Shadow Over Bright Star

by Irene M. Pascoe

'Died in an accident.' The terse words were scrawled on a returned letter that Jessica Winsor had sent to her father. Aghast, she journeyed to Virginia City to investigate, and was stunned to learn that she was suddenly very wealthy. Her father had willed her his majority share of a silver mine. But the mine had two other shareholders -- Derek and Brett Bonner, cousins now faced with losing what they'd thought was theirs alone. Jessica found herself inexorably drawn to the enigmatic Derek, but when she experienced several 'accidents' she knew it was a deadly attraction.

Genres: Gothic, Harlequin

219 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1988

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this in a second hand book store. I'm sure it's OOP. But, if you ever happen across it, it's a surprisingly good romantic suspense novel. Published by Harlequin in 1988, advertised as a Gothic romance, (interesting, since that genre was dead in the water by 1988), the story is. about a young girl in 1862,learning she has inherited the rights to a silver mining business. The business was being run by two cousins. The men were unaware the man they had partnered with had any family that could lay claim to the mine. So, when Jessica shows up to claim her inheritance, this ends the cousins control over the business and puts Jessica 's life in danger.

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this, it was wrote well, and the romance was passionate while still remaining clean which is what I like. The heroine was very likeable, I loved how understanding and levelheaded she was, she was constantly thinking of others and understanding how they felt even if they were at odds, and her chemistry with Derek was also great, I could feel the chemistry between them in the pages, and he was a likable character too but obviously due to the story and this being a gothic romance, he remained a mysterious for most of the story so the view of his character is slightly limited but their chemistry made up for that. All in all, only good things to say about this book, I enjoyed the authors writing.