Shadow and Silk

That was the choice facing Danielle Warren late one night on the streets of Lhasa. With a dead man in front of her, a living one shooting at her—and the hand of a stranger held out to her in the darkness. The Other Lady Vanishes. Promise Not to Tell. The Woman Left Behind. When All the Girls Have Gone. The Legend of Nimway Hall.

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The Woman Who Couldn't Scream. Lady Osbaldestone's Christmas Goose. Shadows in the Night. The Designs of Lord Randolph Cavanaugh. Some Kind of Hero. Reckless Whisper Off the Grid: A Man to Die For. Where the Heart Is. The Art of Survival. Too Hot To Handle. Always Time to Die. Lover in the Rough. Sweet Wind, Wild Wind. The Color of Death. Blue Smoke and Murder.

Midnight in Ruby Bayou. Die in Plain Sight. Tell Me No Lies. Just Another Day in Paradise. A Woman Without Lies. The Frog and the Scorpion. The King of Nothing. The Rocking M Collection. What a nice, classy joke for her to make. Redpath was mean, judgmental and sarcastic. Then she judges her on the way she speaks, dresses, acts and reads. Was that supposed to make us like her?

What was the author thinking with putting that in there?! It was out of character and disgusting. And Katya leans over to show her cleavage off. Is it the money or her tits that turns on the bankers? Either way, she has them eating out of her ice-cold little crotch. The word tits is so gross and classless to me. The author changed perspectives and gave thoughts of all the characters with no warning whatsoever.

It was boring in so many places and easy to put down. There were so many conversations that lasted page after page after page and most were hard to follow and understand. There were so many intelligent characters and my brain struggled to comprehend what they were talking about. I wondered if the author herself knew what she was talking about, or if it really was just confusing like I thought it. Either way, the novel was way more complicated than it needed to be. I felt like I was reading a seminary piece of work on the downfall of the Soviet Union, crime syndicates, drug cartels, Buddhism, monks, and ancient textiles.

Not exactly the light romance novel I was expecting. Every single chapter she had to state where they were at and what month it was, even if it the same location and time for more than one chapter in a row. The ending was so disappointing.

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And it lasted less than a page and had so little details it barely even registered that they were having sex. I wait for over pages for 2 people to have sex—it feels like a lifetime—and then I get that? Sex scenes should be hot and steamy, they should describe every action, look, touch, not completely blow over it. And he broke his vow on a technicality—the International date line made it tomorrow where they were at, so technically he had been celibate for 3 years. This author does sadistic and twisted relationships all too well.

And omg, the ending with Katya and Kasatonin She has Kasatonin kill Katya, and worst of all, he kills himself! Are you freakin kidding me? I guess she didn't have any idea how to take them down and so took the easy way out.

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I hate when authors do that. I can barely even talk about their relationship because I was in complete and utter shock that Katya was turned on by cold vodka bottles and having her private part bitten until it drew blood, and turned on the sight of Kasatonin bleeding and there being a struggle during sex. She apparently loved him, which was just weird. The author didn't even keep up that pretense with Kasatonin. He mocked her all the time, calling her poor, sad mink and cut her, and threatened to kill her all the time.

And he even wanted Redpath more and wondered how she was during sex. This author is twisted to even come up with something like this. It takes a sick individual to think of something like this much less publish it. I'd scare myself if I thought of this and I'd be afraid of what people would think of me if I wrote it. Feb 15, E. A Risk Limited story in the orient. With Fabric this time. I quilt so a story about fabric just hit the spot. Elizabeth Lowell is a lovely writer. This story is worth every penny. Outstanding detail Romance woven throughout the story of Shadow and Silk.

Just enough adventure and terror to keep the reader guessing till the finish. Aug 15, Regina rated it liked it. This is cotton candy reading for me - I'm not too invested in the characters, I'm not crazy involved with the story, but it's interesting enough and entertaining enough that I'll likely keep reading.

I'd like, just once, in a romance novel for the heroine not to be 'the good guy'. I'd like her to switch at the end and have been working for the 'bad guys' all along. But then it probably wouldn't be a romance novel. Anyway, it's fun, light reading, if you like romance novels, and it follows along This is cotton candy reading for me - I'm not too invested in the characters, I'm not crazy involved with the story, but it's interesting enough and entertaining enough that I'll likely keep reading. Anyway, it's fun, light reading, if you like romance novels, and it follows along with the Risk Limited stories by Elizabeth Lowell - I've read several of them and they're all very good, because they focus on one or another precious thing and it's clear that Lowell does her research about that thing.

It's beach reading, but that's why I'm reading it, so there you go. It's also about a diabolical prostitute madame and her nearly penis-less assassin masochist lover. Thats it in a nutshell. Several twisted sex scenes with the man who lost most of his penis to torture and the vodka swilling russian whore, some heavy make-out sessions with the monk Ugh. Several twisted sex scenes with the man who lost most of his penis to torture and the vodka swilling russian whore, some heavy make-out sessions with the monk and the archeologist, more sexism than one can shake a stick at and a bunch of conversations about the history of silk.

Jun 17, Brandi rated it it was amazing. I have reread this wonderful story over and over. Dani and Shane are wonderfully thought out characters. Dani is a textile expert, who by touch can tell a material and the age by touch. Shane is a security specialist that has taken a vow of no sex for a year. When he saves Dani and travels with her to get back to the US, he has to try and tame his baser instincts to keep his vow. There is action and love and suspense.

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All in all this is a great read and wonderful book. I loved the characters and their personalities. I always look forward to books by Elizabeth. I really enjoyed reading another Risk Limited novel. It may not seem like a series but the introduction of Shane Crowe and Dani Warren along with Gillespie and Redpath definitely make it seems so.

I am open to more of Risk Limited adventures and maybe an update of previous characters. This was action packed with some sexual undertones. A great romantic suspense read. Even though it's dated, it still works only minus the internet. It would have been nice if Shane hadn't been so hard-headed, and like all Lowell novels seems to focus an awful lot on the bad guys. Enjoyed This was a good mystery romance I usually prefer a little less drama and more lighter banter..

I enjoyed the book and want to read more! Mar 02, C. Francis rated it it was amazing. A classic Elizabeth Lowell. I love these characters and the depth of their story. The the intrigue keeps the pages turning. Jun 05, Missy rated it it was ok. Every now and then I have to try a romance genre, just to see if there is anything I can appreciate now that I'm past the teenage years Jun 19, Pugugly rated it really liked it.

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Sep 20, Nesma rated it it was amazing. My favorite novel EVER. I think i've read it more than 20 times. Apr 23, Haley rated it liked it Shelves: I just wasn't that interested ;. Just could not get into this one.

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Not sure what it was but newer books Aretha better written than this one. Good author and this was an early effort. Jul 13, Barbara rated it really liked it Shelves: Sadly sort of I liked this early one better than the,ore recent. Feb 15, Connie Sparks rated it did not like it. I had a difficult time getting into this book. Aug 18, Marianne rated it it was ok. Karen rated it liked it Feb 18, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novel Librarian Note: The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense. Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in with a science fiction novel, Change. In Ann and Evan as A. Maxwell collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work that was condensed in Reader's Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions.

In , the first A. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday.

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The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of Ann and Evan writing as Ann Maxwell have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadows and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists. In , Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell.