that the Great Spirits have destined them to be together.  A task that seemed a lot easier when he was thinking it out than when he puts it into action.Welcome back to the McCade Ranch,  it Is time to get to know Gracie Emery and James " Deuce McCade better.  Although a  stand alone book in its own right I recommend you read John's Vision first to catch up in greater detail some of the characters and how they fit into the story line.  As always Lynnette Bernard works her magic with words to bring a story of Love, Romance and just a touch of mysticism.  The men of the McCade Ranch are Alph males all the way.  They protect their own and will fight any and all threats to their family and friends.  You will not want to leave once you meet them.  Like me you will be waiting for book 3 which is in  progress now.  You will fall in love with Lynnette Bernard's characters and her.  Her love of romance and family comes through each and every one of her books.Lynnette Bernard is from a large and loving family and is also a talented author without a doubt, but she is also a survivor of life.  Lynnette began writing her first book at the tender age of 14.  She has known rejection of her work like most authors, but never gave up.  She eventually was signed on with Siren Publishing, a smart move on their part.  She has two series going at present but if you go to her website, [...] you will see she has many different novels swirling around in that busy mind of hers.  I wish there was a quicker process to getting the raw ideas from her thoughts down onto paper  (or computer).  She is a writer through and through,  like most authors she would probably bleed words if you were to cut her.When she gets a moment to relax she likes to read almost anything she can get her hands on or go to the movies or the beach.  Her greatest joy is her family, her children, brothers, sisters and mother.  The strongest and greatest infuence in the making up the characteristics of her male heroes is her father.  Many of the characteristics of her heroines come from Lynnette herself.  In each and every book family is the main driving force.  Children are nutured and loved just as Lynnette and her family cherish their children, as should we all.  Her stories remind us that love shines bright in the darkness of adversity.  It is how we face life's trials that makes us the people we are, fault and fallicies included.  Bending is allowed but not letting it break us completely is how we grow in strength and character.  Using that premiss I can honestly say Lynnette Bernard is one of the strongest women I know.Lynnette Bernard believes in happily ever after just as most of us do.  We know love is not perfect, but it can be the best thing in our lives.  Sometimes we do not get it right the first time, but if we are lucky we do find it, until then we have authors like Lynnette to keep the hope of finding it alive in all of us.  The creed Ms Bernard lives by would be the quote: "The heart knows what it needs." She truly believes and lives by this quote. Lynnette said it best herself when she stated, "Every one of us has a basic need for acceptance, kindness, and love. That's why every one of my books will always have a Happily Ever After, and the men and women will be kind and loving toward one another. Life is too hard. In my books, kindness and love will reign."  Lynnette Bernard could be your neighbor or co-worker, a woman worth knowing.