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Silver Maiden #1
Chasing Silver
Born in 2057, Remy Capra never expected a second chance at life in Los Angeles, or her only chance at love in 2007. On the run from a cop who cares more about pain than justice, Remy inadvertently goes 75 years back in time and abruptly arrives at the feet of P.I. Nathan Pierce. Remy needs help, and Nathan finds he wants to offer her even more. There are threats from all sides -- are their street smarts and unexpected passion enough to keep them together... and alive?
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 12, 2007
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Jamie Craig
112 books173 followersJamie Craig is actually a pen name for the collaboration of authors
Vivien Dean http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... and
Pepper Espinoza http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
ABOUT JAMIE CRAIG
Vivien Dean and Pepper Espinoza have been writing and publishing together as Jamie Craig since 2006. They have published with Juno Books, Samhain Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, and multiple titles with Amber Quill Press.
Pepper Espinoza has been writing and publishing erotic romance since 2005. She grew up in Utah and lives there now, where the landscape and history provide a great deal of inspiration for her work. Besides writing, she enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and going to concerts.
Vivien Dean returned to writing in 2005, and has published with Liquid Silver Books, Samhain Publishing, and Amber Quill Press. She currently resides in northern California with her husband and two children.
Vivien Dean http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/... and
Pepper Espinoza http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
ABOUT JAMIE CRAIG
Vivien Dean and Pepper Espinoza have been writing and publishing together as Jamie Craig since 2006. They have published with Juno Books, Samhain Publishing, Liquid Silver Books, and multiple titles with Amber Quill Press.
Pepper Espinoza has been writing and publishing erotic romance since 2005. She grew up in Utah and lives there now, where the landscape and history provide a great deal of inspiration for her work. Besides writing, she enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and going to concerts.
Vivien Dean returned to writing in 2005, and has published with Liquid Silver Books, Samhain Publishing, and Amber Quill Press. She currently resides in northern California with her husband and two children.
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March 3, 2008
I liked the premise of this book. However, it ended up reading as plot - pointless graphic sex scene - plot - pointless graphic sex scene - repeat - repeat - repeat. If I wanted to read erotica, I'd have picked up a book marketed as such.
March 7, 2008
Read this in a day (when I should have been cleaning for my mom's visit!). Heroine is Remy who travels back in time from 2082 Washington D.C. to present day L.A. She lands in the middle of a fire-fight between bounty hunter Nathan and his quarry Tian. Fast read with appealing protagonists. Heroine is tough but not over the top and hero never gets too alpha.
I'll be looking for Isaac's story.
I'll be looking for Isaac's story.
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March 15, 2017
It was meh. Seemed somewhat disjointed. I liked the characters ok, it was just slow to go and then it just...well, I don't quite know. It was an ok read for me and that about sums it up.
February 5, 2012
Chasing Silver by Jamie Craig is a time travel romance of the very hot and steamy variety. I really liked the gutsy heroine who, as she says, "doesn't do damsel", and the hero who hasn't let himself feel anything in way too long. The device that started the whole time-travelling jaunt in the first place, well, let's hope there's more explanation for that in book two (or three) of the Silver Maiden trilogy.
The year is 2085. Remy Capra is running for her life from Kirsten Henryk, Senator Henryk's daughter and paranoid enforcer. Kirsten does have something to enforce in Remy's case. Remy is a gang member and small-time thief, and Remy has just stolen something important from the Senator's house in DC: one of the coins known as a Silver Maiden. In what Remy was sure were the last seconds of her life, Remy clutched the coin as wished for safety.
The year is 2010. Nathan Pierce, ex-cop and bounty hunter, is in a warehouse in Culver City, chasing down a bounty jumper known as Tian. He almost has him, when a severely injured woman falls out of the sky, raining blood, glass and small explosions. His bounty escapes, and Nate is left with Remy Capra bleeding all over him, trying to pretend she isn't so wounded she can barely stand.
