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Title: Jade Island by Elizabeth Lowell, Avon Books ISBN: 0-380-97403-7 Publisher: William Morrow & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (56 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific
Comment: Seeking independence and adventure, Kyle Donavon opens up his own business, leaving behind the family's international corporation run by his brother Archer. Being his own man allows Kyle to travel the globe searching for treasures. Archer asks Kyle to look into the claim of billionaire Dick Farmer, who insists that he possesses the legendary Jade Emperor. If he does have the fabled treasure, Kyle is to investigate how he obtained it since it was supposedly in the vault of Hong Kong's Tang family. The American and Chinese governments as well as the powerful Tang clan want answers before an international incident explodes over this national treasure.
Everyone believes that Lianne Blakely, a talented gemologist and illegitimate daughter of one of the Tangs, is the thief. Her father wants her to meet Kyle, who starts his inquiries with her based on a government lead. She insists that she is innocent and as he begins to care for her, he reluctantly believes her. Someone is setting up Lianne to take the fall and her only hope lies in a man she now loves, but does not trust.
The second tale in Elizabeth Lowell's "Donavon family" romantic suspense novels is a gem of a story that, like its best selling predecessor, requires enough time for a one-siting read. The story line is action packed and loaded with international intrigue. The lead lovers are a phenomenal duet, who begin to cherish each other, but struggle to trust their soulmate. The return of characters from AMBER BEACH adds a warm feeling of homecoming. With JADE ISLAND, Elizabeth Lowell has scribed a 24 carat best seller.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 3
Summary: Not Enough Focus on the Budding Romance...
Comment: I was so excited to read this book but was greatly disapointed when I begun, because the romance aspect was left to the background and the political part dominated the story to the point of bordem. There was way too much information and pages and pages of textbook information on jade and how it is crafted and set into jewelry or ancient swords for the Chinese. The romance between the main characters Lianne and Kyle was so rushed and didn't make much sense. I wasn't sure why he was trying to seduce her and why she even fell for him when she was centered on her work? I feel like I missed out on the plot here.
~Kyle Donovan is trying to get to the bottom of the disappearance of cultural treasures from the Tang vaults. He and his brother are trying out there own business at gem trading and treasure hunting. This discovery would be a coup, the only thing he didn't expect to get tangled in was an international gem ring that will bring him close to a woman who not only beautiful, but also suspected of theft of the famous Tung vault treasures hundreds of years old.
Lianne Blakely is the illegitimate daughter of a powerful Hong Kong trader and his American mistress. She is being accused of theft. Not just any ordinary theft, but the theft of ancient treasures. Millions in jade. She meets Kyle and he believes her, but she must find the real thief. Together they venture into the sordid world of international gem thievery, power plays and dangerous people that would rather see them dead than give up the beauty of the ancient jade.
Tracy Talley~@
Rating: 5
Summary: One of my all-time favorite romances!
Comment: Loved this book. Loved the jade and the Chinese cultural issues and the Donovan family! Maybe the romance got less play then in your average romance novel, but the crime caper was great and Kyle and Lianne were wonderful! Both smart, funny, sexy people. Much rounder characters than typical and great banter. The romance scenes were also quite hot.
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Title: Midnight in Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell ISBN: 0380789892 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Moving Target by Elizabeth Lowell ISBN: 0061031070 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Die in Plain Sight : A Novel of Suspense (LOWELL, ELIZABETH) by Elizabeth Lowell ISBN: 0060504129 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: To the Ends of the Earth (Avon Romance) by Elizabeth Lowell ISBN: 0380767589 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Granite Man by Elizabeth Lowell ISBN: 1551668106 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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