Detective Zac Herrera has three people missing. They don't have anything in common but his gut tells him that they are connected. He turns to someone from his past Mallory Woods to help prove it. He has strong feeling for Mallory and it's not just her psychic ability that has him TOUCHING THE PAST.

Mallory Woods isn't your ordinary accountant. This lovely Amerasian woman has a secret ... she is able to see the past when she touches an object or person. After a traumatic event in her youth she resists using that gift ... until Zac comes back into her life. Years ago she tutored him, helping him break out of the poverty of his childhood because she and her father believed in him. How can she turn her back on him or the missing people? And will she help him only to have him walk away or will this time allow their feelings for each other lead them to a future together?

TOUCHING THE PAST will have you glued to the pages and wishing there were more of them. This short story by Ilene Kaye is in my opinion too condensed but the development of the characters is good, with good hits of sexual tension. The past of both Mallory and Zac and their time together, is touched on decently, without going crazy on details. I believe with what is given they will come to life very well. The mystery part of the story felt a little rushed. I would have liked a little more build up and maybe a bit more drama especially when it came to taking down the bad guy. Ms. Kaye has given us a well written story with good characters but I guess what I am saying is one hundred pages aren't enough ... I wanted more.