Neither of them wants to go to the cops. Nate's lost his bounty. Again. Remy has no ID in 2010. She won't even be born for 50 more years. And she doesn't know yet whether Kirsten is still after her or whether she has a chance to make a fresh start. Neither of them starts out willing to trust the other, even a little bit. Nate was set up and betrayed by the last woman he trusted. Remy is a child of the gangs in the DC she comes from. And would anyone believe her story? But their attraction to each other proves stronger than their doubts and fears.
When Kirsten does follow Remy, using another Silver Maiden coin as passage back in time, Nate, Remy and Nate's partner Isaac must set aside all their misgivings about each other and their past, whenever that past might have been, in order to fight for a chance, any chance, at any future at all.
Escape Rating C: This story was either too long, or too short. On the one hand, we don't get enough about why Kirsten was so gung-ho to wipe Remy out. There was definitely some old, bad blood between those too, but we don't know enough. There was something personal on Kirsten's part. Remy was trying to survive.
I empathized with both Remy and Nate as characters. They had both been to dark places, and they understood that about each other. They had a chance to make each other better, but neither was made out of sweetness and light. And they wouldn't have worked together if they had been.
I'm very glad that one of the later books is Isaac's story. He deserves a happy ending of his own. And I really want to know what his deal is.
The reason I said the books might be too short is that the legend of the Silver Maiden coins, what they do, why they do it, how they work, who knows about them, is still unclear at the end of the book. Remy and Kirsten both made them work. The coin reacts to Nate. Gabriel, another baddie, knows about them. But the readers need more details!
On the other hand, the reason the books might be too long is that there are probably too many detailed sex scenes. I had to think about why I thought this. Romance is interesting, because it's a story. How did they meet? How long did they resist the attraction? What made them give in? Unresolved sexual tension is interesting because how and why they resist is a story. The first time a couple kisses or has sex or makes love in a romance is note-worthy. Possibly even the second time, since it should be different. In a story, the first time there are emotions involved and not just body parts is definitely note-worthy. Break-up and make-up sex, but because of the emotions, not the "tab a goes into slot b", no matter how you dress it up, or undress it.
The only romance writer who has been able to successfully write an unlimited number of sex scenes involving the same two partners is J.D. Robb. And only because she talks more about how Dallas and Roarke feel than about what they do.
The year is 2085. Remy Capra is running for her life from Kirsten Henryk, Senator Henryk's daughter and paranoid enforcer. Kirsten does have something to enforce in Remy's case. Remy is a gang member and small-time thief, and Remy has just stolen something important from the Senator's house in DC: one of the coins known as a Silver Maiden. In what Remy was sure were the last seconds of her life, Remy clutched the coin as wished for safety.
The year is 2010. Nathan Pierce, ex-cop and bounty hunter, is in a warehouse in Culver City, chasing down a bounty jumper known as Tian. He almost has him, when a severely injured woman falls out of the sky, raining blood, glass and small explosions. His bounty escapes, and Nate is left with Remy Capra bleeding all over him, trying to pretend she isn't so wounded she can barely stand.
Neither of them wants to go to the cops. Nate's lost his bounty. Again. Remy has no ID in 2010. She won't even be born for 50 more years. And she doesn't know yet whether Kirsten is still after her or whether she has a chance to make a fresh start. Neither of them starts out willing to trust the other, even a little bit. Nate was set up and betrayed by the last woman he trusted. Remy is a child of the gangs in the DC she comes from. And would anyone believe her story? But their attraction to each other proves stronger than their doubts and fears.
When Kirsten does follow Remy, using another Silver Maiden coin as passage back in time, Nate, Remy and Nate's partner Isaac must set aside all their misgivings about each other and their past, whenever that past might have been, in order to fight for a chance, any chance, at any future at all.
Escape Rating C: This story was either too long, or too short. On the one hand, we don't get enough about why Kirsten was so gung-ho to wipe Remy out. There was definitely some old, bad blood between those too, but we don't know enough. There was something personal on Kirsten's part. Remy was trying to survive.
I empathized with both Remy and Nate as characters. They had both been to dark places, and they understood that about each other. They had a chance to make each other better, but neither was made out of sweetness and light. And they wouldn't have worked together if they had been.
