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Summary: Love lives on
Review: A great book! Full of emotion and tenisons that happen in the real world, Lowell's book is believable and full of life! Case Maxwell swore to himself that he wouldn't love anything that could die. He told himself it wasn't worth the agonizing pain that it caused him. He also swore that he would see every last Culpepper in hell ... Sarah Kennedy heals hawks and then releases them to fly free and wild ... as she herself wishes she could do. She also heals anything that's hurt ... inculding people. Her fiercest desire is to find the spanish silver that her dead husband had known about so she can send her brother, Connor to get an education. The Culpeppers are deadly, cunning, greedy, and don't care what they kill or torture as long as they can get what they want. Their aim- the spanish silver. By chance ... or is it? Case is wounded and ends up in Sarah's care. She helps to heal his flesh wounds and he slowly heals her wounds that don't show, the inside bruises that have darkened her life. Passion and desire flare throughout the story. Lust is one thing but love, another. Sarah knows Case has wounds that her hands could never be able heal. Case swore he wouldn't love again, their promises to themselves and their actual decisions will change their future together ... only they can decide.
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Summary: Brilliant story!!
Review: Elizabeth Lowell once again works her special magic. Sarah is a woman who has seen the darker side of life, but she is determined to hold on to her property and ensure that her brother receives an education. Case is disillusioned with the world, and reluctant to love again after the Culpeppers destroyed his neice and nephew. The two come together in a beautiful and well-written novel. Once Sarah realises that she loves Case, she gives him her all, while he (like all men!) is a bit slow on the uptake. Nevertheless, you're left with the definite feeling that these two will be together well into their twilight years. I especially enjoyed the way Case slowly introduced Sarah to passion, carefully erasing her fears and teaching her the pleasure that can be experienced between two lovers. An abusive older husband made Sarah wary of sex, but Case heals her in the same gentle way that Sarah heals the wounded animals that she finds. Sarah in turn teaches Case to love again, a realisation that hits him especially hard when he realises that he cannot live without her. In a harsh land where eking out a living is practically all-consuming, the fragile love that blossoms between these two is poignant and touching. Naturally, a keeper.
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Summary: The Power of Love
Review: I expected more from this promising story, but did find it enjoyable too. I liked the strength of Case Maxwell and how his fear of love kept him from wanting anyone in his tortured life until Sarah Kennedy came into his life. Sarah was a tortured soul who deperately wanted love and hapiness, but only found misery in her short life until Case came along... Sarah was orpahaned at 13 and had saved her brother Conner's life. She answered a mail order bride ad at 14 but was widowed at 16. Her husband Hal Kennedy had been an abusive and drunken husband, but he had also found buried treaure somewhere on the property called Lost River Ranch. Now with him dead, Sarah spends all her time searching for the silver. She intends to send her brother away to school. The only prblem is her neighbors. The infamous Culpeppers. Cutthroats and thieves who also want the silver and will do anthing to get it. The Civil War and the infamous Culpepper gang have distroyed Case's love of life and urge to kill has grown into an obsession he cannot control. His motto, do not love anyting that can die.
One fateful day he decides to attack the gang and is wounded. Sarah nurses him back to health. Realizing they have the same enemy to contend with they make a pact to help each other rid the world of the murdering gang once and for all. What they don't expect is to fall in love in the process. Case must face the fact tht his motto is flawed and will never stand the test of time. Deep wopunds will never heal, but he comes to undersand other people, particularly Sarah has been deeply wounded also and they can heal together. Sarah faces her own demons and realizes she must melt the ice surrounding Case's heart or he will die inside.
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Summary: Sequel to Autumn Lover...hoped for better...
Review: I expected more from this promising story, but did find it enjoyable too. I liked the strength of Case Maxwell and how his fear of love kept him from wanting anyone in his tortured life until Sarah Kennedy came into his life. Sarah was a tortured soul who deperately wanted love and hapiness, but only found misery in her short life until Case came along... Sarah was orpahaned at 13 and had saved her brother Conner's life. She answered a mail order bride ad at 14 but was widowed at 16. Her husband Hal Kennedy had been an abusive and drunken husband, but he had also found buried treaure somewhere on the property called Lost River Ranch. Now with him dead, Sarah spends all her time searching for the silver. She intends to send her brother away to school. The only prblem is her neighbors. The infamous Culpeppers. Cutthroats and thieves who also want the silver and will do anthing to get it. The Civil War and the infamous Culpepper gang have distroyed Case's love of life and urge to kill has grown into an obsession he cannot control. His motto, do not love anyting that can die.
