Review: The Golden Bride
by Kimberly
Woodhouse
About the Book
The Daughters of the Mayflower series continues when Olivia Brighton finds herself widowed and working her brother’s restaurant in San Francisco during the height of the rush for gold. Even though she receives at least twenty marriage proposals a day, she will never marry a gold miner. Her brother’s friend Joseph Sawyer has gotten caught up in local politics and the plight of Chinese in forced labor. The more Joseph gets pulled into investigating crime in the city, the less Olivia sees of the compassionate man. And just when she thinks she could love again, a fire threatens to steal all hope.
My Thoughts
Like other books in this series,
I found The Golden Bride to be a
sweet inspirational story. The characters were sweet, though they did fall a
bit flat for my taste. What drew me to this book was the period in which it was
set. I thought the author did a fine job of representing this period. Woodhouse
writes about the turmoil that enraptured the city of San Francisco during the
Gold Rush without the novel becoming too gritty.
A nice, light historical read, The Golden Bride is a good novel for
readers who enjoy sweet historical romance.
I received a complimentary copy
of this book from Barbour Books through NetGalley. All opinions expressed in
this review are my own.
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