Remember Summer [Mass Market Paperback]

Elizabeth Lowell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 1999

The most grueling challenge of Raine Smith's equestrian career looms before her—the Olympic Games. Little does she realize that she's about to face greater perils in the arms of a stranger than she's ever found on the back of her horse.

Cord Elliot is a man trained to deflect disaster and his mission is to ensure that Raine Smith remains untouched by sudden gunfire at the Summer Games. Yet from the moment Raine Meets Cord's ice-blue glance, she knows he's more hazardous to her heart than a sniper's bullet. Falling for a man who answers to the call of intrigue and holds secrets that can never be shared is to endure the broken promises, unexplained absences, and constant danger that come with his profession. But in the fiery passion of irresistible love, a summer to remember seems worth any risk.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Lowell's acclaimed suspense novels include the New York Times bestsellers Blue Smoke and Murder, Innocent as Sin, The Wrong Hostage, Always Time to Die, The Color of Death, Die in Plain Sight, Running Scared, and Moving Target, as well as four books featuring the Donovan family: Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou. Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Arizona and Seattle, Washington, with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym.

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Las aclamadas novelas de suspenso de la autora Elizabeth Lowell incluyen varios bestsellers en la New York Times. Lowell ha vendido mÁs de treinta millones de ejemplares. Vive con su esposo en Seattle, Washington y Sedona, Arizona, con quien escribe novelas de misterio bajo un seudÓnimo.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon (September 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380767619
• ISBN-13: 978-0380767618
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,002,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Authors, A-Z > ( L ) > Lowell, Elizabeth

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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Is the word 'betrayed' too strong?, September 17, 1999

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This review is from: Remember Summer (Mass Market Paperback)

I've been reading Elizabeth Lowell for years, and I was originally drawn to her strong heroines and alpha males. She became one of the few authors I would buy on name alone, and could trust to give me a good read. Now I find that a number of authors I once bought religiously have taken to recycling previously published works, and unfortunately, E.L. is right there with them. I wouldn't mind if the original was just reissued, but additional pages are added. They don't really forward the plot. In fact, in the majority of books of this nature that I've read, the pace of the story becomes extremely labored. The only exception I can recall is To the Ends of the Earth/Danver's Touch, and that surprised me no end. Remember Summer originated as Summer Games in 1984. It deals with a woman who is competing in the three day, cross country equestrian event in the Summer Olympics. Her father is a government official who has been targeted by a terrorist. The Barracuda plans to get to her father by getting to her. Cord Elliot, a cold operative if ever there was one, is all that stands between her and the terrorist. Remember Summer/Summer Games is an ok read. I found Raine's relationship with her horse more interesting than her relationship with Cord! Maybe it's my age, and I just don't have patience for this kind of drawn out story line. And could the simile of the castle and the guards outside be beaten to death any more than it was? So read this, because Elizabeth Lowell wrote it. But read Chain Lightning, Fever and Lover in the Rough because they are the quintessential Elizabeth Lowell.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read, November 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Remember Summer (Mass Market Paperback)

Some other readers have bashed this book for not being realistic about the horse aspects of the story. Well I say, if you want horse facts, get an equestrian book! This is a romance novel!! And an excellent one at that. The main character, Raine is a loveable young woman who's been overshadowed by her father's wealth and her older sisters' beauty all her life. Until she finally finds something that she was good at and could call her own--horseback riding. Her riding career culminates at the Olympic games where she meets our hero, Cord. The two share an undeniable attraction so powerful that it leaves them both off balance. Throw in some past hurts and a few very present dangers and you've got a real page-turner.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Totally unrealistic story line, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Remember Summer (Mass Market Paperback)

Give me a break!! No normal woman, innocently walking anywhere, who is attacked and tackled by a stranger, terrorized and searched intimately, against her will, would, within minutes, fall into his arms and blithly walk hand in hand with him into the sunset. And, that's just the beginning. It goes downhill from there.