Elizabeth Lowell Books in Order
Browse Elizabeth Lowell books in order, with quick summaries, series background, pseudonyms, and easy suggestions on where to start reading.
Last updated: June 29, 2026
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Publication Order
76 books
Change
by Elizabeth Lowell
1975
Selena Christian has spent her life hiding psychic gifts on a hostile Earth. When rebel-spy Mark Curien carries her to the planet Change, her rescue becomes a fight over identity, loyalty, and survival.
The Singer Enigma
by Elizabeth Lowell
1976
An aristocrat from a brutal world collides with one of the mysterious Singers, whose talents are part music and part mind power. Their encounter turns into a dangerous struggle to understand forces neither of them can fully control.
A Dead God Dancing
by Elizabeth Lowell
1979
Tal-Lith is dying beneath a sun racing toward supernova, and its last survivors cling to life on a vast ice mountain. Lowell mixes planetary disaster with alien mystery and desperate choices.
Golden Empire
by Elizabeth Lowell
1979
Lee Buckles and Cira Pico McCartney set in motion a love story that helps shape California history. Later generations inherit the family's power, resentments, and the hard lesson that empires are never secure.
Name of a Shadow
by Elizabeth Lowell
1980
When the planet Malia breaks Concord law by waging war, Kayle and Ryth race to uncover why. Their only real hope may be Faen, and a strange instrument tied to the wisdom of the shadows.
Steal the Sun
by Elizabeth Lowell
1981
One of Lowell's early science fiction adventures, this novel throws its characters into a harsh future shaped by power struggles, danger, and desire. It is compact, fast-moving, and darker than the title first suggests.
The Jaws of Menx
by Elizabeth Lowell
1981
Psi power and shifting reality drive this eerie far-future thriller. As minds, loyalties, and even the world itself start to bend, survival depends on understanding forces that may be too dangerous to master.
Fire Dancer
by Elizabeth Lowell
1982
The last fire dancer of a vanished world becomes the focus of fear, desire, and control. Lowell opens a sweeping Concord story of rare power, political danger, and love under pressure.
Dancer's Illusion
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
Ancient mysteries, hidden motives, and dangerous alliances converge in the final leg of the Dancer arc. It brings the trilogy's romance and larger Concord questions toward a satisfying payoff.
Dancer's Luck
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
The struggle around the last fire dancer deepens as old powers, divided loyalties, and interstellar politics close in. This sequel widens the scope while keeping the emotional stakes personal.
Death is Forever
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
Erin Windsor heads into the Australian outback chasing a rumored diamond mine and quickly learns others are hunting the same secret. Cole Blackburn is her best chance of survival, and maybe her most dangerous risk.
Desert Rain
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
Holly Shannon North returns to Hidden Springs and to Lincoln McKenzie, the rancher tied to her deepest memories. In drought, desert cold, and old pain, they get one more chance at love.
Lover in the Rough
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
After inheriting a stake in a California gem mine, Reba Farrall finds herself in danger and far out of her depth. Adventurer Chance Walker can protect her, but he is just as much a threat to her heart.
To the Ends of the Earth
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
Photographer Cat Cochran takes one last assignment and ends up on the high seas with elusive ship designer Travis Danvers. Adventure, attraction, and danger rise together once caution goes overboard.
Whirlpool
by Elizabeth Lowell
1983
When a Fabergé egg appears in Laurel Swann's studio, it points straight to the father she can never quite trust. Help comes from Cruz Rowan, but staying alive may mean betting on the wrong man.
Forget Me Not
by Elizabeth Lowell
1984
A tragedy on Broken Mountain stole six crucial days from Alana Reeves's memory. When Rafe Winter leads her back toward the truth, recovery becomes a journey through fear, loss, and renewed love.
Remember Summer
by Elizabeth Lowell
1984
Olympic rider Raine Smith is used to physical risk, but not to falling for the man assigned to protect her. Cord Elliot brings secrets, danger, and a kind of love that may cost more than either expects.
A Woman Without Lies
by Elizabeth Lowell
1985
Angel, an artist in glass and light, risks her heart on the guarded and deeply mistrustful Miles Hawkins. Their romance is driven as much by grief and truth-telling as by desire.
