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Treasure of the Sun: A Classic Western Romance – Breathtaking Historical Adventure in the American West
“Christina Dodd is everything I'm looking for in an author.”
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—Jill Barnett A classic from the incomparable New York Times bestselling, RITA Award-winning author Christina Dodd, Treasure of the Sun is a shining example of why this magnificent storyteller is one of today’s top names in historical romance. An epic, sweeping tale of lovers from two vastly different worlds drawn together by danger and desire, Dodd’s Treasure of the Sun brilliantly combines passion and adventure in a breathtaking love story as irresistible as it is unforgettable.
—Teresa Medeiros
“Christina Dodd is a joy to read.”
—Laura Kinsale “Treat yourself to a fabulous book—anything by Christina Dodd.”
—Jill Barnett A classic from the incomparable New York Times bestselling, RITA Award-winning author Christina Dodd, Treasure of the Sun is a shining example of why this magnificent storyteller is one of today’s top names in historical romance. An epic, sweeping tale of lovers from two vastly different worlds drawn together by danger and desire, Dodd’s Treasure of the Sun brilliantly combines passion and adventure in a breathtaking love story as irresistible as it is unforgettable.
448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1991
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Readers become writers, and Christina has always been a reader. Ultimately she discovered she liked to read romance best because the relationship between a man and a woman is always humorous. A woman wants world peace, a clean house, and a deep and meaningful relationship based on mutual understanding and love. A man wants a Craftsman router, undisputed control of the TV remote, and a red Corvette which will make his bald spot disappear.
When Christina’s first daughter was born, she told her husband she was going to write a book. It was a good time to start a new career, because how much trouble could one little infant be?
Ha! It took ten years, two children and three completed manuscripts before she was published. Now her suspense, paranormal, historical, and mystery novels have been translated into 30 languages and sold more than 15 million copies in print. Praised for her “brilliantly etched characters, polished writing, and unexpected flashes of sharp humor that are pure Dodd” (Booklist), her award-winning books have landed on numerous Best of the Year lists and, much to her mother's delight, Dodd was once a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where her 700 lavender plants share the yard with her husband’s various “Big Projects,” including a treehouse, zipline, and their very own Stonehenge.
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Christina is married to a man with all his hair and no Corvette, but many Craftsman tools.
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— 6/30/26 TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN: Daughter of Montague Historical Fiction #3 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
New and Now!
—MUCH ADO ABOUT MISTLETOE: Daughter of Montague Christmas novella https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— THUS WITH A KISS I DIE Daughter of Montague Historical Fiction #2
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA Historical Fiction Trade Paperback Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (hint: badly). Only here’s the thing: That’s not how it ended at all…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
— WELCOME TO GOTHIC: A Gothic novella in ebook (at last!) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— WHAT DREAMS MAY COME Daughter of Montague novella 1.5 "I’m the daughter of Romeo and Juliet. Yes, that Romeo and Juliet. No, they didn’t die in the tomb…" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
— GIRL ANONYMOUS “Crackling sexual chemistry and a few love scenes guaranteed to scorch readers’ fingers as they turn the pages." — ⭐️ Booklist
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Readers become writers, and Christina has always been a reader. Ultimately she discovered she liked to read romance best because the relationship between a man and a woman is always humorous. A woman wants world peace, a clean house, and a deep and meaningful relationship based on mutual understanding and love. A man wants a Craftsman router, undisputed control of the TV remote, and a red Corvette which will make his bald spot disappear.
When Christina’s first daughter was born, she told her husband she was going to write a book. It was a good time to start a new career, because how much trouble could one little infant be?
Ha! It took ten years, two children and three completed manuscripts before she was published. Now her suspense, paranormal, historical, and mystery novels have been translated into 30 languages and sold more than 15 million copies in print. Praised for her “brilliantly etched characters, polished writing, and unexpected flashes of sharp humor that are pure Dodd” (Booklist), her award-winning books have landed on numerous Best of the Year lists and, much to her mother's delight, Dodd was once a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle. She lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest, where her 700 lavender plants share the yard with her husband’s various “Big Projects,” including a treehouse, zipline, and their very own Stonehenge.
