Elizabeth Lowell

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Elizabeth Lowell
  • Bibliography:
    60 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1983
  • Latest Book:
    August 2015
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About the Author

Elizabeth Lowell began her writing career as Ann Maxwell in 1975 with her science fiction novel, “Change”. She has gone on to pen nine more science fiction novels, seven of which have been nominated for awards. In 1985 she entered the crime novel scene under the pen name A.E. Maxwell. She and her husband, Evan, have co-authored bestselling suspense novels such as “Shadow and Silk”. 1982, this busy author began publishing award-winning romances under the pseudonym, Elizabeth Lowell.

Elizabeth Lowell lives in the San Juan Islands with Evan. They have been married for over 40 years. She spends her free time hiking, salmon fishing, cooking, gardening and spending time on the family boat.

Full Series List in Order

Angel, Hawk and Raven

1 - A Woman Without Lies (Feb-1985)
2 - Love Song for a Raven (Jun-1987)

Donovans

1 - Amber Beach (Oct-1997)
2 - Jade Island (Sep-1998)
3 - Pearl Cove (Jun-1999)
4 - Midnight in Ruby Bayou (Jul-2000)

MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch

1 - Reckless Love (Jan-1990)
2 - Fire and Rain (Jan-1990)
3 - Outlaw (Feb-1991)
4 - Granite Man (Mar-1991)
5 - Warrior (Apr-1991)

Maxwells

1 - Autumn Lover (Apr-1996)
2 - Winter Fire (Nov-1996)

McCalls

1 - Fever (Apr-1988)
2 - Dark Fire (Nov-1988)

Medieval

1 - Untamed (Mar-1993)
2 - Forbidden (Oct-1993)
3 - Enchanted (Aug-1994)

Only

1 - Only His (Jul-1991)
2 - Only Mine (Feb-1992)
3 - Only You (Jul-1992)
4 - Only Love (Jul-1995)
5 - Autumn Lover (Apr-1996)
6 - Winter Fire (Nov-1996)

Rarities Unlimited

1 - Moving Target (Jun-2001)
2 - Running Scared (Apr-2002)
3 - Die in Plain Sight (Jul-2003)
4 - The Color of Death (Jun-2004)

St. Kilda Consulting

1 - Always Time to Die (Jul-2005)
2 - The Wrong Hostage (Jun-2006)
3 - Innocent as Sin (Jun-2007)
4 - Blue Smoke and Murder (Jun-2008)
5 - Death Echo (Jun-2010)

Multi-Author Series List

Man of the Month

13 - Fire and Rain (Jan-1990)
26 - Outlaw (Feb-1991)

Book List in Order: 60 titles

  • Summer Thunder

    Mills & Boon Desire - 77
    Silhouette Desire - 77

    TREACHEROUS BEAUTY Hers was the face that launched a thousand ads. Holly North was known to the world as the sensual and untouchable Shannon--the object of countless men's dreams. But to Lincoln McKenzie, the rancher Holly had always loved, the beau...

  • The Danvers Touch

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 18

    TOO MUCH MONEY AND TOO LITTLE LOVE Cat Cochran took nothing from her ex-husband but a determination to earn her own way in the world. Her cameras provided her with the means of making a living. Yet no matter how successful she became, she still dr...

  • Lover in the Rough

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 34
    Silhouette Sensation - 50

    INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH . . . Reba Farrall, connoisseur of jewels, and Chance Walker, a man who searched the world for gems, met in Death Valley--and there they found life. Reba was a treasure beyond price, but the precious tourmalines that tied ...

  • Summer Games

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 57

    OLYMPIC TRIALS Raine Chandler-Smith belied her slight figure with a surprising strength. She had the skill, timing, and sheer guts it took to guide a Thoroughbred through grueling cross-country endurance events. For Raine, the Olympics was the cul...

  • Forget Me Not

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 72
    Silhouette Sensation - 96

    COLD. Ice raining down. Darkness and wind . . . The nightmare woke Alana each night with a shock of absolute terror that did not diminish with waking. Those six lost days on Broken Mountain that she could not recall were tearing her apart. ...

