Review: Gold Rush Brides
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
I really enjoyed this book. It is an easy read and I finished it in one evening. Delilah Price comes to California expecting to be a mail order bride but finds out her intended has already married someone else. Not one to be vindictive or to pity herself she jumps in and makes a living for herself, first working for a boarding house owner and then starting up her own newspaper to bring more mail order brides to California.Delilah is a plucky heroine I identified with. This book uses the hate to love theme well. She despises the drinking, gambling and womanizing Jack Dalton who lives in the room next to hers at the boarding house. He struck it rich in the gold mines and now he is blowing off steam. Of course, with the help of the boarding house owner and a bit of fate Jack Dalton and Delilah find they really do care about each other.I thought the opening was a little slow and the ending a little fast, but the rest of the book was written well so I overlooked those flaws. Before Jack came to his sense I wanted to give him a good shake and was happy when he finally came around. I liked the original spin on this tale. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.