This book was a bit different than most of Elizabeth Lowell's writings. more intense and I don't believe she has ever had one of her St Kilda writings, at least that I have read, involve so many antagonists where you couldn't really tell good from bad until the last few pages. I was somewhat disa...
Two former operatives, one SpecOps, the other CIA, must pretend to be lovers while piloting a yatch as the center of an international intrigue that threatens an American city.The two are so sympatico that its almost impossible to believe that they've just meet. They fact that they're working for ...
This book takes me back to the older Elizabeth Lowell books (like Outlaw and such) but I am not sure if it is a reissue of one of those. It takes place in the rural West, as those books do, and has everything you'd expect of her books - action, wide open ranches, alpha heroes and plucky heroines...
You write such wonderful books. You take us on a journey. There are ups & downs. Holden meeting Kate. O'Donnelly's searching for buried treasure. Kate thinks she is weak because she can't get over the death of her parents. She is lured back to the family business & is forced to face her demons. H...
This novel was a lot more romance and a lot less mystery than what I was expecting but overall was an enjoyable read. The "who done it" mystery sort of unfolded more so than the characters actually investigating and figuring it out. As for the romance part I did enjoy the relationship the charact...
What a suck-all read and an overall waste of time. After the first 100 pages it felt like the story was being rehashed endlessly because the author didn’t know what else to write. I had to virtually skim read my way to the end to get through it. The story is about Cat, a successful photographe...
As I had mentioned in an earlier post, once I actually thought about it, it was quite noticeable that one of the main conflicts didn’t come around to be presented until about 60% into the book--the reason why Lacey has suddenly been targeted for murder as well as the significance of her grandfath...
***2.5 stars (rounded to 3, because horses play an important part)*** I don't know how to characterise this romance, and that because the writing is rather uneven. At times it is very enjoyable, full of energy and interesting themes and the next moment it loses momentum and starts dragging. The ...
5 stars! (Even after all these years!)I read this book back in January 1990 when it was first released under the Silhouette Desire line. It was a favorite of mine the instant I read it, and remarkably, after just re-reading it 25 years later, it's STILL is a favorite of mine!Luke MacKenzine, the...
I don't really know what to say, so maybe it's time for a story. Once upon a time I was sitting in a café where it was not frowned upon to buy a skim-soy weak decaf latte. I was with an old friend and her latest boyfriend who was wearing black jeans, black doc-martins (with purple laces) and a bl...
I fell in love with the Donovan series many years ago and have just replaced my original almost falling-apart paperbacks with hardcover versions from some Amazon resources. It's a worthwhile endeavor, IMHO, because this series is outstanding!! There are four books (Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pear...
Chain Lightning is one of Ms. Lowell's early contemporary romances. For the most, I enjoyed the story, even if it was a bit cheesy. Damon and Mandy spend a month on a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef. They are thrown together by Damon's aunt. The big problem is that Mandy is afraid of t...
"The troubling message from Serena Charters's late grandmother appears in a package containing four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript -- a strange inheritance that hides many secrets...and has already cost many lives. Seeking answers, Serena turns to Erik North of Rarities Unlimited...
Classic 1990s Category RomanceTHE STORY: Mariah MacKenzie has come back to the Rocking M ranch looking for the brother from whom she was separated from 15 years ago. After years of not belonging, Mariah is looking for a home. She ends up meeting Cash McQueen, her brother's best friend. The at...
The fourth book of Elizabeth Lowell's Donovans series, Midnight in Ruby Bayou, is for my money the best of the lot. It's got the most complex of any of the plots in the series up to this point, and since it's a bit longer than the previous ones as well, Lowell has more time to develop the various...
Alana Reeves has amnesia covering 6 days spent on Broken Mountain were her husband is killed in an accident. A Love from her past Rafe Winters comes back into her life and takes her back to Broken Mountain. An amazing written story line and great characters and under currents of nightmare, romanc...
I’ve read more romance novels in the past couple years than I had since middle school (thank you, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books). Some of them have become favorites, but a large number of them, even though well-written, don’t do anything for me. This book is helping me articulate why.There are a lo...
Caves fascinate me, and I've always wished I had both the courage and the opportunity to explore an undeveloped cave. I read this book after seeing an astonishingly beautiful National Geographic feature on the still largely unmapped cave system that stretches for countless miles beneath New Mexic...
I am a huge fan of Elizabeth Lowell. So far I have enjoyed most of her books. I think Lover in the Rough might be the exception. You can definitely tell that this is an early work. If I had to chose a word to describe it, that word would be cheesy. I couldn't help but giggle through this ent...
The Wrong Hostage3.5 StarsGrace Silva is a federal judge backed into a corner when her teenage son is taken hostage by Mexican drug traffickers. With time running out, Grace turns to the only man she has ever loved and the one who believes she betrayed him 16 years ago: Joe Faroe, an operative wi...
In the last of my Elizabeth Lowell Summer 2009 Marathon, I'm jumping out of the historicals and into a contemporary, Remember Summer. I was hoping that I'd get closer in general flavor to the sorts of suspense novels Lowell's been writing for much of her recent career, and at least in some ways, ...
Amber is known as the "Forbidden". Amber is one of the 'Learned", and there is a prophecy that if Amber ever gives the three parts of her self; Body, Heart and soul, then death will be in her future. Amber has always been well protected, and if she ever touches another, it gives her pain, as she ...
Book #9 of 2013Whenever I drive to Mansfield, we pass this place called Salamanca in NY. It is usually late at night and maybe it is the perfect spot on the highway because we often stop to fill up the gas tank or to grab a road snack. It also happens to have a casino, always lit up just off the ...