  • A Woman Without Lies

    Angel, Hawk and Raven - 1
    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 81

    SHE COULD GIVE NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH OF HER LOVE .... Angel had known only love and the irretrievable loss brought by death. Hawk had known only hatred and unforgivable betrayal. She was a woman without lies. He was a man who had never found truth...

  • Traveling Man

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 97
    Silhouette Sensation - 121

    WHERE THE HEART IS... For as long as Shelley Wilde could remember, she had wanted a home of her own, a place where she was understood, where she was safe. After a divorce and years of putting finishing touches on homes for other people, she had f...

  • Valley of the Sun

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 109
    Silhouette Sensation - 66

    HOLD FAST TO DREAMS Hope Gardener dreamed of the day when her ranch in the Valley of the Sun would be brought to life by a reliable well. It seemed like a foolish dream, until the day she met Rio. Rio was a man without dreams. He moved like th...

  • Sequel

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 128

    GABRIEL VENTURE HAD TAUGHT HER HOW TO LOVE--AND HOW TO HATE At nineteen Joy Anderson had been innocent, trusting, and wholly in love with Gabriel Venture. Gabe was a journalist on assignment. Joy had been his guide. Together they explored Lost Ri...



  • The Fire of Spring

    Mills & Boon Desire - 265
    Silhouette Desire - 265

    LOGAN GARRETT DIDN'T BELIEVE IN LOVE He believed in revenge. Dawn Sheridan's beautiful calculating mother had destroyed Logan's older brother, and Logan had sworn vengeance. When he won the Sheridan ranch in a poker game, he should have been sati...

  • Fires of Eden

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 141

    PARADISE LOST Chase Wilcox came to Hawaii to study volcanoes -- but it was Nicole Ballard, with her dancer's body and hair like a river of flame, who poured fire over him. And he hated himself for wanting her. Cynical, disillusioned by his ex-wi...

  • Tell Me No Lies

    PUPPETS ON A STRING China's most priceless artifacts are being smuggled into the U.S. An international crisis is about to explode. Unless a desparate trap to catch a thief succeeds. And one woman is the key. LINDSAY DANCER - Her worldwide reput...

  • Too Hot to Handle

    Mills & Boon Desire - 319
    Silhouette Desire - 319

    DEVIL INCARNATE OR ANGEL IN DISGUISE? Tory Wells arrived a Sundance Ranch with only her battered suitcase, little more than two dollars and a letter from a friend, promising her employment. An Olympic-class diver recovering from knee surgery, Tory...

  • Sweet Wind, Wild Wind

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 178

    PAST, PRESENT--FUTURE? Four years ago rugged Carson Blackridge had branded Lara with his masculine touch, then crushed her innocent heart. Utterly humiliated, she'd fled the Rocking B forever. Reluctantly she was returning, but strictly to researc...

  • Love Song for a Raven

    Angel, Hawk and Raven - 2
    Mills & Boon Desire - 355
    Silhouette Desire - 355

    SHELTER FROM THE STORM Carlson Raven had never seen anyone more beautiful or more courageous than Janna Moran as she struggled against the stormy sea in the Queen Charlotte Islands. When he rescued her from the choppy waters and revived her with ...

  • Fever

    McCalls - 1
    Mills & Boon Desire - 415
    Silhouette Desire - 415

    FROM THE FRYING PAN ... Lisa Johansen, world traveler, had tasted the exotic and seen the extraordinary. But when a rancher called Rye came into her life, he ignited a feverish desire foreign to her mind, her body, her soul . . .. Rye was certa...

  • Chain Lightning

    Silhouette Intimate Moments - 256
    Silhouette Sensation - 26

    STRANGERS IN PARADISE Damon Sutter had set out to explore the Great Barrier Reef. Instead, his dreams of adventure took an unexpected twist with Mandy Blythe's arrival. Their association was supposed to be strictly business; yet she was too smart ...

  • Dark Fire

    McCalls - 2
    Bestselling Author Collection - 29
    Mills & Boon Desire - 462
    Silhouette Desire - 462

    INTO THE WOODS Cynthia's father had insisted she hire a survival specialist for her Ecuadorian trip, and she'd reluctantly complied, only to find Trace Rawlings was everything she disliked in a man: ruthless, domineering, egotistical. Yet travelin...

