Forget Me Not [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Lowell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1994

The terrible tragedy Alana Reeves suffered on Wyoming's Broken Mountain has vanished from her memory. Now nothing remains of those six lost days that cost her everything she held dear. But a man has appeared from the shadows of Alana's past -- a rugged outdoorsman who once dwelt in a wounded heart he is now sworn to heal. Like an answered prayer, Rate Winter has come to lead Alana out of the darkness -- and back to the scene of the nightmare she has erased from her mind. Alana must follow him -- for in Rate's powerful arms her fears can be conquered, and through his love hers can be reborn.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Lowell's (Untamed) latest is packed with dramatic action and emotional upheaval, but weak characterizations mean it's still not that gripping. Popular country singer and Wyoming native Alana Reeves has been in love with Rafe Winter, her childhood neighbor, for years, but when he is pronounced dead after a dangerous Army mission in Central America, she is persuaded to marry her singing partner and move to Los Angeles to further her career. This loveless marriage comes to an abrupt end when Alana's husband is killed, and she is severely injured, during a hiking vacation in Wyoming, an episode so traumatic that Alana can't remember anything about it. After fleeing to Oregon, she is lured back to Wyoming by her brother and discovers Rafe is still alive and still in love with her after all. But whatever happened to her during the week she's forgotten has left her deeply afraid of men. Rafe is determined to help her get her memory and her desire back, and the two share some sweetly tender moments. Both protagonists are fairly cardboard, however, vessels for emotional turmoil instead of fully developed characters, which makes Forget Me Not rather forgettable.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Lowell's volume follows protagonist Alana Reeves, who, suffering from amnesia, must try to unravel the circumstances of her husband's death. Things get even more complicated when an earlier love, long believed dead, resurfaces. More for the romance crowd, Lindsey's title presents the tale of a beautiful woman and a handsome scoundrel in the Old West. Both of these are perfect beach reading. Severn House books can be ordered at a discount at 800-830-3044.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon; later printing edition (December 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380767597
• ISBN-13: 978-0380767595
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #610,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell has numerous historical and contemporary novels in print, including her four-book series of suspense novels featuring the unforgettable Donovan family--AMBER BEACH, JADE ISLAND, PEARL COVE and MIDNIGHT IN RUBY BAYOU. Ms. Lowell's current release, DEATH ECHO, is Book 5 in her St. Kilda Consulting series and features twin yachts, international gangsters, and plenty of romantic-suspense. There are more than thirty million Elizabeth Lowell books currently in print. Ms. Lowell lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensual, allegorical love poem. Still a keeper!, June 24, 2000

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Summer Belle "Word Affectionado" (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forget Me Not (Mass Market Paperback)

Rafe is a man who survived hell as a POW (sort of). He survived by dreaming of his love, Alanna. Only when he "returns from the dead", he discovers the woman he loved enough to live for didn't love him enough to wait. . . she was "happily married" to her singing partner. He's filled with bitterness and never tells anyone he's alive. Alanna is disgusted with herself for her loveless, marriage of convenience. She discovers Rafe still alive & tries to reconcile with him, but he rejects her. Alone, despondant, she goes back to her husband.

But she's no longer the girl she was and Jack senses their careers are over and convinces Alanna to go camping one last time. Admidst a storm, Rafe's bitterness, Alanna's memory, and Jack's life is washed away.

Rafe vows to set Alanna free by giving her bvack her memories and her life. The fishing scenes are all metaphores for his dreams for Alanna. She's the elusive trout, he's the hungry fisherman. Trying to lure her from the depths of her own fears, trying to convince her that being with him is better than being anyplace else. His hooks are all barbless - she won't be killed coming to the surface.

The result is a love story that makes me ache for the pain of two people trying desperately to reach each other through miles of tangled memories. The allegories make this more poem than prose and I loved it.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't judge Elizabeth Lowell by this book, August 27, 2001

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N. Kerns (West Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forget Me Not (Mass Market Paperback)

This was definitely my least favorite of Elizabeth Lowell's novels. I sped through it because I wanted to get it over with, not because I couldn't put it down! The "complication" makes no sense. Rafe's big secret, the one he's so afraid will mess up his relationship with Alana once she gets her memory back, is laughable. No woman would be mad at him for what he did! Another complication that makes no sense is the reason why he allows Alana to believe he's dead after he gets back. (What happened to him while he was gone is mentioned once for about one paragraph. It sounded intriguing...but we'll never know. So much for character development.) He's mad because she got married to somebody else. Dang, man, who cares if she jilted you, you were her friend, right? And when she finds out he's alive he still acts idiotically. "I refuse to acknowledge her because she married someone else." Please. The amnesia plot soon becomes tiresome as the reader figures out what the heroine forgot long before she does, and spends most of the novel waiting for her to catch a clue. By the time she does, you've stop caring. Elizabeth Lowell is a great writer, but this is a stinker. Avoid it and read "Only Love", "Winter Fire," or "Reckless Love" if you want to know what Lowell's capable of.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Skip it, June 30, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Forget Me Not (Mass Market Paperback)

This book horribly boring. The plot and characters were so thin you could see through them. You learn nothing about the characters except how angry/scared they are--not even why they are supposed to love each other so much. I have read several other Elizabeth Lowell's and this book seemed like it was written by another, much less talented author. If you must read it, check it out of the library.