I'm very glad that one of the later books is Isaac's story. He deserves a happy ending of his own. And I really want to know what his deal is.
The reason I said the books might be too short is that the legend of the Silver Maiden coins, what they do, why they do it, how they work, who knows about them, is still unclear at the end of the book. Remy and Kirsten both made them work. The coin reacts to Nate. Gabriel, another baddie, knows about them. But the readers need more details!
On the other hand, the reason the books might be too long is that there are probably too many detailed sex scenes. I had to think about why I thought this. Romance is interesting, because it's a story. How did they meet? How long did they resist the attraction? What made them give in? Unresolved sexual tension is interesting because how and why they resist is a story. The first time a couple kisses or has sex or makes love in a romance is note-worthy. Possibly even the second time, since it should be different. In a story, the first time there are emotions involved and not just body parts is definitely note-worthy. Break-up and make-up sex, but because of the emotions, not the "tab a goes into slot b", no matter how you dress it up, or undress it.
The only romance writer who has been able to successfully write an unlimited number of sex scenes involving the same two partners is J.D. Robb. And only because she talks more about how Dallas and Roarke feel than about what they do.
September 25, 2010
Only OK as an action/suspense cop story with a lot of steamy sex.
Story Brief:
Remy lived in foster homes and on the streets in the year 2082 in Washington D.C. Kirsten is a vicious cop who has personal issues with Remy, killed Remy’s friends and wants to kill Remy. Remy steals some antique coins, one of which transports her back in time to the year 2008 in Los Angeles. Kirsten has a second coin which allows her to transport to the same place and time as Remy. Kirsten now hunts for Remy in 2008 LA.
Meanwhile, Nathan, a former cop, is a bounty hunter in 2008 L.A. He is after Tian. Tian and his thugs want to kill Nathan. When Remy is transported to LA, she arrives in the warehouse Nathan is in at the time. She and Nathan immediately fall in lust with each other. The rest of the story is about good guys chasing bad guys and vice versa. Someone gets kidnapped and tortured, and later gets saved.
Reviewer’s Opinion:
The outline of the story, the characters and the plot sound pretty good, but the conversations and writing style had no spark. I wasn’t surprised or delighted. It reminded me of the made-for-tv cop shows, all being churned out weekly and similar to each other. It had good fundamentals, but it was too predictable. Maybe the characters could have used a little more personality quirk or style. For those interested, there were a lot of hot and steamy sex scenes.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
I never did fully understand how the magic coins worked. The legend was vague. Nathan burned his hand touching one, but Remy and Kirsten did not burn their hands. I didn’t understand why Gabriel shot the people he did at the end. I’m curious as to how Gabriel learned about the coins, and wondered if he had Kirsten’s coin. I was also confused about why Gabriel just let certain people walk away at the end without killing them. I don’t have to have everything explained for me to enjoy a good story, but I thought I’d mention these confusions.
Story length: 274 pages. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 7. Length of sex scenes: 1 short scene (1 page) and 6 long scenes (from 3 to 10 pages). Setting: 2082 Washington D.C. and 2008 Los Angeles. Copyright: 2007. Genre: romantic action, suspense and time travel.
Story Brief:
Remy lived in foster homes and on the streets in the year 2082 in Washington D.C. Kirsten is a vicious cop who has personal issues with Remy, killed Remy’s friends and wants to kill Remy. Remy steals some antique coins, one of which transports her back in time to the year 2008 in Los Angeles. Kirsten has a second coin which allows her to transport to the same place and time as Remy. Kirsten now hunts for Remy in 2008 LA.
Meanwhile, Nathan, a former cop, is a bounty hunter in 2008 L.A. He is after Tian. Tian and his thugs want to kill Nathan. When Remy is transported to LA, she arrives in the warehouse Nathan is in at the time. She and Nathan immediately fall in lust with each other. The rest of the story is about good guys chasing bad guys and vice versa. Someone gets kidnapped and tortured, and later gets saved.