  • Reckless Love

    MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch - 1
    Bestselling Author Collection - 18
    Harlequin Historical - 199

    A Woman's Wild Heart Janna Wayland braved the wild challenge of the Western frontier with a fiery spirit that became legend. The savage, magnificent land was her only passion--until Ty MacKenzie's hungry eyes made her ache for things she'd never k...



  • Fire and Rain

    MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch - 2
    Man of the Month - 13
    Mills & Boon Desire - 546
    Silhouette Desire - 546

    MR. JANUARY Man: Luke MacKenzie. Description: Big. Rugged. Tough . . . and owner of the wildest, loneliest stretch of land this side of the Rockies. Secret passion: Carla McQueen. Innocent, irresistible--the one woman who could never be his. ...

  • Outlaw

    MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch - 3
    Man of the Month - 26
    Mills & Boon Desire - 624
    Silhouette Desire - 624

    MR. FEBRUARY Man: Tennessee Blackthorn, ramrod of the Rocking M, as hard and unyielding as the high-plains country that was his domain. Woman: Archaeologist Diana Saxton, obsessed with the past--afraid of the present. Challenge: To unlock the ...

  • Granite Man

    MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch - 4
    Mills & Boon Desire - 625
    Silhouette Desire - 625

    HEART OF STONE Cash McQueen was a hard man, a man who believed in the land and nothing else. With the land, a man knew where he stood. It was different with a woman. There wasn't one alive who could be trusted--and Mariah MacKenzie was no exceptio...

  • Warrior

    MacKenzie-Blackthorn or Rocking M Ranch - 5
    Mills & Boon Desire - 631
    Silhouette Desire - 631

    THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER Nevada Blackthorn, segundo of the Rocking M Ranch, was born of a warrior breed. The blood of his ancestors had given him strength. Years spent in Afghanistan's bitter struggle for freedom had taught him hard lessons. N...

  • Only His

    Only - 1

    ONLY INNOCENCE Beautiful, gently reared Willow Moran left her Civil War-ravaged home with her prized Arabian horses and the dream of joining her brother in the Colorado Rockies--trusting her fate to a rugged gunfighter whose raw masculinity demand...

  • Only Mine

    Only - 2

    THE VISCOUNT'S SAVAGE The ruggedly handsome bastard son of a viscount and a Cheyenne shaman's daughter, Wolfe Lonetree reluctantly agrees to rescue beautiful, pampered and shockingly innocent Lady Jessica Charteris from an unwanted union with a vi...

  • Only You

    Only - 3

    HER ONLY CHANCE Hardened by poverty and loss, tawny-haired Evelyn Starr Johnson seizes the opportunity to win back the treasure map stolen from her murdered foster parents. With nothing left to wager but her innocence, the wily young cardsharp sta...

  • Untamed

    Medieval - 1

    UNVANQUISHED Returning from the Crusades, unbowed and triumphant, the noble knight, Dominic le Sabre, comes to Scotland to claim his reward--the beautiful Saxon bride promised to him by the conqueror King. UNTARNISHED The well-beloved daught...

  • Forbidden

    Medieval - 2

    FOREWARNED Throughout the Disputed Lands she is called Amber the Untouched--a chaste, golden-haired beauty fleeing the remarkable love that was prophesied at her birth ... and the death that must inevitably follow. FORESEEN He comes to her in da...

  • Enchanted

    Medieval - 3

    BEWTCHED Simon the Loyal has vowed to never love, for love makes a warrior weak. His arranged marriage to a beautiful Norman heiress would be duty and no more. But more than duty stirs his blood when he first sees Araine... BETRAYED She has ...



  • Only Love

    Only - 4

    Cast adrift during the War Between The States, Shannon Conner grew to womanhood in a lonely cabin high in the Colorado Rockies. Though stubborn and courageous, Shannon is ill-prepared to deal with the predatory Culpepper brothers - and the intoxicati...

