Elizabeth Lowell
Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one work of non-fiction. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. Her novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery. After working in contemporary and historical romance, she became an innovator in the genre of romantic suspense.
In 1982, Ann began publishing as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994).
Since July of 1992, she has had over 30 novels on the New York Times bestseller list. In 1998 she began writing suspense with a passionate twist, capturing a new audience and generation of readers. Her new romance novel Perfect Touch will be available in July of 2015.
To get a full list of titles as well as read excerpts from her novels, visit www.elizabethlowell.com.
“Some of us aren't meant to belong. Some of us have to turn the world upside down and shake the hell out of it until we make our own place in it.”
“Yes," Shannon said calmly. "I could have died. But so what? The stars would have come out tonight and the sun would have risen tomorrow morning. The only difference would be that I wouldn't see it." Shannon to Whip.”
“Sometimes the best part in life is an accident that goes right.”
“Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true.”
“The sacred rowan is a woman born long, long ago, a woman whose refusal to see love cost first her lover's life, then the lives of her family, her clan, her people.But not her own life. Not quite.In pity and punishment she was turned into an undying tree, a rowan that weeps only in the presence of transcendent love; and the tears of the rowan are blossoms that confer extraordinary grace upon those who can see them.When enough tears are wept, the rowan will be free. She waits inside a sacred ring that can be neither weighed or measured nor touched. She waits for love that is worth her tears.The rowan is waiting still.”
“A woman of intense feeling, head thrown back, hair wild, lips open upon a cry of unbelievable pleasure.The enchanted.A warrior both disciplined and passionate, his whole being focused in the moment.The enchanter.Now he is bending down to her, drinking her cries .....”
“You may hold my tears and live as you did before, trusting your soul to no one. Or you may release my tears and accept what comes.”
“You saw too late. Now you are as she is, bewteen two worlds, warmth bleeding into cold.”
“If you're not going to get any wiser, what's the point of getting older?”
“How long can a man live on the outside before he loses his ability to love? How long before there's no more hope?”
“I'm not perfect. Remember that, and try to forgive me when I fail you.”
“Love is the light that casts no shadow.”
“t's okay to let yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. -”