Beautiful Dreamer
by Elizabeth Lowell
1985
Drought is killing Hope Gardener's Nevada ranch when a mysterious man named Rio arrives with a talent for finding water. Their growing connection turns a survival story into a search for something larger.
Just Another Day in Paradise
by AE Maxwell
1985
Fiddler thought Southern California's Gold Coast was trouble enough before Fiora pulled him into her twin brother's mess. Murder, federal agents, and old sparks quickly make paradise feel poisonous.
Where the Heart Is
by Elizabeth Lowell
1985
Fresh from betrayal and divorce, Shelley Wilde wants a safe home and a quiet life. Traveler Cam Remington crashes both plans, forcing her to decide whether love is danger, freedom, or home.
Eden Burning
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
Scientist Chase Wilcox comes to Hawaii to heal and bury the wreckage of his personal life. Instead he meets Nicole Ballard, a dancer and researcher whose fire matches the island's restless power.
Tell Me No Lies
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
Lindsay Danner can separate real Chinese bronzes from clever fakes, but she is less prepared for the lies of Jacob Catlin's world. An ancient coin drags them into treachery, danger, and feelings neither trusts.
The Fire of Spring
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
Logan wins Dawn Sheridan's ranch in a poker game and thinks revenge will finally satisfy him. Instead he finds himself pulled toward the daughter of the woman he blames.
The Frog and the Scorpion
by AE Maxwell
1986
Fiora leaves Fiddler alone for the summer, which turns out to be a terrible idea. He stumbles into an old, ugly conflict on the Southern California coast and has to survive long enough to make sense of it.
This Time Love
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
Joy Anderson and Gabriel Venture shared a life-changing love, then he left and never knew the whole cost. Seven years later, his return forces both of them to face old choices and unfinished love.
Timeshadow Rider
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
This romantic science fiction adventure moves through time-shadowed longing, strange forces, and the pull of lives that do not fit ordinary limits. It is one of Lowell's dreamier, more emotional SF novels.
Too Hot to Handle
by Elizabeth Lowell
1986
Tory Wells comes to Sundance Ranch needing work and gets a cold welcome from Ethan Reever. Pride, attraction, and ranch life turn a simple job into a stubborn battle of hearts.
Gatsby's Vineyard
by AE Maxwell
1987
An old friend in Napa wine country needs Fiddler's help, and Fiora refuses to let him walk into danger alone. Beneath the vineyards, Lowell uncovers blood, loyalty, and old dreams that curdle.
Love Song for a Raven
by Elizabeth Lowell
1987
Caught in a storm near the Queen Charlotte Islands, Janna Morgan is pulled from freezing water by Carlson Raven. Rescue turns into isolation, desire, and the harder question of whether gratitude can become love.
Redwood Empire
by Elizabeth Lowell
1987
In California's redwood country, family ambition and hard-earned wealth grow side by side with jealousy and desire. Lowell turns frontier business into an emotional saga about land, power, and the people fighting to hold both.
Sweet Wind, Wild Wind
by Elizabeth Lowell
1987
Lara Chandler and Carson Blackridge are bound by the bitter history of the ranch that raised them. Saving the Rocking B may mean facing the past they both tried to outrun.
Chain Lightning
by Elizabeth Lowell
1988
Traumatized by an old tragedy, Mandy Blythe fears both flying and water, then ends up trapped on a Great Barrier Reef getaway with Damon Sutter. Survival means facing fear, desire, and a very inconvenient dream.
Dark Fire
by Elizabeth Lowell
1988
Cindy McCall heads into Ecuador's cloud forest expecting a guide, not a man like Trace Rawlings. Family deception and wilderness danger push them toward a love neither is ready to trust.
Fever
by Elizabeth Lowell
1988
Lisa Johansen and Ryan McCall both come from unusual, privileged worlds and both want something more real. On McCall land, attraction flares into a romance that has to survive life beyond the meadow.
Just Enough Light to Kill
by AE Maxwell
1988
A killing near the border drags Fiddler back into danger he cannot ignore. He tries to keep Fiora safe by leaving her behind, and quickly learns that was the wrong move.
