Helpful Score: 3
The first in the Donavan series. Excellent research done by the author. I enjoyed the characters, as they were very real. I liked the setting and the general feeling of the book. Lots of suspense, well written.
Helpful Score: 3
Great book. Started off a bit slow but turned into an exciting story.
Helpful Score: 1
I thought the book was a little slow. It was an okay read but not really my type of book.
Helpful Score: 1
A good suspenseful romance. Suspense revolves around the lost fortune of the Russian Czar's world renown Amber Room, which was new to me and rather intrigueing.
consuming passion and treacherous bertayal
Excellent mix of detail about precious amber artifacts and suspense, with romance mixed into story line.
Elizabeth Lowell is her usuall suspensfull best. Intrigue and romance interwoven is once again at a premium. Enjoy a week-end untangling the mystery.
Great book with lots of twist and turns in the story and love intrest. You really enjoy the plot, find yourself wanting to read ahead and love the characters. I like the Donovan series. You won't be disappointed in this book. Lots of intrigue and adventure.
really liked the series.
Continuation of the Donovan series. Great story, including intrigue, romance, exotic locale, romance! The reader learns about a different aspect of the gem trade in each of this series of books. An added bonus that kept my attention. One of theose books you don;t want to end.
When Honor Donovan finds out her brother, Kyle, is missing, she heads to the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest to find him. Kyle is rumored to have stolen a fortune in amber, including a panel from Russia's Amber Room which was stolen by the Nazis in WWII. The police are hounding her and Honor knows Kyle wouldn't steal the gems. Determined to find him, Honor hires a "fishing guide" to help her search the islands. But Jake Mallory is not really a fishing guide. He has been doing business with Kyle Donovan and suspects that Kyle set him up to take the fall for stealing the amber.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I liked the relationship between Honor and Jake. There was real conflict between them and the fact her brother was accused of stealing the amber and making it look like Kyle was behind it. My problem with the story was there being so many people including the Feds, Russian operatives, Coast Guard, and mafia also looking for the gems. I was confused as to who was on what side of the conflict. There was also loads of information on fishing, the care and handling of boats, and how to tell if Amber is real or fake. Just too much detail for me that slowed down the story. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I liked the relationship between Honor and Jake. There was real conflict between them and the fact her brother was accused of stealing the amber and making it look like Kyle was behind it. My problem with the story was there being so many people including the Feds, Russian operatives, Coast Guard, and mafia also looking for the gems. I was confused as to who was on what side of the conflict. There was also loads of information on fishing, the care and handling of boats, and how to tell if Amber is real or fake. Just too much detail for me that slowed down the story. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
The first book in the Donovan series. Very good kept me guessing until the end. Interesting subject.
very good book, couldn't put it down and am now reading Jade Beach. Elizabeth Lowell writes excellent books that keep you enthralled.
First in the trilogy of the Donavan family, adventure, betrayal, romance
good romantic adventure
First in Donovan series. Lowell amazes with her technical knowledge and her ability to create such wonderful characters. Suspenseful keep ya guessing plot and endearing love story.
I loved this book.
First book in the Donovan International series. Elizabeth Lowell masterfully transports readers into a world of rare jewels and perilous intrigue. You will want to have all 4 books in this series and read them over and over.
****The story of a legendary treasure that inspires consuming passion and treacherous betrayal - the fabulous lost fortune that was once the Russian Czar's exquisit, world-renowned Amber Room. Research centers around glass art.
It is a good book. A wonderful series!
When her brother Kyle vanishes, along with a fortune in stolen amber, Honor Donovan settles into his cottage in the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest and hires fishing guide Jake Mallory to help her search the surrounding islands for him. What Jake doesn't want Honor to know is that, until recently, he brokered amber deals for Donovan International, run by Honor's brothers, and is now suspected by them of having stolen the missing amber, along with a priceless Russian antiquity called the Amber Room. As Honor and Jake search the high seas for Kyle, dodging wily international operatives and mysterious intruders, their smoldering distrust eventually gives way to explosive passion. But there's no guarantee that they'll survive, or that they'll forgive their mutual deceptions and create a future together. Fascinating details about amber, and less fascinating descriptions of boating, lend authenticity to this contemporary romance marked by its edgy repartee, highly charged love scenes, and gorgeous geography.
Jewelry designer Honor Donovan was never welcomed into her father's international gem-trading empire like her four brothers were. But when her favorite brother Kyle disappears, rumored to have made off with a fortune in amber, Honor defies the men of the family and heads for the San Juan Islands to find answers.
When her brother Kyle vanishes, along with a fortune in stolen amber, Honor Donovan settles into his cottage in the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest and hires fishing guide Jake Mallory to help her search the surrounding islands for him. What Jake doesn't want Honor to know is that, until recently, he brokered amber deals for Donovan International, run by Honor's brothers, and is now suspected by them of having stolen the missing amber, along with a priceless Russian antiquity called the Amber Room. As Honor and Jake search the high seas for Kyle, dodging wily international operatives and mysterious intruders, their smoldering distrust eventually gives way to explosive passion. But there's no guarantee that they'll survive, or that they'll forgive their mutual deceptions and create a future together. Fascinating details about amber, and less fascinating descriptions of boating, lend authenticity to this contemporary romance marked by its edgy repartee, highly charged love scenes, and gorgeous geography
Publisher's Note
Honor Donovan is a shrewd businesswoman, yet she has been shut out of Donovan International by her father and four brothers. When her favorite brother Kyle vanishes, along with a fortune in stolen amber, Honor's questions are ignored by the Donovan males. Defying them, she heads to the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest in search of answers.
Honor Donovan is a shrewd businesswoman, yet she has been shut out of Donovan International by her father and four brothers. When her favorite brother Kyle vanishes, along with a fortune in stolen amber, Honor's questions are ignored by the Donovan males. Defying them, she heads to the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest in search of answers.