One fateful day he decides to attack the gang and is wounded. Sarah nurses him back to health. Realizing they have the same enemy to contend with they make a pact to help each other rid the world of the murdering gang once and for all. What they don't expect is to fall in love in the process. Case must face the fact tht his motto is flawed and will never stand the test of time. Deep wopunds will never heal, but he comes to undersand other people, particularly Sarah has been deeply wounded also and they can heal together. Sarah faces her own demons and realizes she must melt the ice surrounding Case's heart or he will die inside.
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Summary: VERY GOOD ROMANCE!
Review: I LOVED THIS BOOK, "WINTER FIRE". I LOVED HOW SARAH HEALS CASE'S INNER WOUNDS AND TEACHES HIM TO LOVE HER, AND I LOVED THE WAY CASE TEACHES SARAH THAT SEX IS GOOD. SEX IS NOT WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED WITH HER DEAD HUSBAND, HAL KENNEDY. SHE'S HAD SOME BAD EXPERIENCES WITH SEX BUT CASE SHOWS HER THAT SEX CAN BE GOOD AND ENJOYABLE. AND I LOVED THE WAY SARAH CARED SO MUCH FOR HER BROTHER CONNER. IN THE END CASE ADMITS TO LOVING SARAH. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A GREAT BOOK. MUCH BETTER THAN ITS PREQUEL, "AUTUMN LOVER".
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Summary: Once again Lowell excels at western romance.
Review: The books in Elizabeth Lowell's "Only" series (to which "Winter Fire" is loosely related) are the best of the western romance genre, and "Winter Fire" amply proves this point. This is the story of Sarah Kennedy, a young woman who had to sell herself into marriage at the age of 16 to an abusive old man in order to support herself and her brother. After becoming a widow, Sarah continues to try to support herself, her brother and a few other strays she has picked up in the harsh Utah territory. One of her friends brings her Case Maxwell, a Civil War veteran seeking vengence against the Culpeppers, a rogue clan that tortured and murdered the young members of his family during the war. When Sarah meets Case, he has been badly shot in a showdown with some of the Culpeppers, and she nurses him back to health. Case has been so emotionally taumatized by what happened to his nieces and nephews that he has completely shut down emotionally. Much to his disgust, he finds himself becoming attracted to Sarah. Sarah's horrible experience with her dead husband made her disgusted with men and sex, and she also does not welcome the attraction she feels for Case. The two struggle to build a relationship while continuing to fight the Culpeppers and while searching for silver Sarah hopes will guarantee her future. Lowell deftly handles the emotional drama in this story, not to mention sexual tension, without making all the characters so angst ridden that their eventual emotional reconciliation isn't believeable.
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Summary: Excellent, One of the Best
Review: This book was so enjoyable I actually have gone back and re-read it, something that is rare for me.
The combination of strength and vulnerability in the hero, Case, is enough to make him incredibly appealing. His past makes him fascinating and his behavior towards Sarah is never rough and unpleasant as is the case with so many "heros" who are determined to make their women feel like whores until their virginity is proven. Instead, he is tender, and the obstacle to their love is very realistic. Sarah is also wonderful, caring yet not sappy, in love but not a pushover. You ache for the couple to get together permanently. The book is very compelling, a must-read. Better than its prequel, Autumn Lover, but Lowell was saving the best for last!
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Summary: A real page-turner!
Review: When I first heard about the book Winter Fire, I wanted to own it. It first got my attention when one chapter of the book was included in the back of another one of my books. A superb continuation of the book Autumn Lover. It is a beautiful love story about Sarah and Case, who meet by chance when Sarah goes for a walk in the middle of the night and nearly stumbles right into the Culpepper's camp. When it mentioned that Sarah had been married at the age of thirteen, it caught my attention. When it talks about her younger brother that's dependent upon her for his well-being, I was intrigued. When it says, outright, that Case had been the one to give her her first real kiss, I was hooked. It's always like that with Lowell's books. Every one of hers is a must-have, must-see, must-read book if ever there was one. Once again, well done, Lowell!
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Summary: SWEET/ NICE ENDING!!
Review: When I first read the first two chapters of Winter Fire, it was boring so I slept. Because there was this guy who kept saying "damnit" in the book so I lost interest. But last night, I forced myself to read it because I'll be returning it to the library. I was suprised to found out it was a very beautiful story. I was awake until four in the morning just to finish the book. The book was very sweet and I liked the nice ending.
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