Art of Survival
by AE Maxwell
1989
A flat tire in Santa Fe sends Fiddler into a murder case involving art, tax scams, and millions of dollars. Fiora is back in the hunt, which helps, except when it doesn't.
Fire and Rain
by Elizabeth Lowell
1989
Carla McQueen has loved Luke MacKenzie since she was a teenager, but Luke thinks the Rocking M legacy is poison. One summer at the ranch forces them to choose between love and fear.
Reckless Love
by Elizabeth Lowell
1989
In Utah Territory after the Civil War, lonely Janna Wayland saves bruised horseman Tyrell MacKenzie and falls hard. He dreams of breeding a legendary stallion, she dreams of being enough.
The Golden Mountain
by Elizabeth Lowell
1990
This wide-angle historical saga follows family, fortune, and survival in the American West. Lowell blends romance and hardship into a story about what it costs to build a future from rough country.
Granite Man
by Elizabeth Lowell
1991
Mariah MacKenzie returns to Colorado with a treasure map and far too many problems. Cash McQueen looks like one more complication until prospecting, danger, and desire draw them together.
Money Burns
by AE Maxwell
1991
Another Southern California case pulls Fiddler and Fiora into a mess where greed, danger, and old trouble refuse to stay buried. Their chemistry stays sharp, even when the stakes turn lethal.
Only His
by Elizabeth Lowell
1991
Willow Moran crosses a Civil War scarred landscape with Arabian horses and a dangerous guide. Caleb Black plans on revenge, until Willow becomes the need he cannot shake.
Outlaw
by Elizabeth Lowell
1991
Archaeologist Diana Saxton comes to the Rocking M to study Anasazi ruins and finds herself under the protection of ramrod Ten Blackthorn. What begins as guarded attraction turns risky fast.
Warrior
by Elizabeth Lowell
1991
Wildlife biologist Eden Summers rescues an injured stranger in the Colorado Rockies and unleashes Nevada Blackthorn on her orderly life. He is built for survival, not attachment, which makes the attraction even harder.
Only Mine
by Elizabeth Lowell
1992
To escape an arranged marriage, Lady Jessica Chateris agrees to America and a frontier marriage with Wolfe Lonetree. The wild West tests her courage long before it rewards her heart.
Only You
by Elizabeth Lowell
1992
Cardsharp Eve Johnson steals more than a win when she crosses paths with sharpshooter Reno Moran. Their hunt for hidden gold becomes a chase powered by danger, desire, and mutual deception.
The King of Nothing
by AE Maxwell
1992
A cursed sword, a dead man, and international politics land Fiddler and Fiora in another fast-moving case. Their partnership is finally getting steadier, which only makes the danger worse.
Thunderheart
by Elizabeth Lowell
1992
FBI agent Ray Levoi is sent to a murder investigation on a South Dakota reservation, partly because of the Sioux heritage he has tried to deny. The case forces him to confront violence, politics, and identity.
Forbidden
by Elizabeth Lowell
1993
Amber has long feared the love and death foretold for her, until wounded Duncan arrives exactly as prophecy promised. When memory returns and enemies close in, passion becomes the most dangerous choice.
Murder Hurts
by AE Maxwell
1993
Fiddler thinks unfinished business from the past is finally coming due, then someone starts killing people with his stolen gun. When Fiora ends up in jail, the case becomes very personal.
Untamed
by Elizabeth Lowell
1993
Crusader Dominic le Sabre returns to claim Lady Margaret of Blackthorne as his bride, and the match could easily start a war. Lowell pairs conquest, prophecy, and fierce attraction in full medieval mode.
Enchanted
by Elizabeth Lowell
1994
Simon agrees to marry a reluctant Norman heiress for peace, not love. Ariane brings fear, silence, and deep old hurt into the match, leaving both of them to learn trust the hard way.
The Ruby
by Elizabeth Lowell
1994
A priceless Fabergé egg links Laurel Swann to the father who never stays still and to enemies who kill for what he carries. Cruz Rowan can keep her alive, if she dares let him.