Enter Christina’s worlds and join her mailing list for humor, book news and entertainment (yes, she’s the proud author with the infamous three-armed cover) at christinadodd.com. For more information on A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA, visit daughterofmontague.com. Her legions of fans know that when they pick up a Christina Dodd book, they'll find the story, "Wildly entertaining, wickedly witty!"
Christina is married to a man with all his hair and no Corvette, but many Craftsman tools.
(Source: http://www.christinadodd.com )
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May 29, 2012
Treasure in the Sun by Christina Dodd is technically categorized as a Western Historical Romance. However, if you are thinking cowboys and cattle rustlers and ranches this isn't it.( The copyright is 1991/437 pages. ) The setting is California before it was a part of the United States. Katherine, originally from Boston, is living at the De La Sola's. She was widowed one week after her marriage to Tobias. ( A Spaniard) He was stabbed to death in what looked like a random robbery. Tobias's best friend and ally- a Spaniard named Damien, took Katherine in, gave her a job. Damien intended to marry Katherine after her year of mourning , but Katherine has other plans. Damien knows there is more to Tobias's death than a random robbery and it has to do with the rumor of abandoned gold. Before Katherine and Damien can focus on their relationship they have to search for the gold or they will never be safe. So, the story is sort of a mystery/ adventure/ love story. It deals with what in modern times we would term an "interracial" relationship. Katherine is American, Damien a Spaniard. They have many differences that threaten to destroy the relationship. Katherine is headstrong, and too sensible to allow her emotions to take charge. Damien in hot blooded and proud and doesn't understand Katherine's need for independence. Damien is overly aggressive and seductive at times, and I never really warmed up to him until the last few chapters where he more than redeems himself for being too controlling. Katherine's character is more likable, but I also got irritated at how easily she allowed Damien to control her until she was in danger of losing everything that made her who she was. She realizes this about herself though and fights to maintain her own identity. The two go through harrowing adventures, betrayals and find true friendships and loyalty as well as true love. The writing style of some romance novels published in the 80's and 90's can be irritating in the ways the H/H behave, but putting that aside it was a very interesting story and unique in that I think this is the only Western Historical Christiana Dodd has ever written and may be HTF. If you run across it somewhere, by all means give it a try.
December 13, 2008
This book was on the dry side for a Dodd book. The thing that really helps it to me is Damian's passion for Katherine. He wanted her and would stop at nothing to have her. It didn't matter that she was the widow of his good friend. Poor Katherine had no idea how to handle Damian. Otherwise I didn't really feel that compelled by the storyline, although the setting of Mexican California was interesting. I give it three stars because I am a sucker for a possessive hero who is obsessed with the heroine.
January 20, 2011
Obviously an early book by Christina Dodd. Slow moving, strained prose, too much exposition. I want to like Katherine but she is so oblivious to Damian that I would feel like a simpleton too if I sided with her.
More than halfway through now and still not really liking this book. Damian doesn't "see" Katherine. He sees a beautiful woman he wants to own. How can he be in love with someone he doesn't get at all? And I have this horrible feeling that the book will end with her changing to become a woman he could love.
Long and drawn out story, didn't like the hero, didn't sympathize with the heroine.
More than halfway through now and still not really liking this book. Damian doesn't "see" Katherine. He sees a beautiful woman he wants to own. How can he be in love with someone he doesn't get at all? And I have this horrible feeling that the book will end with her changing to become a woman he could love.
Long and drawn out story, didn't like the hero, didn't sympathize with the heroine.
October 2, 2011
I didn't like this at all. It was very boring I couldn't get into it. It seemed to take forever to get to the plot. It was a little exciting at the end but that is it.
December 19, 2011
This was a DNF for me. I made it to 113 before I just gave up. It was at that point I'd reached my fill of romance cliches, stilted dialog, and poor plot progression.
November 24, 2017
Don’t let the five stars fool you...
