Love Song for a Raven [Import] [Paperback]

Elizabeth Lowell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Mira Books; New Ed edition (October 20, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551661195
• ISBN-13: 978-1551661193
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another strong romance by Elizabeth Lowell!, April 27, 2000

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Laurie Gold "bookie" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Song For A Raven (Paperback)

Sometimes Elizabeth Lowell works for me. At other times, her prose is too purple, her characters too stylized, and her writing melodramatic. In this instance, everything came together and Love Song for a Raven worked wonderfully well. If you love Cabin/Road Romances, if you love steamy love scenes that go on forever, if you love a love story with characters whose pain will make you cry, this book should do the trick!...

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love Song for A Raven shines in prose, December 10, 2000

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Desmond Chan (Bishan North Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love Song For A Raven (Paperback)

LOVE SONG FOR A RAVEN lacks the emotional intensity of Elizabeth Lowell's A Woman without Lies - with Angel and Hawk but the melodrama, sea-rescue and romance between Janna and Raven saved this otherwise diluted read. Face it - Ms. Lowell weaves sensual magical story like a tragic love paean that aims straight for the heart and such tortured souls are Janna and Raven, that they are willing to deny the passion and even discard love. Janna has an unfruitful marriage with her gay husband; Raven lost his confidence when his love for Angel sunk. Her stories are so soul-wrenching that they make you wallow in tears and compassion. At the end of the story, when you recall the plot - it ends up lacking in substance. It's the acute writing that overwhelms and the magical ending we have all been waiting for.

Throw away you common sense and just follow your heart - and Love Song for a Raven will guide you to an enchanting read which you will enjoy.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Average stranded ona desert island story w/ a great hero, August 22, 1998

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BarkLessWagMore (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Song For A Raven (Paperback)

After hearing so many raves about the wonderful hero in this one I think I was expecting too much. The story starts out when the heroine's boat gets caught up in a storm and begins to sink. Raven spots her boat going under and quickly arrives in time to save her life. While the storm rages (for what felt like several days) he nurses her back to health and they fall in love. But it's not as easy as all that because they both have wounded hearts and must first come to grips with their old heartaches and insecurities before they can love each other freely.

This was an okay read but it just didn't grab me. The hero was a perfectly sensitive, nurturing and tortured guy and the heroine was pretty likable but they had big trouble communicating with each other and spent a huge chunk of the book hiding and avoiding their feelings. I also had a bit of a problem with the speed in which relationship developed. I realize this is a short book but their love seemed to blossom unbelievably quick. There were tons of steamy love scenes but I kind of wish they had spent more time talking than tearing up the sheets. Geez, what a bore I'm becoming :) And the final thing that bugged me were all of the references to what I believe must have been the prequel about a woman (Angel) who broke the hero's heart. I can't help but think that I would've felt more compassion for Raven if I had read that story first.