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Silver Maiden #2
Touching Silver
The chase of the Silver Maiden continues in this second of the series . . . A young woman reappears five years after being kidnapped and cold-case detective Olivia Wright reopens the investigation. The dangerous Gabriel de los Rios appears to be involved so Olivia turns to Isaac McGuire, the LAPD detective who knows Gabriel all too well. Gabrial wants to gain the supernatural power of the Silver Maiden coin and kidnapping is not the only crime he is willing to commit in order to possess it. Olivia and Isaac hope to stop Gabriel before he can do more harm, but Olivia's single-minded professionalism is derailed by the highly distracting Isaac . . .
- GenresMystery
288 pages, Paperback
First published June 20, 2008
28 people want to read
About the author
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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February 5, 2012
Touching Silver is the second book in the Silver Maiden Trilogy by Jamie Craig. When I finished Chasing Silver, the first book in the trilogy, my review implied that I wanted three things from the next book; I wanted Isaac's story, I wanted to know more about the Silver Maiden coins, and I wanted more story and less sexual mechanics. I'm pleased to say I pretty much got what I wanted. I love it when that happens.
Touching Silver is definitely Isaac's story. Isaac McGuire was Nathan Pierce's partner, back when Nate was a cop with the LAPD. Isaac is still Nate's partner, except Nate isn't a cop anymore. And Isaac isn't willing to let anyone else close enough to become another partner, so Isaac has been working alone ever since. And that's going on five years since.
But since Remy Capra dropped into Nate's life, Nate has managed to move on from the betrayal and clusterfuck that took him out of the LAPD. It's time for Isaac to move on, too.
Enter Detective Olivia Wright from the Cold Case Squad. One of her cold cases has not only warmed up, it's intersected with Isaac's long-standing hunt for Gabriel de los Rios.
A young woman, missing for five years, has turned up alive and traumatized. Gabriel de los Rios was one of her captors. Gabriel normally operates in gang territory, where witnesses are thin on the ground, and manpower to investigate is hard to come by. But kidnapping and holding a clean-cut, All-American girl who is still underage after five years in captivity? That charge will stick.
Isaac wants to take the formerly cold case and add it to his own caseload, but Olivia Wright won't let it go. She wants in on the investigation, and won't take "no" for any answer, no matter who she has to work with, including a former cop and his girlfriend who looks like a hooker.
But when Olivia finds one of the Silver Maiden coins at a crime scene, her reaction to it has her believing in things that are way, way outside of a cop's normal jurisdiction. And her attraction to Isaac has her doing things that break all of the rules that she ever set for herself when she became a cop. But some rules are made to be broken, and what you believe in your heart is more important than what used to be cold, hard facts.
Escape Rating B: Touching Silver is a much better book than Chasing Silver. There is more story in it. Isaac and Olivia both have good reasons for not getting deeply involved, and the author shows them struggling with why they shouldn't, but then groping toward the realization that they are better together than they are apart. Isaac needs to eat a major serving of crow to get there, and it tastes pretty awful going down, as it should!
Remy and Nate take a trip to South America to find the origins of the Silver Maiden. Finally, some background! It's a little murky, but at the reasonable point. The coins are old, and the origins are somewhat lost in the sands of time. But Gabriel knows how to work them, or thinks he does, which means there is information to be found. If someone in the story knows it, then the reader should get to learn it. We do.
The one thing about trilogies that always bugs me is that there has to be a middle book. Middle books end in one of two ways. They either end on a downer, or a cliffhanger. This one does both. I'm starting the final book, Revealing Silver, right now!
Touching Silver is definitely Isaac's story. Isaac McGuire was Nathan Pierce's partner, back when Nate was a cop with the LAPD. Isaac is still Nate's partner, except Nate isn't a cop anymore. And Isaac isn't willing to let anyone else close enough to become another partner, so Isaac has been working alone ever since. And that's going on five years since.
But since Remy Capra dropped into Nate's life, Nate has managed to move on from the betrayal and clusterfuck that took him out of the LAPD. It's time for Isaac to move on, too.
Enter Detective Olivia Wright from the Cold Case Squad. One of her cold cases has not only warmed up, it's intersected with Isaac's long-standing hunt for Gabriel de los Rios.
A young woman, missing for five years, has turned up alive and traumatized. Gabriel de los Rios was one of her captors. Gabriel normally operates in gang territory, where witnesses are thin on the ground, and manpower to investigate is hard to come by. But kidnapping and holding a clean-cut, All-American girl who is still underage after five years in captivity? That charge will stick.
Isaac wants to take the formerly cold case and add it to his own caseload, but Olivia Wright won't let it go. She wants in on the investigation, and won't take "no" for any answer, no matter who she has to work with, including a former cop and his girlfriend who looks like a hooker.
But when Olivia finds one of the Silver Maiden coins at a crime scene, her reaction to it has her believing in things that are way, way outside of a cop's normal jurisdiction. And her attraction to Isaac has her doing things that break all of the rules that she ever set for herself when she became a cop. But some rules are made to be broken, and what you believe in your heart is more important than what used to be cold, hard facts.
Escape Rating B: Touching Silver is a much better book than Chasing Silver. There is more story in it. Isaac and Olivia both have good reasons for not getting deeply involved, and the author shows them struggling with why they shouldn't, but then groping toward the realization that they are better together than they are apart. Isaac needs to eat a major serving of crow to get there, and it tastes pretty awful going down, as it should!