The Secret Sister
by Elizabeth Lowell
1994
Fashion writer Christy McKenna returns to red-rock country after a desperate call from her famous sister, Jo. By the time she arrives, Jo is gone and the trail leads to stolen artifacts and danger.
Only Love
by Elizabeth Lowell
1995
Raised in isolation high in the Colorado Rockies, Shannon Conner knows how to survive but not whom to trust. Rafael Whip Moran is just as wary, which makes their attraction as risky as the men hunting her.
Autumn Lover
by Elizabeth Lowell
1996
Elyssa Sutton returns to her Wyoming ranch after the Civil War and finds it stripped bare and under threat. Hunter Maxwell is bent on revenge, but helping her may change what he is fighting for.
Winter Fire
by Elizabeth Lowell
1996
Sarah Kennedy, widowed young and used to caring for wounded hawks, rescues hard-bitten veteran Case Maxwell. Their bond grows in a brutal landscape where old enemies and old grief are never far away.
Amber Beach
by Elizabeth Lowell
1997
When Honor Donovan's brother vanishes with stolen amber, she heads to the Pacific Northwest for answers. Jake Mallory knows far more than he admits, and the truth could get them both killed.
Shadow and Silk
by Elizabeth Lowell
1997
Danielle Warren escapes a shooting in Lhasa by taking Shane Crowe's outstretched hand. Together they chase a fragile silk relic through danger, intrigue, and a trust neither planned on.
Jade Island
by Elizabeth Lowell
1998
Treasure hunter Kyle Donovan is sent to investigate the theft of a legendary Chinese treasure. The main suspect, jade expert Lianne Blakely, may be innocent, but wanting her is dangerous too.
Pearl Cove
by Elizabeth Lowell
1999
Hannah McGarry's husband's death, looming bankruptcy, and a missing necklace leave her desperate for help. Archer Donovan may provide it, if they can survive the black-pearl trail first.
Midnight in Ruby Bayou
by Elizabeth Lowell
2000
Jewelry artist Faith Donovan enters Ruby Bayou searching for rare rubies and finds an old Georgia clan guarding deadly secrets. Owen Walker knows the trade, the danger, and maybe too much.
Moving Target
by Elizabeth Lowell
2001
A dead grandmother's package leaves Serena Charters with pages from an ancient manuscript and a trail of bodies. Erik North of Rarities Unlimited is her best guide through the mystery.
Running Scared
by Elizabeth Lowell
2002
Gold expert Risa Sheridan knows one ancient artifact feels wrong, but her boss Shane Tannahill cannot resist it. Soon they are neck-deep in greed, murder, and a treasure with a very long history.
Die in Plain Sight
by Elizabeth Lowell
2003
Inherited paintings send Lacey Quinn digging into her grandfather's past and straight toward murder. Security specialist Ian Lapstrake helps her decode the art before someone burns the truth for good.
The Color of Death
by Elizabeth Lowell
2004
Gem cutter Kate Chandler loses a courier, seven rare sapphires, and any chance of an ordinary life in a single blow. With federal agents close behind, she has to trust FBI man Sam Groves.
Always Time to Die
by Elizabeth Lowell
2005
Genealogist Carly May is hired to map a powerful New Mexico family's history and uncovers secrets with real political weight. Dan Duran may be the only ally she can trust, or the most dangerous.
The Wrong Hostage
by Elizabeth Lowell
2006
A St. Kilda operative and a woman caught in a kidnapping nightmare are pushed into a brutal race for survival. Lowell keeps the pressure on with pursuit, deception, and trust built under fire.
Innocent as Sin
by Elizabeth Lowell
2007
Private banker Kayla Shaw is suddenly branded a criminal and hunted by people who want her dead. Rand McCree offers protection, but revenge is the only thing he fully believes in.
Blue Smoke and Murder
by Elizabeth Lowell
2008
River guide Jill Breck saves the wrong man at the right time and ends up pulled into the cutthroat Western art world. With Zach Balfour guarding her, threats turn into murder fast.