  • Autumn Lover

    Maxwells - 1
    Only - 5

    Returning to her Nevada ranch at the Civil War's end. Elyssa Sutton finds it picked bare by scavengers and coveted by determined men. Yet the proud young woman vows never again to abandon her Ruby Mountain home -- though it means enlisting the aid of...

  • Desert Rain

    Rewrite of Summer Thunder HOLLY She is a fragile innocent haunted by memories of her past and by dreams of the man who once shared her secrets...the only man she can ever truly love. SHANNON She is one of the world's great beauties, her face and...

  • Winter Fire

    Maxwells - 2
    Only - 6

    Orphaned at thirteen, a mail-order bride at fourteen, widowed at sixteen, Sarah Kennedy has learned to depend upon no one but herself--reserving all her love for her younger brother Conner, and for the wounded hawks she heals and returns to the air. ...

  • Shadow and Silk

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    A SPLIT SECOND IS ALL IT TAKES... Professor Dani Warren was willing to risk her reputation searching for that priceless piece of sacred Tibetan silk. And if she had to trust mysterious "risk-management specialist" Shane Crowe to help her recover ...

  • Where The Heart Is

    Rewrite of Traveling Man SAFE...After the pain of betrayal and divorce - after years spent decorating other people's houses - Shelley Wilde's cherished dream has finally come true: a home all her own, where she can live happily, secure...and alone...

  • Amber Beach

    Donovans - 1

    A dazzling tale of high adventure and larger-than-life characters in the story of a legendary treasure that inspires consuming passion and treacherous betrayal ... the fabulous lost fortune that was once the Russian Czar's exquisite, world-renowned A...

  • To the Ends of the Earth

    Rewrite of The Danvers Touch A WOMAN OF THE WORLD Photographer Cat Cochran has been to exotic places most people only dream about--but all she wants to do is settle down and get her life in order. One last assignment and she can put her past be...

  • Jade Island

    Donovans - 2

    Wild and restless, Kyle Donovan has freed himself from the constraints of his family's high-powered gem-trading empire to rove the world as a treasure hunter. Now the president of Donovan International has given Kyle an assignment with explosive rami...

  • Pearl Cove

    Donovans - 3

    He might help her... if the price is right. Surrounded by potential enemies, Hannah McGarry faces the mystery of her husband's suspicious death, the prospect of bankruptcy ... and the disappearance of the fabulous Black Trinity necklace that was t...



  • Remember Summer

    Rewrite of Summer Games DANGER 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 o...

  • Midnight in Ruby Bayou

    Donovans - 4

    WELCOME TO RUBY BAYOU . . .WHERE BEAUTY AND PERK ARE ONE Faith Donovan is famous for crafting exquisite jewelry studded with fabulous gems. But the dangerous task of acquiring the rare rubies she needs for her art has taught Faith to be wary of an...

  • Beautiful Dreamer

    Rewrite of Valley of the Sun Nevada's rugged, majestic beauty is a balm for the aches of Hope Gardener's heart. But the ranch she loves is dying of thirst, thanks to the worst drought the area has ever seen. Hope needs a miracle--and one day it co...

  • Moving Target

    Rarities Unlimited - 1

    The first book in the Rarities Unlimited series "When you read this, I'll be dead." The troubling message from Serena Charters's late grandmother appears in a package containing four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript -- a strange ...

  • Eden Burning

    Rewrite of Fires of Eden. A man of science, Chase Wilcox is drawn to the lush beauty of the island of Hawaii and the secrets it holds - while escaping the destruction of his own personal world. Here, where vibrant colors assault the senses - and p...

  • Running Scared

    Rarities Unlimited - 2

    In the scorching heat of the Southwestern desert, a frightened old man knows his time is quickly running out ... as the lethal secret he protects can be hidden no longer. Risa Sheridan knows everything about gold -- its mysteries, its allure, its pe...

  • This Time Love

    Joy Anderson was innocent, young, and trusting when she met Gabe Venture. An aspiring journalist with worlds to conquer, Gabe came to New Mexico to explore the natural wonders of Lost River Cave, with Joy acting as his guide. Surrounded by staggering...

