Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
In Crossroads, Nick Brown takes a room in Lydia Seaton's hotel. Lydia's initaial reaaction to the handsome rogue is that like others before him he seeks the reproted lost gold of her grandfather, the legendary dead gambler, Gentleman John Moreland. Nick is actually Nick Bennington whose grandfather lost his money to John.
However, though he seeks the gold, Nick's prime mission as a Pinkerton Agent is to uncover who is sabotaging the railroad. He makes that loud and clear to everyone in the Gentleman John Hotel lobby that he is a Pinkerton Man explaining his mission. As Nick and Lydia become acquainted, their initial attraction blossoms into love, but neither one wants that emotion interfering with their independence.
GAMBLER'S GOLD combines a lighthearted story line within an extended family in trouble plot that fans of western romance will find quite delightful. The cast makes the novel as the lead couple is a charming duet fighting their attraction while the eccentric support players provide amusement, interference and meddling, and depth to a strong novel. Readers will want the author to shed some light on a couple of cast members in future books.