Reviewer’s Opinion:
The outline of the story, the characters and the plot sound pretty good, but the conversations and writing style had no spark. I wasn’t surprised or delighted. It reminded me of the made-for-tv cop shows, all being churned out weekly and similar to each other. It had good fundamentals, but it was too predictable. Maybe the characters could have used a little more personality quirk or style. For those interested, there were a lot of hot and steamy sex scenes.
CAUTION SPOILERS:
I never did fully understand how the magic coins worked. The legend was vague. Nathan burned his hand touching one, but Remy and Kirsten did not burn their hands. I didn’t understand why Gabriel shot the people he did at the end. I’m curious as to how Gabriel learned about the coins, and wondered if he had Kirsten’s coin. I was also confused about why Gabriel just let certain people walk away at the end without killing them. I don’t have to have everything explained for me to enjoy a good story, but I thought I’d mention these confusions.
Story length: 274 pages. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 7. Length of sex scenes: 1 short scene (1 page) and 6 long scenes (from 3 to 10 pages). Setting: 2082 Washington D.C. and 2008 Los Angeles. Copyright: 2007. Genre: romantic action, suspense and time travel.
August 22, 2010
This book had a lot of promise. Sexy, street smart, Remy Capra inexplicably finds herself thrown across the country and 75 years into the past to come face to face with sexy, street smart, bounty hunter Nathan Pierce. I usually love a good time travel and the thing I love about them is the whole ‘fish out of water’ scenario. Finding yourself in a time or place that is so vastly different from where you came from conjures up all sorts of scenarios. However this particular time travel spent next to no time dealing with the fact that the heroine, Remy, is not only in a different city, but a different time. Instead this book spends much of its time on Nathan Pierce trying to capture Tian, a Los Angeles gang member that has eluded him for quite some time.
When Remy ‘drops’ in, immediate sparks fly between her and Nathan and together they try to capture Tian and as a byproduct figure out how she came to be in year 2010. The only clue to how Remy has landed in the past is the silver coins she brings with her – coins she had stolen in her future time.
Although both Remy and Nathan are strong alphas and interesting characters with good back stories, and the chemistry between them is strong I felt the overall mystery of Remy’s time travel was glossed over and dealt with in a cursory or superficial way. I didn’t quite understand the ‘legend’ of the coins and how it worked or why the ‘villains’ were after Remy and the coins. This book had a two prong plot with only one plot being fully explored.
When Remy ‘drops’ in, immediate sparks fly between her and Nathan and together they try to capture Tian and as a byproduct figure out how she came to be in year 2010. The only clue to how Remy has landed in the past is the silver coins she brings with her – coins she had stolen in her future time.
Although both Remy and Nathan are strong alphas and interesting characters with good back stories, and the chemistry between them is strong I felt the overall mystery of Remy’s time travel was glossed over and dealt with in a cursory or superficial way. I didn’t quite understand the ‘legend’ of the coins and how it worked or why the ‘villains’ were after Remy and the coins. This book had a two prong plot with only one plot being fully explored.
October 5, 2010
I loved Remy. She was strong, flirty, and loyal. I liked Nathan and I think I would have loved him if I had felt more connected to him. A few times it was mentioned that Nathan had a killer English accent which could have been really hot. I just never had a clear image of him in my mind. The author did a fabulous job of describing Remy I knew exactly what she looked like and felt like I knew her, but with Nathan and his ex-partner I just wasn't sure. That being said, I liked the story, it moved well and kept me turning those pages and staying up late into the night wanting to know what would happen to Remy and Nathan. As for the time-traveling aspect of the story it was cute, but a little weak. In just a couple of words this book was cute, entertaining, but a little weak. A good beach read(which is where I was when reading:) Warning: this has some steamy sex scenes.
August 20, 2010
This book had great moments and then it lost them completely. I breezed through the first couple of chapters but then stalled and it took me a while to finish the rest of the book. I knew this was a romance novel so the sex didn't surprise me but something was missing from the relationship that made the sex surprising.
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