Everyone said Quillen McCain's father was crazy to look for
gold in the old family mine. In fact, his obsession killed
him. Now Quill doesn't want anything to do with the mine
except have it closed in. The land around the mine she
leases to the Renaissance Committee. During the festival she
walks around the grounds as a tale teller. She meets a
medieval necromancer and they strike up a friendship.
However, she questions her judgement when she finds out that
Tucker Ferris is the nephew of the man that wants her land
and will stop at nothing to get it. Tucker tries to convince
her that he is not in cahoots with his uncle. Quillen wants
nothing to do with the TAINTED GOLD but she does not want to
sell her land to become an amusement park. Nothing will
change her mind either, not a gas leak in her home or almost
being blown to bits by dynamite.
TAINTED GOLD kept my interest from the first page until the
last.
Readers can't help but be drawn into the story and can't
wait to see what will happen. I loved the description of the
Renaissance Festival, from the booths to the costumes. The
picture Ms. Michaels paints makes you think you are right
there seeing the period fashions and hearing the tales told
of olden days. The dialogue between Quill and Tucker is cute
and funny, and you can't help but crack a smile as you are
reading it. Each of them are strong characters in their own
right but together they are a force to be reckoned with.
There are minor characters in Quill's friends Cal and Jason,
her tenant Mrs. Sipp and Tucker's uncle Desmond Cassil that
enhance the story along the way. I had not read a book by
Ms. Michaels before and was pleasantly surprised at how much
I enjoyed this one. It's a good mystery with a bit of
romance thrown in for good measure.
Appearances can be deceiving…
Quillen McCain’s anger is hot enough to burn down every tree
on her twelve acres of wooded property. She may be a poor
freelance artist, but no amount of wealthy businessman
Desmond Cassil’s money—or his thinly veiled threats—will
make her sell this land.
It’s not only the home of the annual Cassil Springs
Renaissance Festival, it’s sacred ground. The place her
father died while mining for gold. The only way Cassil will
build an amusement park on it will be to pry the deed out of
her cold, dead hand.
She’s still fuming when handsome fellow Ren player and
geologist, Tucker Ferris, catches her eye. Then as the
tenants of her Victorian home—her only source of steady
income—begin bailing, Tucker becomes an ally. And when a
suspicious accident lands her in the hospital, he captures
her heart.
As they race to discover just how far Cassil will go to get
what he wants, Quillen and Tucker’s relationship is
threatened by a series of cold, ground-shaking truths.
Forcing them both to realize just how much they stand to lose.
This book has been previously published.
Warning: This book contains a stubborn heroine, a handsome
hero who’s more than a pretty face, and enough twists and
turns to count as an amusement park ride!
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