There are soooo many things I don’t like about this book and so few things that I do like, and yet this book has stayed with me since I first read it when I was a teenager in the 90’s. It might be easier for me to start with what I do like in the story;
1) The journal entries of the Padre was earnestly written with a sense of the time warp of history that I throughly loved and saddened me with his outcome in the rest of the story.
2) The intimate moments between Damian and Katherine, although few were filled with passionate intensity as only a romance with a Latin lover could be, was still written in a soft flowery sort of way that leaves these encounters entirely in your imagination while still gaining your desire to see them together.
3) Last but not least, the treasure adventure mystery was the highlight of this book and really should have been the ONLY conflict between the characters! But alas it wasn’t...
Now I explain the MANY things I didn’t like about this book;
1) The over blown intuitiveness of literally EVERYONE in the book while these same people didn’t understand each other was absolutely ANNOYING! You can not think you understand the motives of everyone’s thoughts and actions but then STILL not be sure of their emotions for you; eg:
2) The ridiculous assertion that Katherine was a ‘sensible woman’ was an outright LIE in this story because her character had major continuity flaws that I could list for paragraphs! She had dignity and virtue but she was an idiot IMO. She bragged about her capabilities more then she was actually capable. Smh. And all this while not understanding her feelings and then being afraid of having them!
3) Katherine had WAY TO MANY NAMES! One character had a total of 8 different references that I was tired of paying attention to after a while.
4) The politics of not just the California of the historical period this is set in but the assumptions of political stances of the Mexican nation and the US territories too. It should have remained as nothing more then causal interesting facts of history barely noticed at all by the reader.
5) Katherine had way too many people on her a$$ while supposedly being treated like shit. NOBODY chases you all over the world while treating you like shit but still needs you! Smdh!!
6) Last of my complaints but not at all least, Julio. I liked Julio. I liked his characters smart mouth. I liked his sob story. I liked his wife (just barely, she was a carpet IMO). But no amount of empathy and commiseration will ever make a Drunken CHEATER okay with me! Julio and his wife’s marriage disgusted me and then at the end the author made it appear as if it never happened. Bullish!t!!
To conclude my long winded review, yes this story has stayed in my mind and has been read many times over the course of over twenty years and even though I seemed to have blasted it to pieces it was still a creative treasure adventure with romance, villainy, and redemption. I will read it again in a couple of years, just like always. Lol. 😊!
There are soooo many things I don’t like about this book and so few things that I do like, and yet this book has stayed with me since I first read it when I was a teenager in the 90’s. It might be easier for me to start with what I do like in the story;
1) The journal entries of the Padre was earnestly written with a sense of the time warp of history that I throughly loved and saddened me with his outcome in the rest of the story.
2) The intimate moments between Damian and Katherine, although few were filled with passionate intensity as only a romance with a Latin lover could be, was still written in a soft flowery sort of way that leaves these encounters entirely in your imagination while still gaining your desire to see them together.
3) Last but not least, the treasure adventure mystery was the highlight of this book and really should have been the ONLY conflict between the characters! But alas it wasn’t...
Now I explain the MANY things I didn’t like about this book;
1) The over blown intuitiveness of literally EVERYONE in the book while these same people didn’t understand each other was absolutely ANNOYING! You can not think you understand the motives of everyone’s thoughts and actions but then STILL not be sure of their emotions for you; eg:
2) The ridiculous assertion that Katherine was a ‘sensible woman’ was an outright LIE in this story because her character had major continuity flaws that I could list for paragraphs! She had dignity and virtue but she was an idiot IMO. She bragged about her capabilities more then she was actually capable. Smh. And all this while not understanding her feelings and then being afraid of having them!
3) Katherine had WAY TO MANY NAMES! One character had a total of 8 different references that I was tired of paying attention to after a while.
4) The politics of not just the California of the historical period this is set in but the assumptions of political stances of the Mexican nation and the US territories too. It should have remained as nothing more then causal interesting facts of history barely noticed at all by the reader.
5) Katherine had way too many people on her a$$ while supposedly being treated like shit. NOBODY chases you all over the world while treating you like shit but still needs you! Smdh!!
