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Innocent as Sin
Author Notes
Elizabeth Lowell is actually a pen name for the real person named Ann Charters Maxwell. Maxwell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1944. She was educated at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Riverside, where she received a B.A. in 1966. She married Evan Maxwell, a journalist, on September 4, 1966. They have published numerous novels together including The Silk Strategy, The Ruby, Steal the Sun, Redwood Empire, and The Golden Mountain.
Maxwell started her writing career in 1975 with the science fiction novel Change. She has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense. She has written under numerous pen names including A. E. Maxwell, Annalise Sun, and Lowell Charters. In 1982, she began publishing romance novels as Elizabeth Lowell. She was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 1994, Romance Writers of America Best Historical Romance in 1994, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. Her title Beautiful Sacrifice made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Excerpts
Excerpts
Innocent as Sin LP Chapter One Africa Late March Wearing dirty camouflage gear, boots, and insect repellent, Rand McCree crouched behind the tattered grass blind. His camera's extreme-long-distance lens filled the hole cut in the loosely woven grass. Even though the sun was barely above the eastern horizon, Rand was sweating. He didn't notice it. In the Demo cratic Republic of Camgeria, whether it was tropical coastland or scrubby interior, men sweated. It was how they knew they were alive. Through the camera lens Rand watched the rebels--or freedom fighters, depending on your politics--wait next to heavy trucks parked just off the south end of the miserable, barely scraped dirt strip that passed for a runway in this part of Africa. Next to him, his twin jerked, kicking the AK-47 lying between the two men. "Settle down," Rand said softly. "The plane will be along eventually." "Something bit me," Reed muttered. "Are your shots current?" "Yeah." "Then what are you bitching about?" "I feel like a bush blood bank." Rand smiled. "You are." "How did I let you talk me into this?" "Me? You were the one going on about a lifetime opportunity to get a picture of the most dangerous, mysterious arms trader since--" "Yeah, yeah," Reed interrupted. "Don't remind me." "Not more than twice a day." "More than that. At least twice since--" " Quiet ." Reed shut up and heard the whining growl of turboprops. He raised his powerful binoculars and began searching the dusty sky in the direction of the sound. "Got him," he said to his twin. "Coming in at three o'clock, flying low. And I mean low." He whistled softly through his teeth. "That's a ballsy pi lot. Or a drunk. His gear is raking leaves." "Just one of the problems of flying without filing a flight plan." Rand concentrated on getting the unmarked, unlighted Ilyushin Il-4 in focus as it approached the dirt strip. "Keep an eye on the countryside. We don't want to explain what we're doing here." "Nobody would ask," Reed said. "They'd just shoot us." "Like I said--" "He's going straight in," Reed interrupted, excitement in his voice. "You got him?" "Yeah. Watch that you don't flash sunlight off your binocular lenses." "Kiss mine. We're going to nail the Siberian's baby-killing ass." Rand grinned. The thing about having an identical twin was that he was . . . identical. You talked to each other because you could. But it wasn't necessary. He'd do what you'd do in his place. No thought required. The plane leaped into focus. No insignia. No numbers. No identifying marks at all. Surprise, surprise. Silently Rand went to work. Innocent as Sin LP . Copyright © by Elizabeth Lowell. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
