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Gold Diggers #1
No Greater Treasure
After five years in the California mountains, Birdie Banks longs to return to civilization. Her father is gone and mining camps are no place for a lady alone. With the help of her Asian manservant, Lin Sing, Birdie hires Jedidiah Evans to escort them down the mountain. Jed is a big man, strong and capable and Birdie knows that God sent him to help get them back to Sacramento and to her fiancé Nelson O’Neil.
Nelson is a highly successful California merchant. He’s a bit older than Birdie, but they have been corresponding through letters for the last five years. Now the time as come for them to be together and Birdie can hardly wait. The treacherous trip down the mountain will be more than worth every danger they will face.
Making sure a tiny woman and Chinese man get down the mountains safely will be too easy. Jed is almost embarrassed to take her money, but when they are set upon by would-be thieves the truth comes out: Birdie and Lin Sing are transporting a fortune in gold. They need Jed to protect it—and Birdie—as she makes her way back to town.
Jed hates everything about gold. He lost his brother on the mountain and the precious time he spent looking for a way to save the family ranch in Texas. Birdie agrees. She lost her father and her health. She may have found a fortune, but she has learned the hard way that wealth can be a curse as well as a blessing. That’s why she’s giving it all to the church as soon as she gets back to town.
Once in Sacramento, Birdie gives Jed the money he needs to save his family’s land, though he refuses to take it. How can he take the money from her when he’s fallen in love with her? Yet with a fiancé as perfect as Nelson O’Neil why would she ever fall for a common man like him?
Birdie is confused by her feelings, conflicted over the time she spent loving Nelson from afar to the days and nights she spent with Jed, riding, walking, talking, just being. He’s a good man, a godly man. Still how could she fall in love with someone in a matter of days? She couldn’t. Not when she has loved Nelson for the last five years.
But like gold, love is strange and treasure is in the eye of the beholder. And she’ll have to choose between the treasure she has always known and the one God sent especially for her.
Nelson is a highly successful California merchant. He’s a bit older than Birdie, but they have been corresponding through letters for the last five years. Now the time as come for them to be together and Birdie can hardly wait. The treacherous trip down the mountain will be more than worth every danger they will face.
Making sure a tiny woman and Chinese man get down the mountains safely will be too easy. Jed is almost embarrassed to take her money, but when they are set upon by would-be thieves the truth comes out: Birdie and Lin Sing are transporting a fortune in gold. They need Jed to protect it—and Birdie—as she makes her way back to town.
Jed hates everything about gold. He lost his brother on the mountain and the precious time he spent looking for a way to save the family ranch in Texas. Birdie agrees. She lost her father and her health. She may have found a fortune, but she has learned the hard way that wealth can be a curse as well as a blessing. That’s why she’s giving it all to the church as soon as she gets back to town.
Once in Sacramento, Birdie gives Jed the money he needs to save his family’s land, though he refuses to take it. How can he take the money from her when he’s fallen in love with her? Yet with a fiancé as perfect as Nelson O’Neil why would she ever fall for a common man like him?
Birdie is confused by her feelings, conflicted over the time she spent loving Nelson from afar to the days and nights she spent with Jed, riding, walking, talking, just being. He’s a good man, a godly man. Still how could she fall in love with someone in a matter of days? She couldn’t. Not when she has loved Nelson for the last five years.
But like gold, love is strange and treasure is in the eye of the beholder. And she’ll have to choose between the treasure she has always known and the one God sent especially for her.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 17, 2019
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About the author
Amy Lillard
101 books672 followersI'm a wife, mother, and bona fide Southern belle. Published author, expert corn bread maker, and Squirrel Princess.
I live in Tulsa, though I was born in Mississippi. I moved to the Sooner State when I was seventeen and met my soul mate and best friend not long after. I've retained a little of my Mississippi accent though most people think I'm from Texas. (?) Rob and I have been married for over twenty years and have a son--a mom proclaimed prodigy, of course!
I love homemade tacos, nail polish, and romance novels--not necessarily in that order. I'm a big fan of country music, a staunch proponent of saving the Oxford comma, and I'm shamefully obsessed with all things Harry Potter.
I believe that God is love. I guess that's why I adore romances.
I have always been intrigued with the Amish culture, their gentle ways and slower-paced lifestyle. (And I love, love, love the fact that they stay married for their lifetime.) But until recently I never thought to blend this interest with my penchant for romance. Okay, okay, I'm a bit old-fashioned and even enjoy the gender roles that are present in this culture. I love to cook and take care of my family. Yes, that's me June Cleaver with a laptop.
I dislike people trying to convince me to read the Twlight series (I'll get to it or I won't, either way I'm good with it), gratuitous violence, and strawberry ice cream. (I know I'm alone on this last one, and again, I'm good with it.)