6) Last of my complaints but not at all least, Julio. I liked Julio. I liked his characters smart mouth. I liked his sob story. I liked his wife (just barely, she was a carpet IMO). But no amount of empathy and commiseration will ever make a Drunken CHEATER okay with me! Julio and his wife’s marriage disgusted me and then at the end the author made it appear as if it never happened. Bullish!t!!
To conclude my long winded review, yes this story has stayed in my mind and has been read many times over the course of over twenty years and even though I seemed to have blasted it to pieces it was still a creative treasure adventure with romance, villainy, and redemption. I will read it again in a couple of years, just like always. Lol. 😊!
August 8, 2021
Yavaş işleyen olay örgüsünden dolayı çoğu kişi kitabı beğenmemiş. Açıkça söylemek gerekirse ben de 1 puanımı bundan dolayı kırdım, bunun haricinde kitabı genel olarak beğendim.
Kitapta aşk olsa da yazım şekli daha çok tarihi kurgu türüne uyuyordu. Kitap bazı yönlerden ilklerimden oldu. Örneğin olaylar Kaliforniya'da geçiyor fakat kitabın geçtiği tarihlerde eyalet Amerika'ya bağlı değildir, İspanyol sömürgelerine aittir. Bu yüzden etrafta ne kovboylar var ne de aristokrasiler (daha doğrusu toprak sahipleri bir çeşit aristokrasi sayılıyor).
Yazarın Darkness Chosen serisini ve The Greatest Lover in All England kitabını okumuş biri olarak söyleyebilirim ki bence buradaki karakterlerin kişilikleri daha ön plana çıkıyordu ve bazılarında gelişimler de söz konusuydu. Diğer bahsettiğim kitaplarda yazar aynı şeyleri paragraflarca yazıp karakterlerini yüzeysel olarak tanıtıyordu bizlere.
Bu yüzden çiftimiz olan Katherine ve Don Damien aklımda kalıcı oldular. Başkaları Katherine'yi aşırı hassas olarak görüyordu ama onun hassaslığı tam dozundaydı. Başına gelebilecek en kötü durumlarda kontrolünü kaybetse de diğer olaylarda duygularına hakim biriydi. Sonradan kendisi de en kötü olaylarda duygularına yenik düştüğünü kabulleniyordu zaten. Onun haricinde kendini sakince savunabiliyordu ve olaylara mantıklı yaklaşıyordu. Don Damien bir historicalde okumuş olduğum 2. bıyıklı baş erkek karakter oldu. Kendisi tam bir İspanyoldu. Bazı durumlarda maço ama sevdiğine tutkuyla bağlı, fazlasıyla korumacı ve ne kadar Amerikalıları sevmese ve onları eleştirse de Katherine'yi bağlı olduğu uyruğundan dolayı asla suçlamadı, onu her şeyiyle kabullendi.
Kurgusunun yavaşlığından şikayet etsem de aslında bu yavaşlık hikayeyi derinleştirmesi açısından iyi olmuş. Hikayedeki kötülerin tamamen kötü olmayıp, gri bölgelerinin olması hoşuma gitti.
2. kez okuyacağım bir hikaye olmaz fakat genel hatlarıyla beğendim.
Kitapta aşk olsa da yazım şekli daha çok tarihi kurgu türüne uyuyordu. Kitap bazı yönlerden ilklerimden oldu. Örneğin olaylar Kaliforniya'da geçiyor fakat kitabın geçtiği tarihlerde eyalet Amerika'ya bağlı değildir, İspanyol sömürgelerine aittir. Bu yüzden etrafta ne kovboylar var ne de aristokrasiler (daha doğrusu toprak sahipleri bir çeşit aristokrasi sayılıyor).
Yazarın Darkness Chosen serisini ve The Greatest Lover in All England kitabını okumuş biri olarak söyleyebilirim ki bence buradaki karakterlerin kişilikleri daha ön plana çıkıyordu ve bazılarında gelişimler de söz konusuydu. Diğer bahsettiğim kitaplarda yazar aynı şeyleri paragraflarca yazıp karakterlerini yüzeysel olarak tanıtıyordu bizlere.
