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Summary: Not your typical Mushy romance.
Review: First of all, I would just like to say that Elizabeth Lowell is an exceptional writer. Her storys never lack depth or substance, and this book is certainly no exception. This story involves the beautiful Cat Cochran, a photographer who lives and breathes her work. She is a woman who works day and night so that she can support her mother and two siblings. She is a woman who has been hurt by an unforgiving past. Travis Danvers is a self made rich man. His past has also left him unwary and cautious of all women. He cannot trust that any women would love anything more than money. Even himself. With that state of mind, Travis meets Cat, the lovely photographer for his book on sailboats. He is drawn to her quiet beauty, but of course assumes that she is like most of the other women he has known. Women who are only interested in him for his vast fortune. He desperately wants to believe otherwise, but he has been hurt before. Even though Cat has been deeply hurt by "rich" men, she cannot help but fall for the striking Travis Danvers. Because of her immense responsibilities, Cat cannot stop overworking herself. Travis tries to buy her time with him, but she cannot accept. She will not accept his money, she will be no man's mistress. Cat Cochran takes care of her own self. Cat and Travis' pasts hurts come in the way of their blossiming love. Past betrayals make Travis hurt Cat in an unforgivable manner. Alone and afraid, Cat loses something deeply cherished, something which means the world to her. Only the love from Travis can make the wronged, right. This is an excellent novel, which will take you and sweep you off your feet. I recommend it wholeheartedly. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Ambivalent
Review: I agree with a number of the other reviewers. This novel is emotionally intense and made me cry, but it also drove me crazy. As others said, why would Cat put up with Travis's behavior? It is brutal and emotionally abusive (something like the behavior of the main male figure, I can't remember his name, toward the heroine in the Hawaiian volcano novel; you know the one). What I enjoyed particularly was that she didn't just fall immediately into his arms (though you know she's going to at the end), and he actually had to suffer a little for what he did to her. Just out of curiosity, why is this woman bankrupting herself and ruining her health to support not only her able-bodied mother but her siblings who are in medical school? Tell them to take loans out like the other med students!
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Summary: AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE.
Review: I ALMOST DIDN'T READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE OF SOME NEGATIVE REVIEWS I'D SEEN, BUT SINCE ELIZABETH LOWELL IS A FAVORITE OF MINE, I WANTED TO GIVE IT A TRY. I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, ENJOYED THIS IMMENSELY, AND I'M VERY GLAD I DIDN'T PASS IT UP. ONCE AGAIN ELIZABETH LOWELL HAS MANAGED TO MAKE ME CARE DEEPLY ABOUT HER CHARACTERS AND TO SHARE THEIR JOY AND PAIN. I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS TO LOWELL FANS AND LET THEM DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER ITS WORTH THEIR TIME.
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Summary: WOW!!
Review: I cannot get over how intensely this book grips you from beginning to end!
What a fabulous deep romance!
They do not write romances like these anymore where the story is all about the passions, emotions, and past traumas that the hero and heroine struggle constantly with, which creates such a sensual atmosphere of tension and suspense, you will not want to put the book down until you finish it! The hero is a ship designing genius with an ugly past marriage that has blinded him to view women as money-hungry harlots. She is a talented photographer who escaped a more traumatizing marriage and is struggling financially to put her sibling twins into Medical School. She is assigned to take photos of one of his designer ships, but they meet unexpectedly before they know each other's identities and the chemistry between them is instant and genuinely open. The writing is unbelievably intense; it creates an exotically detailed, moody, and stormy atmosphere that is congruous with the characters' personalities. The reader physically feels the electrical emotions passing through them when they are fighting, making love, crying or admiring each other's artistic genius. Furthermore, the novel hardly incorporates any side characters, but when they are introduced their development is kept to a minimal-they onle serve to heighten the suspense for the main character's romance-or aid it. The ending is especially gut-wrenching and I actually wept. Judith Mcnaught fans, you will be moved by this book. As for everyone else, the same thing goes! Read it and you will not regret the sensual, sexy, tumultuous dive of a romance that you will surely experience!
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Summary: This has got it all
Review: It is really. You can feel the characters' emotions and agony. Some times you smile and some times you cry. You agonize whith them. You live them. And you miss them to extent that as soon as you finish it you start reading it again.And you keep on coming to it again and again and again.
In boring days it's a must. In lonely nights it's a need.
buy it!
believe me this is one book you'll never forget!
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Summary: Great! To keep!
