Sweet Wind, Wild Wind

From BooklistFour years ago, when Lara was a naive 18-year-old, she fell in love with Carson, the adopted son of the owner of the Rocking B Ranch in Montana. The unacknowledged, illegitimate daughter of Carson’s father, Lara grew up on the ranch with her grandfather. Carson responded to her passion by drawing her close, then forgoing her advances and leaving her naked and wanting. Now she’s back at the ranch to research its history, not to see Carson, but he wants to see her and literally hunts Lara down to apologize for his behavior. Slowly he starts winning her over until she starts to believe he has changed. But can Lara trust a man who does not believe in love with a secret that has the potential to destroy them? The first hardcover edition of this early Lowell novel embodies the author’s love of the west, as she explains in a letter to her readers, making Sweet Wind, Wild Wind a must for her many fans. --Patty Engelmann ReviewA young scholar returns to research the history of the Montana ranch where she was raised and discovers tragic but heart-healing secrets from the past and unexpectedly renews a fragile love. Although first published in 1987 as a Silhouette Intimate Moments and now slightly dated, this classic title still packs the sensual, emotional punch that Lowell fans have come to expect. --Library Journal, 1st August 2010