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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780380789887
ISBN number: 0380789884
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 432
Printing Date: June 01, 2000
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: June 06, 2000
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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 to be her financial security. Desperate, she calls Archer Donovan, a silent partner in Pear Cove, her late husband's pearl farm venture. He might help her...if the price is right.
Archer Donovan would rather forget he'd ever heard of Pearl Cove...its memories of living on the dark side, the soul-numbing certainty that there was no law, no justice, no mercy; just hunters and the hunted. That life taught him to trust no one but family. But when Hannah McGarry calls in an old debt Archer is back in the game. And at his side in pursuit of the stolen fortune is a woman he shouldn't want, yet cannot resist...a woman who may know more than she's telling about her husband's death...and more than is safe to know about the dark and elusive grey pearls. With deadly competitors on their tails, Archer and Hannah race through uncharted waters in search of the fabulous Black Trinity. And the closer they come to finding the coveted pearls, the closer they come to danger and death...and to each other.
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Setting: Contemporary Seattle, Washington, and Pearl Cove, Australia
Sensuality: 8
The eldest brother in one of Seattle's most powerful families, Archer Donovan is handsome, dangerous, and fascinated by pearls. He's also been in love with Hannah McGarry, his half-brother's wife, for the last 10 years. Far away in Australia, Hannah's loveless marriage ends in violence when a cyclone tears apart her pearl farm and her husband, Len, dies. But Len's death wasn't an accident; he was murdered. Desperate for help, Hannah places a call to Archer, who rushes to her side and quickly finds that powerful competitors in the pearl trade are circling Pearl Cove like buzzards.
Businessmen, criminals, and government agencies are willing to do whatever it takes to find a fabulous pearl necklace, named the Black Trinity, and to learn Len's secret formula for producing the extraordinary grey pearls. Racing against time and tracked by enemies too numerous to count, Archer and Hannah begin a dangerous game of hide and seek to find Len's murderer and recover the Black Trinity. But even if the two lovers survive their adventure, will Archer find a way to convince Hannah that he's a different man from his unbalanced half-brother? And can Hannah find the courage to chance her heart and love again?
Readers who have waited impatiently for this third book about the Donovan family won't be disappointed. Lowell combines her trademark sophisticated suspense and sexual intensity with a plot rich in the fascinating lore of cultured pearls and full of Australian atmosphere and the sights and sounds of Seattle. --Lois Faye Dyer
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This was my very first Lowell. Pretty basic storyline, but the strength was found in the subject of pearls. That was interesting and different. The thing that had me grinding my teeth was the incessant use of the word 'ruthless'. Enough already. If I'm not going to be told precisely WHY and HOW the man is 'ruthless' then just shut up about it already. There were all of these mysterious hints about his ruthlessness but no specific detail. Just ruthless overuse of the word ruthless. The heroine can't understand his gentleness with an infant because he's so RUTHLESS!! She is confused by a tender caress because he is so RUTHLESS!!The overuse of a single word like that can kill a book for me. I hope my review doesn't seem too ruthless.
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Sexy and mysterious, Archer is the eldest of the Donovan siblings and the most interesting. I found this to be my favorite of Donovan series because of the characters, the details regarding the pearl industry and of course, the attraction and sex appeal of between Hannah and Archer.
I recommend all the other Donovan stories but definitely, this should be read last....
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I had a great time with this book. Not only is it well written, but the characters are so enjoyable. I love this series, and I love Elizabeth Lowell. If you want a great book that will entertain you and make you laugh, this is for you, but I warn you don't start it late at night, because you aren't going to want to put it down. The main characters are funny and human. They have their good and their bad points, and you get to know them through out the book. You see their relationship change and grow. The supporting characters are an important part of the story, and EL doesn't forget about them. Basically, any of the books in this series are terrific, so pick up any of them, but if you can, go in order :)
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I have enjoyed the two other stories that I have read about the Donovan clan, and have always wanted to read more about Archer. He was always a compelling figure in the other two novels. I was not let down even though I had my worries about Hannah. However, you really could not blame her about how she felt about getting into a commited relationship with Archer. He did share some of those same qualities as her abusive husband, Len. It just took awhile for her to see that he also possessed some really great qualities that would make him a wonderful husband and father. However, it made for an interesting romance. God, Archer is truly a complex man as well as an awesome lover. All of their love scenes are truly hot.
To make Hannah believeable, in that she had a strict missionary upbringing and was kind to quick to take on Archer as a lover, is to remember that Hannah was truly a rebellious spirit. She actually ran away from the missionary life. Also, she did not share a real marriage or bed with her husband for at least seven years. She was starved for a human touch. Also, Archer is a dynamic not to mention handsome and compelling figure of a man. It would be hard for any real female to not be drawn to him.
I really enjoyed this story; the mystery involving the death of her husband along with a complicated romance made it an awesome read.
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I have read several of Elizabeth Lowell's and books and have enjoyed all of them. But this book is favorite,why because of Archer Donovan ans Hannah NcCrary. Archer had loved her for the past 10yrs, but his half-brother Len had married her. Now Len is dead and his famous Black Tahaitian Pearl necklace called Trinity is missing,now Hannah and Archer are on a wild adventure to find Len's murderer and the necklace. Very exciting and enjoyable and highly recommended. Read the four books in the series. I want her to write another book about this family...................PLEASE.......
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