Death Echo
by Elizabeth Lowell
2010
Former CIA officer Emma Cross thinks a stolen yacht case will be easy money. Instead she and ex-military MacKenzie Durand find gangsters, mirror-image boats, and more trouble than either left behind.
Beautiful Sacrifice
by Elizabeth Lowell
2012
Archaeologist Lina Taylor wants missing Maya artifacts back where they belong. To find them, she has to work with former federal officer Hunter Johnston, a man almost as disruptive as the case.
Dangerous Refuge
by Elizabeth Lowell
2013
Shaye wants to preserve an old ranch, Tanner returns to settle his uncle's estate, and neither trusts the other at first. A suspicious death turns their friction into a murder hunt and then more.
Night Diver
by Elizabeth Lowell
2014
Kate Donnelly returns to her family's Caribbean dive business to keep it afloat and walks back into a sea she still fears. Former military diver Holden Cameron helps investigate disappearing treasure and missing divers.
Perfect Touch
by Elizabeth Lowell
2015
Art dealer Sara Medina takes a job at a Wyoming ranch and lands in the middle of a family feud over paintings. Jay Vermilion is already hard enough to handle before murder makes everything sharper.
Where should I start?
If you want jewel-soaked romantic suspense: Amber Beach → Jade Island → Pearl Cove → Midnight in Ruby Bayou
If you want sweeping frontier romance: Only His → Only Mine → Only You → Only Love
If you want medieval passion and prophecy: Untamed → Forbidden → Enchanted
If you want modern security thrillers: The Wrong Hostage → Innocent as Sin → Blue Smoke and Murder → Death Echo
If you want her early science fiction: Change → The Singer Enigma → A Dead God Dancing → Fire Dancer
Author bio
Elizabeth Lowell is the pen name Ann Maxwell uses for the books that made her a major name in romance and romantic suspense. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 5, 1944, she later studied English literature at the University of California, Riverside, earning her BA in 1966.
She met Evan Maxwell in college, and the two would become long-time collaborators as well as spouses.
Lowell did not begin in romance. Her first published novel was the science fiction book Change in 1975, after a stretch of rejections and the kind of persistence that turns hopeful writers into working writers. Science fiction stayed important to her for years, and books like The Singer Enigma, A Dead God Dancing, and the later Fire Dancer novels show how much she enjoyed strange worlds, big ideas, and high personal stakes.
Then she opened another door.
Beginning in the early 1980s, she started publishing romance as Elizabeth Lowell. Those books kept the adventure, the research-heavy settings, and the danger, but moved the emotional story closer to the center. Readers who come for the romance usually stay for the capable heroines, wary heroes, and the sense that the setting, whether it is the Rockies, a medieval borderland, or the Pacific Northwest, matters as much as the plot.
A few titles show that range especially well. Untamed helped make her medieval romances stand out. Only His and the rest of the Only books turned the post-Civil War West into a place of longing, violence, and hard-won trust. Later, Amber Beach and Jade Island brought gems, treasure hunts, and family intrigue into contemporary romantic suspense, while The Wrong Hostage and Death Echo show how comfortable she became with faster, darker modern thrillers.
She also wrote with Evan Maxwell under other names, especially A. E. Maxwell. Together they produced the Fiddler and Fiora mysteries and other suspense work, plus a nonfiction book about Arctic life. That range is part of what makes her bibliography fun to explore. One shelf leads to western romance, the next to crime fiction, the next to far-future adventure.
Certain Lowell interests show up again and again: rare stones, art, archaeology, remote landscapes, and people who are excellent at their jobs but much less sure of their hearts. Her books are full of ranches, wild water, caves, deserts, coastlines, and characters who keep running into danger at the exact moment they start caring about someone.
She has also collected the plain kind of career markers that speak for themselves. Her books have appeared on bestseller lists for decades, and under the Elizabeth Lowell name she received major honors from romance writers' organizations, including a lifetime achievement award.
These days, she and Evan have long been associated with the Pacific Northwest. Away from the desk, she has been linked with hiking, salmon fishing, cooking, gardening, and time on the family boat. It all fits the books, really. Even when the setting changes, the natural world is rarely just background. It is part of the story.
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