Rating:  Summary: sweet Review: I thought this book was beautiful. The dialouge, as is the case in most novels of the same genre, wasn't sappy or ridiculous. It was heartfelt and sincere. Shannon and Whip were well-developed characters and the story was heartwarming and beautiful!!! Anyone who likes a good romance must read this book!!
Rating:  Summary: good Review: Like the other reader, this was my second Lowell novel and first ONLY book. I did enjoy the book but thought that the resolution was to quick and too easy. I understood that Shannon loved Whip and that he was honest about his plans from the beginning, but how much can a person really take. I would think his constant reminders that he wanted her and nothing more would have diminished the love. In any case, I did enjoy the book but I would have enjoyed a more fleshed-out resolution.
Rating:  Summary: What a waste! Review: The hero and heroine were wonderful, believable and enjoyable. Their interaction and dialogue was great. Unfortunately the plot was too hilly billy and boring. Less rocky mountain stuff and more family interaction with Whip's siblings would have made this a wonderful book for me. This would NEVER be in the top 20 of my favorite books. Sorry.
Rating:  Summary: Best in the "Only" series Review: This book is the last in the "Only" series and clearly the best. It's set in the Rocky Mountains, like the other three, and the descriptions of the scenery are great. You really get a feeling that the characters are there; it's not like a cheesy romance novel that could take place anywhere. The characters are richly described and have many aspects; it's not like they are just two cardboard people who come together by some unbreakable bond and live happily ever after. Lowell always has tiny women and huge men, but in this novel, he's actually nice. In the second "Only" book, the big guy was abusive and I hated the novel. This is definately a fun read and worth the time.
Rating:  Summary: Best Romance Novel I've Ever Read!!! Review: This book was stunningly good, not only the best in the series, not only the best by Elizabeth Lowell, but the best romance I've ever read.The conflict in this was so much more than you'll find in other romances - not the silly misunderstandings that are cleared up as soon as the man catches up with the woman, not the man's refusal to admit he loves a woman, but a real conflict about a man who's driven with a restless spirit that's so much a part of him he can't give it up. The human drama of the hero's struggle is portrayed so well you feel it all the way to your bones. Commonly, one is tempted to feel contemptuous of the hero's hardheardedness or plain stupidity. However, in this book, the hero is entirely sympathetic, the conflicts spelled out, both characters understanding what they feel and what they need and how to reconcile the two. There's a scene in a cave near the end that is absolutely cinematic in its timing, drama, and visuals that it conjures up. I was amazed. After I read this book, I sat for a full five minutes just contemplating what I'd just read, and how good it was. I am not a gusher, but this novel is the pick of the litter, immensely sophisticated and satifsying. Thanks ,Elizabeth Lowell!
Rating:  Summary: enjoyable read Review: This was the second book of Lowell's, but the first in the Only series, that I have read. I really enjoy her way of bringing her charaters thoughts to life. I also was really suprised to see the Culpeppers in this. When Hunter showed up I thought great now the story goes on.
Rating:  Summary: My favorite book yet! Review: This was truly her best in the Only Series! You feel like you are apart of the story line and that you are right there with them. It couldnt put the down! I would love to see her continue the series with the other brother she talks about in the books.
Rating:  Summary: My favorite book yet! Review: This was truly her best in the Only Series! You feel like you are apart of the story line and that you are right there with them. It couldnt put the down! I would love to see her continue the series with the other brother she talks about in the books.
Rating:  Summary: Can't stand alone Review: This would have been a shorter and better book without the constant reminders that it's one in a series. The reminders were not provocative in the sense that I can't wait to read the other books, but rather I was beat about the head with patronizing incentives to find out more about the lives of ancillary characters in the books that came before Only Love in the series. Sorry, but if the next in the series that I can lay my hands on, is as condescending...I probably won't finish it OR look for any more.
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