By Her Touch: A Woman Reborn • A Dangerous Gift • One Killer Awakened
About this audiobook
✨ From New York Times, USA TODAY and Amazon Top-15 bestselling author Tamara Rose Blodgett comes BY HER TOUCH—a dark supernatural suspense where one touch can unlock extraordinary potential... or create something monstrous. An Amazon Top-100 Psychic Thriller Bestseller.
💧One drowning. One gift. One monster awakened.
Gillian Hayward should have died in the dark river.
Pulled from the current and resuscitated by paramedic Ben Cartier, she wakes with more than a second chance at life.
She wakes changed.
A single brush of Gillian's skin can reveal a person's hidden aptitude—and amplify it to an extraordinary degree.
The first person she touches is Ben.
Suddenly, the ordinary first responder begins speaking languages he's never studied. Dozens of them. Fluently. His brain is unlocking pathways no one knew were there.
At first, it seems like a miracle.
Until Gillian realizes the changes don't stop at talent.
Others she touches begin transforming too. Skills sharpen. Instincts heighten. Loyalties shift in ways that feel less like gratitude...
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About the author
TAMARA ROSE BLODGETT / MARATA EROS / T. R. TERHUNE is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author whose fiction refuses to color inside the lines. Across her author names, she moves through dark romance, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, dystopian horror, supernatural suspense, mystery, and fiction for younger readers—building emotionally engaging stories around complex characters, dangerous choices and unforgettable worlds.
Writing as Tamara Rose Blodgett, she explores expansive speculative landscapes—dystopian futures, supernatural warfare, paranormal intrigue, twisted romance, and high-stakes survival. As Marata Eros, she ventures into her darkest and most adult terrain, where antiheroes run feral, heroines are complicated, and love frequently arrives tangled with obsession, danger, heat and moral ambiguity.
Her newest author identity, T. R. Terhune, marks a different corner of her storytelling universe: "clean" fiction for readers who want the mystery, suspense, adventure, and emotional stakes without the saucy content. Under the Terhune name, she writes the Murder in the Vineyards mysteries as well as Shivers, her fiction for preteen readers.
A lifelong instinctive writer, Tamara builds her stories organically rather than outlining, discovering the world alongside her characters. Her breakout novel, A Terrible Love, surged into Amazon’s Top 15 and remained in the Top 100 for more than a month, leading to a three-book publishing deal with Simon & Schuster for A Terrible Love, A Brutal Tenderness, and The Darkest Joy. Her creative home, however, has largely remained independent publishing, where she has built an extensive catalog spanning numerous series and standalone fictional worlds.
Whether the story begins with a billionaire, a serial killer, a supernatural bloodline, a post-apocalyptic collapse, a murder among the vines, or something strange enough to give a younger reader the shivers, readers can expect immersive storytelling, memorable characters, emotional stakes, and fiction that rarely takes the obvious road.
Tamara splits her time between the misty beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the sun-drenched shores of Mazatlán, Mexico, alongside her husband, family, and a canine supervisor with zero regard for personal space. When she isn’t writing, she’s usually reading, traveling, beachcombing, or plotting absolutely nothing—because she doesn’t outline those either.