Favorite movies--(besides HP) French Kiss, Maid of Honor, A Lot Like Love, Just Married, and Sweet Home Alabama. Oh, and Miss Congeniality, Sabrina (both versions) and a 1940's movie called Dear Ruth. If you haven't seen it, you should! A-dorable. Anything with Doris Day and most all of Marilyn's and Audrey's.
I live in Tulsa, though I was born in Mississippi. I moved to the Sooner State when I was seventeen and met my soul mate and best friend not long after. I've retained a little of my Mississippi accent though most people think I'm from Texas. (?) Rob and I have been married for over twenty years and have a son--a mom proclaimed prodigy, of course!
I love homemade tacos, nail polish, and romance novels--not necessarily in that order. I'm a big fan of country music, a staunch proponent of saving the Oxford comma, and I'm shamefully obsessed with all things Harry Potter.
I believe that God is love. I guess that's why I adore romances.
I have always been intrigued with the Amish culture, their gentle ways and slower-paced lifestyle. (And I love, love, love the fact that they stay married for their lifetime.) But until recently I never thought to blend this interest with my penchant for romance. Okay, okay, I'm a bit old-fashioned and even enjoy the gender roles that are present in this culture. I love to cook and take care of my family. Yes, that's me June Cleaver with a laptop.
I dislike people trying to convince me to read the Twlight series (I'll get to it or I won't, either way I'm good with it), gratuitous violence, and strawberry ice cream. (I know I'm alone on this last one, and again, I'm good with it.)
Favorite movies--(besides HP) French Kiss, Maid of Honor, A Lot Like Love, Just Married, and Sweet Home Alabama. Oh, and Miss Congeniality, Sabrina (both versions) and a 1940's movie called Dear Ruth. If you haven't seen it, you should! A-dorable. Anything with Doris Day and most all of Marilyn's and Audrey's.
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July 31, 2019
Birdie Banks' father has died. Mining in California was his dream and now that he is gone she is going home to Sacramento to marry Mr. O'Neil. But she isn't going emptyhanded. An accident that scarred her face and left her with a limp also brought them riches. Birdie doesn't really care about the gold, she never did, she just wants to live a normal life now.
Lin Sing is the Chinaman that has been working with Birdie and her father and has become like family. But being a Chinaman in that day and age mean one thing, living in Chinatown or working on and moving with the railroad. Birdie hates this, he's family!
Jed and his brother didn't find gold, they found tragedy when Jed's younger brother dies, and Jed blames himself for his death. He is going to go home to Texas and help his mother now, but he doesn't have the means. Birdie hires him to get her and her gold back to Sacramento, and he agrees. On the way they find that they have feelings for each other, but she made a promise to Mr. Nelson O'Neil and she is going to keep that promise.
You have to get the book to find out what happens when the get to Sacramento!
This is a clean read.
Lin Sing is the Chinaman that has been working with Birdie and her father and has become like family. But being a Chinaman in that day and age mean one thing, living in Chinatown or working on and moving with the railroad. Birdie hates this, he's family!
Jed and his brother didn't find gold, they found tragedy when Jed's younger brother dies, and Jed blames himself for his death. He is going to go home to Texas and help his mother now, but he doesn't have the means. Birdie hires him to get her and her gold back to Sacramento, and he agrees. On the way they find that they have feelings for each other, but she made a promise to Mr. Nelson O'Neil and she is going to keep that promise.
You have to get the book to find out what happens when the get to Sacramento!
This is a clean read.
July 25, 2019
No Greater Treasure has action and is so interesting, I was mesmerized. The storyline that the author wrote is amazing and each character is unique in the book. No Greater Treasure is a marvelous book and Author Amy Lillard did fantastic writing. I highly recommend reading this book and I believe it's the first book of the Gold Diggers Series.
I purchased this copy and was not required to review it. This review is one hundred percent my opinion.
I purchased this copy and was not required to review it. This review is one hundred percent my opinion.
September 23, 2019
Amy Lillard has created a truly enjoyable story about the Gold Rush Era. Her Characters will tug at your heart, make you snicker, and make you cry. If you are looking for a story that is truly fun to read pick up your copy of No Greater Treasure of the Gold Diggers Series.
July 18, 2019
Birdie
A fun look at gold rush California. Has romance, danger, and a view of how greed can cause people to be less important than money.
A fun look at gold rush California. Has romance, danger, and a view of how greed can cause people to be less important than money.
July 20, 2019
Cute, sweet story with likeable characters, a plot deep enough for a twist of two. Written well enough that I would look forward to more stories of Birdie, Jed and Lin Sing.
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