Beautiful Sacrifice
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3.9 • 101 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
“This author delivers pure, undiluted excitement."
—Jayne Ann Krentz
“Romantic suspense is her true forte.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Elizabeth Lowell’s keen ear for dialogue and intuitive characterizations consistently place her a cut above most writers in this genre.”
—Charlotte News & Observer
Perennial New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell boldly puts the romance back into romantic suspense with Beautiful Sacrifice—a story of passion and intrigue centered around the ancient Mayan prediction of the apocalyptic end of everything. Lowell’s thrillingly imaginative tale unites a dedicated female archaeologist with a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer on a mission to recover priceless South American artifacts that could bring deadly chaos into our world. Beautiful Sacrifice is action, suspense, and love on a bestselling par with Lisa Gardner, Linda Howard, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Nora Roberts…and exactly the sort of romantic adventure that inspired Johanna Lindsey to declare, “Lowell is great!”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Houston-based archeologist Lina Taylor and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Hunter Johnson join forces to locate four ancient Mayan artifacts that turned up during a drug bust and then vanished. Clues point variously to grave robbers trying to sell the valuable pieces on the black market, narco lords using them in ritual killings, the revival of an ancient cult, and Lina's own shady aristocratic family in Mexico. As Lina and Hunter dodge bullets and trade wisecracks across the Southwest, Lowell (Death Echo) deftly incorporates creepy basement corpse discoveries, sleazy antiquities dealers, crumbling jungle tombs, charmingly sinister relatives, fascinating archeological elements, and a well-realized, completely invented Mayan god. Less deftly handled is the attraction between Lina and Hunter; their turgid ruminations often read like an awkward second skin stretched tightly over the primary story. But these moments are scarce as Lowell quickly and smartly returns to the breakneck pace of her intriguing narrative.
Customer Reviews
Disappointed
I was very disappointed in the latest Elizabeth Lowell novel. It was very hard to follow. Subject was too complex. Could have been a text book instead of a novel.
Not up to par
This was a profoundly disappointing novel. Indeed, it doesn't even read as though it were written by Elizabeth Lowell. Character development is weak, esp for the male lead. Typically, this author's "heroes" are complex, interesting, and provide a good part of the internal dialogue. This time out, all the male character does is ruminate about sex. Indeed, Lowell's novels typically have sensual encounters and interesting conflicts. Even the writing style is weak and more characteristic of a Harlequin first-time author. I'd like my money back.
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Disappointed, too
I kept falling asleep trying to read this book. This book is boring. It was like reading a text book. If I wanted to read a textbook, I would had taken a class and not spent money trying to get entertained. This will be the last time I am buying EL's books.