Remy and Nate take a trip to South America to find the origins of the Silver Maiden. Finally, some background! It's a little murky, but at the reasonable point. The coins are old, and the origins are somewhat lost in the sands of time. But Gabriel knows how to work them, or thinks he does, which means there is information to be found. If someone in the story knows it, then the reader should get to learn it. We do.
The one thing about trilogies that always bugs me is that there has to be a middle book. Middle books end in one of two ways. They either end on a downer, or a cliffhanger. This one does both. I'm starting the final book, Revealing Silver, right now!
May 3, 2011
Touching Silver is the second book in the Silver Maiden Trilogy by Jamie Craig. It has been awhile since I read a more traditional crime/mystery novel, and I enjoyed Touching Silver. In Touching Silver, the mystery waiting to be uncovered revolves around a coin, missing girls, and a killer gang lord. Cold Case Detective Olivia Wright teams up with Detective Isaac McGuire when their cases unite to arrest the gang lord responsible behind missing girls and violence. Things get complicated when Olivia and Isaac find they are attracted to each other, and Isaac becomes a target.
I enjoyed the characters. Olivia is a strong, tough female who doesn’t need a man to protect her, but finds that having Isaac at her back is not a bad thing. Isaac, the tough and efficient cop, comes to trust and rely on Olivia. Isaac and Olivia are good together, their characters personalities balance each other out and they have some pretty hot sparks. At the same time, their practicality balance out the emotionality between Nathan and Remy.
The concept of the Silver Maiden, this magical coin that has abilities unknown, is different and interesting. It gives the story that paranormal, magical element that creates intrigue and mystery. There is still so much mystery surrounding the coin, and I am quite curious to learn more about it.
I don’t really have a lot of specific negatives for Touching Silver. The writing was pretty good, the flow was okay, the characters were interesting. I just didn’t really LOVE the book. Overall, I would say that Jamie Craig effectively brought a new, magical element to the crime and mystery genre. I will read more of Jamie Craig’s in the future, and I will be looking forward to the third installment in the Silver Maiden Trilogy.
I enjoyed the characters. Olivia is a strong, tough female who doesn’t need a man to protect her, but finds that having Isaac at her back is not a bad thing. Isaac, the tough and efficient cop, comes to trust and rely on Olivia. Isaac and Olivia are good together, their characters personalities balance each other out and they have some pretty hot sparks. At the same time, their practicality balance out the emotionality between Nathan and Remy.
The concept of the Silver Maiden, this magical coin that has abilities unknown, is different and interesting. It gives the story that paranormal, magical element that creates intrigue and mystery. There is still so much mystery surrounding the coin, and I am quite curious to learn more about it.
I don’t really have a lot of specific negatives for Touching Silver. The writing was pretty good, the flow was okay, the characters were interesting. I just didn’t really LOVE the book. Overall, I would say that Jamie Craig effectively brought a new, magical element to the crime and mystery genre. I will read more of Jamie Craig’s in the future, and I will be looking forward to the third installment in the Silver Maiden Trilogy.
April 21, 2011
This was my first read by this author. It’s also in a series. One thing that is important to me in a series book is that they can be read as stand alone. Somehow, someway, I always end up reading series out of order. I very rarely catch a series from the first book.
Thankfully there were very few plot points that required reading of the prior books.
The series actually pivots around the evil character and everyone who is chasing after him instead of the good character and everyone they chase. This is definitely a refreshing new approach.
In this book, we see Olivia and Isaac teaming up to attempt to thwart Gabriel from getting his hands on the Silver Maiden.
I felt that the characters were well developed. This is another example of erotica written with a very well defined plotline. It was more like the erotica just was added to enhance the story instead of the story added to join the erotica together.
I can’t wait to go back and read the earlier stories.
Warning, for those of you who do not like hot, steamy sex scenes, then you will need to stay away from this one. Because you will definitely need a cold shower after reading this!
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
Thankfully there were very few plot points that required reading of the prior books.
The series actually pivots around the evil character and everyone who is chasing after him instead of the good character and everyone they chase. This is definitely a refreshing new approach.
In this book, we see Olivia and Isaac teaming up to attempt to thwart Gabriel from getting his hands on the Silver Maiden.
I felt that the characters were well developed. This is another example of erotica written with a very well defined plotline. It was more like the erotica just was added to enhance the story instead of the story added to join the erotica together.
I can’t wait to go back and read the earlier stories.
Warning, for those of you who do not like hot, steamy sex scenes, then you will need to stay away from this one. Because you will definitely need a cold shower after reading this!
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
May 5, 2011
When I agreed to read Touching Silver, I didn't realize it was book #2 in the Silver Maiden trilogy. And I think you definitely have to read the first book before reading the second. There were just so many references that reading the first book would have been beneficial.
This is the story of Isaac & Olivia, 2 cops drawn together with the same need to take the bad guy down. Throw in a time traveling coin & you have a great book! My one complaint is the ending. I was left yelling "oh come on, seriously?" Really. It was like someone just picked that spot and said ok that's it, the rest of this with be book #3. But even with the ending not to my liking, I can't wait until the 3rd book comes out!
This is the story of Isaac & Olivia, 2 cops drawn together with the same need to take the bad guy down. Throw in a time traveling coin & you have a great book! My one complaint is the ending. I was left yelling "oh come on, seriously?" Really. It was like someone just picked that spot and said ok that's it, the rest of this with be book #3. But even with the ending not to my liking, I can't wait until the 3rd book comes out!
August 16, 2008
Touching Silver by Jamie Craig (2008)
February 3, 2015
It was good but the end was good with advenchure
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