  • Die in Plain Sight

    Rarities Unlimited - 3

    The third book in the Rarities Unlimited series Lacey Quinn is determined to prove that the striking landscapes she inherited, done by her late, much-loved grandfather, are as good as anything hanging in museums of California Impressionism today. ...

  • The Color of Death

    Rarities Unlimited - 4

    The fourth book in the Rarities Unlimited series Kate Chandler has accepted a commission that will solidify her reputation as a world-class gem cutter. But during what should have been a simple transfer, seven rare, priceless sapphires vanish with...

  • Death Is Forever

    Dear Reader, Sometimes, if you're very lucky, you can go home again. An earlier version of this book was titled The Diamond Tiger and came out in 1993 under the name Ann Maxwell. When my present publisher offered me the opportunity of going back t...



  • Always Time to Die

    St. Kilda Consulting - 1

    The powerful Quintrell family of New Mexico has spent decades in the public eye. Now the recent death of the clan's patriarch, a former U.S. senator, has placed his son, Governor Josh Quintrell, squarely in the spotlight as he prepares his run for th...

  • The Wrong Hostage

    St. Kilda Consulting - 2

    Orphaned at thirteen, Grace Silva clawed her way out of poverty and violence to become one of the most respected judges on the federal bench. Grace believes in the rule of law -- lives it, breathes it. She has always been buttoned up and buttoned dow...

  • Innocent as Sin

    St. Kilda Consulting - 3

    On what at first appears to be an ordinary day, everything changes for private banker Kayla Shaw when she barely escapes a brutal kidnapping attempt and finds herself accused of a shocking crime: the illegal laundering of hundreds of millions of doll...

  • Blue Smoke and Murder

    St. Kilda Consulting - 4

    Jill Breck was just doing her job as a river guide when she saved the life of the son of two of St. Kilda Consulting's premier operators. But when a string of ominous events--including a mysterious fire that kills her great-aunt and a furor in the We...

  • The Secret Sister

    Previously published as The Secret Sisters by Ann Maxwell May 1993. The Search For Her Sister Could Cost A Woman Her Life Christy McKenna, the smartest fashion writer in New York, thought she'd escaped her childhood in the impoverished rura...

  • Whirlpool

    When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person -- her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this ...

  • Death Echo

    St. Kilda Consulting - 5

    New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell cuts a new edge in suspense with this thrilling tale of passion, danger, and international intrigue in which a pair of former operatives must stop a deadly plot that threatens a major American city -...

  • Beautiful Sacrifice

    Archaeologist Lina Taylor has devoted her life to studying ancient Maya artifacts, splitting her time between digs in the Yucatan and teaching in the college classroom. Burying herself in her work, Lina has had little experience handling men -- espec...

  • Dangerous Refuge

    Murder and mystery spark unexpected romance in this captivating new tale from the beloved New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell On the surface Shaye Townsend has little in common with Tanner. He's a hard-edged big city cop come home t...

  • Night Diver

    New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell plunges into the adventurous and deadly world of underwater treasure hunters in a heart-stopping tale that superbly combines atmosphere, action, romance, and suspense After a family tragedy, Kate ...

  • Perfect Touch

    The New York Times bestselling queen of romantic suspense returns with a heart-racing tale in which a former soldier turned rancher and a beautiful designer race to stop a vicious killer -- a battle for survival that threatens to explode in an intens...

Award-Winning Books by Elizabeth Lowell

Autumn Lover
1996 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- K.I.S.S. ('Knight In Shining Silver') Hero
Only His
1991 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Sensual Historical Romance
Only Love
1995 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best Historical Single Title Romance
Tell Me No Lies
1994 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Best All-Time Contemporary Romance
Untamed
1994 Rita Award -- Historical Single Title
1996 Romance Readers Anonymous Award -- Romance with Best Spicy Love Scene


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Elizabeth Lowell has published 60 books.

Elizabeth Lowell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Perfect Touch, was published in August 2015.

The first book by Elizabeth Lowell, Summer Thunder, was published in July 1983.

Yes. Elizabeth Lowell has 9 series.
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