Bu yüzden çiftimiz olan Katherine ve Don Damien aklımda kalıcı oldular. Başkaları Katherine'yi aşırı hassas olarak görüyordu ama onun hassaslığı tam dozundaydı. Başına gelebilecek en kötü durumlarda kontrolünü kaybetse de diğer olaylarda duygularına hakim biriydi. Sonradan kendisi de en kötü olaylarda duygularına yenik düştüğünü kabulleniyordu zaten. Onun haricinde kendini sakince savunabiliyordu ve olaylara mantıklı yaklaşıyordu. Don Damien bir historicalde okumuş olduğum 2. bıyıklı baş erkek karakter oldu. Kendisi tam bir İspanyoldu. Bazı durumlarda maço ama sevdiğine tutkuyla bağlı, fazlasıyla korumacı ve ne kadar Amerikalıları sevmese ve onları eleştirse de Katherine'yi bağlı olduğu uyruğundan dolayı asla suçlamadı, onu her şeyiyle kabullendi.
Kurgusunun yavaşlığından şikayet etsem de aslında bu yavaşlık hikayeyi derinleştirmesi açısından iyi olmuş. Hikayedeki kötülerin tamamen kötü olmayıp, gri bölgelerinin olması hoşuma gitti.
2. kez okuyacağım bir hikaye olmaz fakat genel hatlarıyla beğendim.
September 27, 2025
While it didn't have the humor of her more recent books, it did have everything else that makes Christina Dodd one of my favorite authors. A strong female protagonist, a strong male hero who needs a little bit of taking down a peg or two, and some really bad people, one of whom I didn't see coming. I still loved it, and I'm so glad i got to add this to my library collection!
July 10, 2017
couldn't get into this one
June 1, 2019
a bit too long but otherwise, the book is very good
April 21, 2020
Fun and exciting. Lots of romance.
October 26, 2021
Interesting history and story
July 2, 2023
I enjoyed reading.
October 28, 2015
Not my favorite romance novel. It was unique and I liked that a lot. I feel that the characters were rushed and were developed enough to not be annoying, but undeveloped enough to make it difficult to relate and feel with the characters. I found myself indifferent to everyone except one character Julio.
Okay, Julio deserves his own paragraph. This guy is supposed to love his wife Nacia and discovers he can't give his seed that will sire offspring. So out of desperation his screws every "loose" woman that is willing (so practically all the women) and worries that his wife will realize that he can't give her children and that she might seek the bed of someone else as well. So....he wants to screw all these other women just in case he can sire one and then convince the woman he screwed to let his wife and him raise the child, and although he doesn't want his wife to cheat on him he would raise that child as well. HUH? Where is the logic??????? TELL ME!!!! So instead of adopting he out of love and shame screws around and doesn't stop even after he "knows" he can no longer sire children. He beats his wife. He drinks. He is jealous and condones his fornication but heaven forbid his own wife bed anyone else. And he goes away for weeks and months at a time without talking to his wife so he can in secret secure land of his own so that his wife can be proud of him and not think that he is living off her wealth as her family believes he is.
All the time that he is doing all this....nonsense, the main characters Katherine and Damien are having their own issues. What irks me about them is that they still take comfort in how much Julio and Nacia love each other and still have respect for Julio.
Personally I don't have any respect for any person who beats their wife, drinks, leaves for long periods of time without notice, and sleeps with tons of women because they are feeling sorry for themselves and don't want their wife to find out that they are the reason the woman can't have kids.
Actually....I put three stars at first, but now I think I'll put two. Julio makes me dislike the book.
