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This Golden Valley
This Golden Valley
Author: Francine Rivers
Quick to laughter, quick to tears, dark-eyed Moira Cavendish was the belle of Charleston and the despair of her Aunt Miranda, who thought her orphaned niece too impetuous for a proper Southern lady. — Aunt Miranda was right. Moira's destiny waited in a wild new land. She had already lost one brother to the "gold fever" sweeping America, and when ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780515068238
ISBN-10: 0515068233
Publication Date: 2/1/1983
Pages: 408
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Jove Books
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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gimlismom avatar reviewed This Golden Valley on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is not Christian fiction. It is a pretty racy love story with a lot of adventure. This is still a good read just be prepared for something different than what Ms Rivers now writes.
misfit avatar reviewed This Golden Valley on
Helpful Score: 2
Moira Cavendish may be the belle of Charleston, but her plans do not include marriage to the most eligible suitor. Her brother Daniel is headed for California's gold country to make his fortune and she's determined to follow him and find their missing elder brother Jack (he hasn't been heard from in over a year). Moira buys passage on Daniel's ship without his knowledge and once at sea it's too late to turn back and Daniel's forced to make the best of it, along with looking out for her virtue - a virtue most especially at risk from handsome sailor Random Hawthorne. Random makes Moira's heart go all a-flutter, but he always draws away from her at the last minute (just what deep dark secret from his past is he hiding from?).

The voyage is rocky, but they all land safely in San Francisco, and soon find that Moira's female status in a town filled with lonely men is a serious obstacle, one that she solves by cutting her hair and dressing in men's clothing. She and Daniel set out for the gold fields in search of their brother (although Daniel's more interested in finding gold and poker games), and they soon learn that three other mystery men are trailing Jack as well, hell-bent on discovering the secret to the Valley of Gold.

I really don't want to tell much more, but let's just say that our intrepid heroine has a most definite knack for getting herself into one pickle after another, leaving her in constant need of rescuing from the ever-so-handsome Random Hawthorne. "Stay put and out of trouble" or "don't go out into dangerous conditions" are words that are not in Moira's vocabulary and her "cute escapes" wear very thin by the end. I liked the character of Random Hawthorne, although I couldn't quite understand his immediate passion and true love for self-centered selfish Moira (it took her long enough to see the forest through the trees). Still, the mystery of the gold intrigued me and silly or not I had a hard time putting it down until the big reveal at the end. A nice, quick easy read for a rainy day when one's mind isn't up to more challenging tasks. 3.5/5 stars.
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reviewed This Golden Valley on + 3 more book reviews
This book held my attention all the way through. I enjoyed the characters and the story. I truely believed the characters were ment to be together.
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Dreaming of riches and driven by passion, they followed their destinies to the rainbow's end.


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