Precious Metals edition by LA Witt Romance eBooks
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For Constable Paul Benson of the North-West Mounted Police, monotony is a blessing. As a provision inspector below the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike Gold Rush, he’s seen miserable conditions and gold fever turn civilized prospectors into madmen.
Joseph Starling is on his way to the Klondike to find the men who savagely beat him, murdered his eldest brother, and stole their mining machine. They’ll kill his youngest brother if Joseph doesn’t operate the machine for them — it won’t work without him. With time running out, Joseph must purchase an expensive ticket aboard a crash-prone airship. But the station is miles away through dangerous terrain.
Under orders, Paul grudgingly escorts Joseph, but quickly finds himself intrigued by the young man. As they make their way toward Juneau, it’s not just the need for warmth that drives them closer together. But neither man can draw an easy breath until they make it to the gold fields . . . and there’s no guarantee that Joseph’s brother will still be alive when they do.
Word count 43,000; page count 171
Precious Metals edition by LA Witt Romance eBooks
I read the first book in this series that combines Steampunk Romance against the Klondike Gold strike and loved it so I was eager to give the second book a go as a result. This was moderately engaging and offered a good adventure, but lacked some of the umph that grabbed me in the first book.This is the second book in the series, but it was only loosely tied to the first book as far as plot was concerned.
Canadian Mounted Police Constable Paul Benson is serving at Chilkoot Pass into the Klondike gold fields when a man is brought into camp near death. Paul helps keep him alive and then hears the story of how Joseph Starling and his brothers were set upon with one brother killed and the other kidnapped all so the thieves could steal their gold and the special digging machine they used to unearth the gold faster.
Joseph's younger brother was taken and kept alive so that he would run the machine, but Joseph is the only one who knows how. He is frantic to get back and rescue his brother before the thieves figure out that David can't run the machine and kill him.
Paul sympathizes with Joseph's plight, but he can't bend the rules to allow a man without supplies through the pass not only for his own safety in the cold lands beyond, but the other prospectors would riot. Joseph is near desperation, but then Paul's sergeant orders Paul to escort Joseph to Juneau and get him on an airship that will take him to Dawson City where he can find his brother and rescue him.
Along the way, their reluctant alliance becomes something more as they face danger and hardship together. Paul respects Joseph's tenacity and Joseph feels safe with the capable Paul at his side. They form something tentative between them, but don't think it can last when Joseph goes on to Dawson City and Paul goes back to his duty at Chilkoot Pass.
This one had an exciting premise and I love the historical backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush blended with some steampunk technology. It started out well for me with the danger element of Joseph nearly dying, his brother captive to murderers and thieves in the gold fields, and the time element of being back in time to save the brother. I also liked Paul and Joseph's early antagonism as Paul was trying to keep Joseph safe and follow the law while Joseph was just desperate to return for his brother.
But then it fizzled out a bit for me. It was on the under-developed side as to characters and romance- not absent of development, but there was a need for more. I will even say that for all that Joseph's heart was in the right place, I felt he got bratty a few times and wouldn't see reason.
The romance was quick in actual time since they went from strangers to a little over a week later thinking in terms of a future together. And it felt even quicker because of their antagonism and then also Joseph went from never having been with a woman or man or even thinking about his sexual orientation to suddenly accepting of what he was starting up with Paul. Paul was gentle and careful with Joseph and I liked how these two were when they were together in those scenes in the cave and on the airship together.
Near the end, it got exciting though the denouement did brush over things. I was left with a few questions and I only had a hazy idea about their future. Again, I felt it needed more time instead of just the 'riding off into the sunset' thing.
All that said, I was glad to have read it and would recommend it to those who enjoy mild steampunk elements, slightly spicy romance, and a historical adventure bundled into one book.
My thanks to Riptide Publishing for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Precious Metals edition by LA Witt Romance eBooks Reviews
Precious Metals is the second book set in L.A. Witt’s Metals Universe – a series of standalone historical action/adventure romances set in a steampunk version of the Klondike Gold Rush – and follows the story of a young man desperate to return to the frozen Klondike gold fields to save his kidnapped younger brother, the Mountie assigned to help him, and the deep emotional and physical connection the two men develop while on their dangerous quest.
