Customer Reviews

Dark Fire

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

Be still my beating heart...Trace is such a wonderful character and Cindy is so sweet and determined (to find her business partner in the Andean Forest) that I just LOVED this Book! The only thing I didn't like was that the story was too short, a total of 247 pages...It only lasted 1 1/2 hr of quality romance reading time. There is another book "Fever" that features Cindy's Brother Rye McCall, also a good read.

This is a follow-up to Lowell's book "Fever" and
features some of the same characters as the previous
novel. Recommend that you read "Fever" first, but
both are excellent as stand alone novels as well.

Description from the book back cover:

The Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador. Mysterious, hauntingly beautiful -- a land like nowhere else on earth. But a dangerous land, despite its beauty. A land to be feared. And respected ... Like Trace Rawlings -- a man who lives by his own rules. Ruthless, domineering, he takes what he wants. But Cynthia Ryan is used to someone trying to manipulate her, especially her powerful father. Surely she can handle this man. After all, he's just there to guide her through the treacherous forest. Thrown together by her father's ruthless ambition, first as adversaries, then as lovers, Trace and Cynthia force their way through the cloud forest -- transformed by a passion as wild and steamy as the forest itself.

This was listed on Amazon as being published in Dec.09, so I was surprised to receive it right away. Expecting a new work, I was surprised to find that the copyright date is 1988 - obviously a reprint of an earlier work. I wish that had been mentioned on the initial review.

This is the first book that i read by Elizabeth Lowell and i am hooked! I really felt like i was there with the characters in the story. It did seem to end too quickly, but all great love stories do. I have since read the book Fever with Cindy's brother Rye McCall, it was captivating.

Trace and Cynthia are incredibly funny, stubborn, and strong. Through course of their relationship we see them go from barely tolerating each other's presence to them passionately wanting to be complete with one another. Though they suffer due to misunderstandings that lead them to test their relationship, there's no denying that they're meant to be. The ending is a real tear jerker. Trust me, you'll love this book.

As always, I enjoyed this story by E. Lowell. You can't go wrong with her. I enjoyed the characters and found I had an interest in the Andean cloud forest after her descriptions of it. It was sensual and steamy for sure. I did like the fact that the heroine for once was the one to leave this time and we got to see his pain!! It's another Lowell keeper I'm sure I'll read again and again.

Wow! Great story & lots of passion, the characters stayed with me for a long time. "Dark Fire" is a continuation of "Fever" which was also HOT!

I have read this book so many times it's falling apart! The characters are wonderful and the story is great. I love a strong, determined woman.

I love all of her books but Dark Fire is really one of the greatest. The words just took me away. It was like I was there with Cindy and Trace in the cloud forest. I couldn't put it down.

This is the old, original version of this story. It's short. I ordered it by mistake, thinking it was the newer version that got very good reviews.