Desert Breeze Publishing
Featuring: Susan Marie Van Pelt; Digger Van Pelt; Jed Miller
232 pages ISBN: 0149519966 EAN: 2940149519965 Kindle: B00JU27UAC Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Silver Sweethearts is set in Nevada in 1869. Susan Marie
Van Pelt leaves her Uncle's brownstone in New York City to
join her father on his silver claim in Nevada. Having just
enough money to get to the claim, she arrives only to find
out that her father died a month prior. She finds herself
partnered with a crude miner named Jed Miller.
Jed Miller has recently buried his friend and partner,
Digger Van Pelt. Now his daughter shows up, after he
already sent word for her not to come. When he sees Susan
in the company of Henry Fox, the local attorney, Jeb feels
like he needs to protect her.
When Susan meets Fox, she is smitten with his gentlemanly
manners. She agrees to visit him to go over her father's
affairs, but when he discloses that she must work the claim
for ten days in order to keep it, she is furious that Jed
never told her. However, when Fox proposes marriage to her
in order to obtain her half of the claim, she buys herself
some time and goes to Jed to get some answers.
Susan arrives at the claim alone and furious. Knowing that
Fox has set his sights on the claim, and will even propose
marriage to her in order to get it, Susan comes up with the
only plan she feels that would work. A marriage of
convenience.
After the pair weds, they return to the claim in order to
work together to keep the claim and the silver out of Fox's
hands. However the more time the pair spend together, the
more they get to know each other, and the more their
feelings grow. Jed had promised Susan that they would not
consummate their marriage, but the more time he spends with
her, the more he wants to bed her.
I really enjoyed SILVER SWEETHEARTS. Jackie Leigh Allen's
writing flows beautifully in this novel. Her characters are
simple, yet really well written into the storyline. You
can't help but want the best future for these two, since
their lives before meeting each other weren't so wonderful.
SILVER SWEETHEARTS is my first time reading a novel by
Jackie Leigh Allen,
and I will surely be looking for more from her.
Susan Marie Van Pelt escapes from the family brownstone in
New York City to join her papa on his silver claim in
Nevada. Jed Miller buried his partner, Digger Van Pelt a
month before Susan shows up.
Jed and Susan must work together to get the silver out of
the ground and keep it out of the clutches of Fox, the
local
lawyer and all around villain. When he sets his sights on
Susan, she proposes a marriage of convenience to Jed.
Can he wed her without bedding her? Can they work the
claim
together with him digging and her cooking--not too well at
first--and go their separate ways? Can Jed keep her safe
from Fox and his henchmen?
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