First off, don’t worry if you haven’t read the first book in the Metals Universe, as the two books are complete standalones with no overlapping characters (although I would recommend the first book).
The action/adventure parts of this book were absolutely nail-biting. The journey the two men undergo through the icy landscape is fraught with peril and the two do not get through it unscathed. I love that about this series, that Witt doesn't wrap her characters in bubble wrap, she allows her characters to be hurt and it lends a kind of gritty realness to the story.
I really liked the characters as well. Joseph is young and stubborn, determined to save his younger brother. He’s also technologically smart and handsome to boot. Paul is the older and wiser of the two, and he keeps Joseph going with steely determination and a projection of optimism, even when he doesn't quite believe it himself. The two men start off not really that fond of each other, but their relationship grows quickly in the kind of intense way that can only happen between two people thrown into life or death circumstances (1 part attraction, 1 part compatibility, 2 parts adrenaline and 1 part making every moment count).
Witt is one of my favorite go-to writers for really good, page-turning romance books, and this one did not disappoint. I absolutely recommend Precious Metals – from the first page to the last, I never put this book down.
*I received an ARC of this book to review. You can find this review and others like it at BookAndCoffeeAddict.com, along with recommendations for a fantastic cup of coffee.
I read the first book in this series that combines Steampunk Romance against the Klondike Gold strike and loved it so I was eager to give the second book a go as a result. This was moderately engaging and offered a good adventure, but lacked some of the umph that grabbed me in the first book.
This is the second book in the series, but it was only loosely tied to the first book as far as plot was concerned.
Canadian Mounted Police Constable Paul Benson is serving at Chilkoot Pass into the Klondike gold fields when a man is brought into camp near death. Paul helps keep him alive and then hears the story of how Joseph Starling and his brothers were set upon with one brother killed and the other kidnapped all so the thieves could steal their gold and the special digging machine they used to unearth the gold faster.
Joseph's younger brother was taken and kept alive so that he would run the machine, but Joseph is the only one who knows how. He is frantic to get back and rescue his brother before the thieves figure out that David can't run the machine and kill him.
Paul sympathizes with Joseph's plight, but he can't bend the rules to allow a man without supplies through the pass not only for his own safety in the cold lands beyond, but the other prospectors would riot. Joseph is near desperation, but then Paul's sergeant orders Paul to escort Joseph to Juneau and get him on an airship that will take him to Dawson City where he can find his brother and rescue him.
Along the way, their reluctant alliance becomes something more as they face danger and hardship together. Paul respects Joseph's tenacity and Joseph feels safe with the capable Paul at his side. They form something tentative between them, but don't think it can last when Joseph goes on to Dawson City and Paul goes back to his duty at Chilkoot Pass.
This one had an exciting premise and I love the historical backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush blended with some steampunk technology. It started out well for me with the danger element of Joseph nearly dying, his brother captive to murderers and thieves in the gold fields, and the time element of being back in time to save the brother. I also liked Paul and Joseph's early antagonism as Paul was trying to keep Joseph safe and follow the law while Joseph was just desperate to return for his brother.
But then it fizzled out a bit for me. It was on the under-developed side as to characters and romance- not absent of development, but there was a need for more. I will even say that for all that Joseph's heart was in the right place, I felt he got bratty a few times and wouldn't see reason.
The romance was quick in actual time since they went from strangers to a little over a week later thinking in terms of a future together. And it felt even quicker because of their antagonism and then also Joseph went from never having been with a woman or man or even thinking about his sexual orientation to suddenly accepting of what he was starting up with Paul. Paul was gentle and careful with Joseph and I liked how these two were when they were together in those scenes in the cave and on the airship together.
Near the end, it got exciting though the denouement did brush over things. I was left with a few questions and I only had a hazy idea about their future. Again, I felt it needed more time instead of just the 'riding off into the sunset' thing.
All that said, I was glad to have read it and would recommend it to those who enjoy mild steampunk elements, slightly spicy romance, and a historical adventure bundled into one book.
My thanks to Riptide Publishing for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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