Review: One of the best romance books by one of the 'greats' (ranked at the top with Susan Johnson, Sandra Brown, Linda Howard etc.). The best book from Elizabeth Lowell by far. An independent and strong woman 'Cat' falls in love with a weary, successful, wealthy 'Travis'. Mistrust in women surfaces as Travis struggles to accept that Cat loves him for himself, and not his money. Dialogue is great. I've re-read it a dozen times. More of this sort of stories, with many heart-wrenching moments, please!
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Summary: Can you believe it...I actually cried
Review: Romance novels never used to make me cry. I love reading them but I usually end up dismissing the plot and characters as fluff. I know that there will be a happy ending and therefore, read the book unemotionally. Well. I can honestly say that this book, To the Ends of the Earth, made me shed more than a tear. Actually, when my sister walked in and saw me sitting on the couch surrounded by discarded tissues. She was alarmed and thought there was actually something wrong with me. But really, this book captures the beauty and emotion of love so well that it just pulls at your heart, demanding your emotions. I simply could not detach myself from the plot. The fresh happiness of the newly-discovered love between Cat and Travis and finally the heart-wrenching climax...OH! This book was just brimming with passion and raw human emotion, stripped to the core. The diction is so fluid and appropriate that I found myself mesmerized. A truly wonderful book. Notice I didnt say romance. This book sheds the boring predictability often associated with romance and emerges out as a novel brimming with passion, dreams and most of all...LOVE
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Summary: Hits one right in the heart
Review: The characters were very real to me when i read that book. It's true that those who have never had the experience of having work themselves half to death just to put siblings to school, will never understand just how beautifully written and expressed this story is. I can identify with the character's pain and frustration at love and can vividly imagine her pain when she lost her unborn child and the distance she has set herself out, beyond the reach of anyone or anything. I think that only lowell could bring across her thoughts and feelings so well through her excellent writing ability and protrayal of the characters. The emotions coming out from the story moved me to tears.In short, it's the simple things in life which makes the most realistic story.
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Summary: Compelling.........Heart Wrenching
Review: This book was both the most fantastic and the saddest I've ever read. Noot that It doesn't have a happy ending, but Travis and Cat both have such screwed-up lives. both have been burned ny marriage and neither is willing to bend. Travis is a millionaire who was married for his money, and Cat is a photographer who was married to a rich boy who only wanted children, but she was sterile. Travis thinks that she only wants to get close to him for his money. Cat knows that her heart will be broken when he eventually answers the call of the sea and sails off in one of the sleek boats he designs. Do they have a chance at love?
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Summary: Could not put this romance book down once I picked it up!
Review: This is the best contemporary I have read in a very long time. (For the last few years, I've been reading about three to four novels a week. 70% are historicals and 30% contemps.) From the moment I opened the book, I was hooked. I actually forgot to eat my supper! For someone who lives to eat (as opposed to most folks who eat to live) this is a good indicator of the books captivating pull. When I went outside to tell my man that I forgot to fix dinner, he asked why I had to bring my novel with me. I didn't even realize I was holding it! It was as if I didn't want to leave the euphoric cloud that my head was in. The wonderful world that Elizabeth Lowell created in her book To the ends of the earth. From the minute Cat(Cathy) and Travis meet, they are instantly attracted to each other. How refreshing! I didn't have to wait until the middle of the book for them to admit to themselves that they liked the other. When I meet someone, I know within five minutes whether I'm attracted to them or not. No wonder then that I was instantly drawn to this book. By the time I got to work the next day, I was bad off. Since I had stayed up late reading, I had gotten very little sleep. I actually thought about calling in sick so I could finish reading this book. I don't smoke but took cigarette breaks during work just so I could read another few pages! Same thing during bathroom breaks and lunch breaks. So don't say I didn't warn you. Do not pick this book up to read until after you have done your chores. Preferably, read it over the weekend. There are no boring parts in this book. No wonder I couldn't put the book down. And the sensual heat that these two were able to generate... hoo-boy! Nothing too graphic but just enough sexual tension to keep me turning those pages. I went through all my emotional ranges. I was intrigued, excited, heated, and yes, my eyes got a little watery at one point. I even felt anger at Travis and if the book was written any other way, I might have given this book 4 and a half stars because he can be such a jerk sometimes. Thank goodness Cat knows how to handle him, where the door is and how to use it. Thank goodness she's no doormat. Far, far from it. In most books, I always feel that the guys never suffers enough for their misdeeds but in this book, I truly felt that Travis learned his lesson. I thought the Author handled that part very well. Most of all, I really identified with Cat. In most romances, I usually remember the hero & rarely the heroine. Cat is the exception. I can't think of any heroine that was more strong, determined and plucky than Cat. Travis learns that money can't buy hapiness but I did buy a little happiness when I bought this book. This is why I read romance.
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