Okay, Julio deserves his own paragraph. This guy is supposed to love his wife Nacia and discovers he can't give his seed that will sire offspring. So out of desperation his screws every "loose" woman that is willing (so practically all the women) and worries that his wife will realize that he can't give her children and that she might seek the bed of someone else as well. So....he wants to screw all these other women just in case he can sire one and then convince the woman he screwed to let his wife and him raise the child, and although he doesn't want his wife to cheat on him he would raise that child as well. HUH? Where is the logic??????? TELL ME!!!! So instead of adopting he out of love and shame screws around and doesn't stop even after he "knows" he can no longer sire children. He beats his wife. He drinks. He is jealous and condones his fornication but heaven forbid his own wife bed anyone else. And he goes away for weeks and months at a time without talking to his wife so he can in secret secure land of his own so that his wife can be proud of him and not think that he is living off her wealth as her family believes he is.
All the time that he is doing all this....nonsense, the main characters Katherine and Damien are having their own issues. What irks me about them is that they still take comfort in how much Julio and Nacia love each other and still have respect for Julio.
Personally I don't have any respect for any person who beats their wife, drinks, leaves for long periods of time without notice, and sleeps with tons of women because they are feeling sorry for themselves and don't want their wife to find out that they are the reason the woman can't have kids.
Actually....I put three stars at first, but now I think I'll put two. Julio makes me dislike the book.
July 17, 2014
I really enjoyed the culture of the early California Spanish lifestyle and the Latino culture references. I especially loved Don Lucian, the would-be father-in-law. The primary female would initially seem slack and lackluster, aside from the constant descriptions of how pretty she is, but at least she is redeemed by the layers of psychological sludge that shows once again just how someone constantly treated worthless by their family will believe it. Honestly, I found her rather boring overall but the Latinos save the day. Rather well written aside from the constant self esteem issues of the heroine who anything but heroic or in her element...ever. At least Don Damian was pretty solid so maybe he can make a woman out of her eventually. Lol.
December 28, 2015
This book was okay, but not great. It took me forever to read and there were times where I had to put it down because I was either frustrated or uninterested in what was happening. Damian was stubborn and his prejudice against Americans almost cost him his happily ever after. Katherine was strong and her intelligence was a nice surprise, given the time period. I was surprised about who was behind the mountain attack. I hope that the upcoming books are not as long and are better able to keep me engaged.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 13, 2014
No sé por qué este libro tiene tan bajas puntuaciones, a mi me ha parecido bueno. Es denso y el romance flojea un poco, pero esta genialmente ambientado en la California mejicana de 1846 y eso lo hace original porque no es el típico libro de romance histórico ambientado en Regencia inglesa. Eso si, la editorial debería haberlo revisado porque tiene algunas erratas y faltas de ortografía, para costar 19 euros podría estar mejor.
January 6, 2011
I really wish I could say I absolutely loved this book but I can't. There were parts of it that I adored (when Damian was showering Katherine with wonderful words) and parts that aggravated me (when Damian was acting like an overbearing oaf). OH well I felt good at the end so that is why I gave it four stars.
March 30, 2012
I just couldn't get into this historical romance maybe because it's so dated written 20 years ago. I started seeing the heroes passion for the heroine but the story moved so slow seeming to describe everything. I didn't finish. Mexican ranch owner Damian is strongly attracted to his friends widow Katherine.
May 19, 2011
Excellent historical romance read!!! Of love, sensual, California at it's beginning. Spainish and Americans trying to live side by side. California not a state of the US yet......suspense, mystery, ghost (maybe), great characters. A page turner for sure.
November 12, 2017
Early Calif
June 17, 2011
I'm usually a fan of Christina Dodd, but this book was just boring. I found the characters flat & the plot uninteresting.
February 14, 2012
Rated 3.5
March 30, 2016
Boring. and what the hell was up with the random drop off ending. at least that is how it seemed to me. odd since I love dodd
October 2, 2013
A very passionate read - there is just something wild about their love that makes this a wonderful story...... and the treasure hunt & ghost don't hurt either.
Want to read
August 2, 2015This is one of the few of Dodd's that I've never read before, so when I found it at the dollar store, I grabbed it up.
April 24, 2015
I love Christina's book no matter what the story is.
September 6, 2016
I could not finish. I really tried to like it.
December 24, 2010
alright read kinda slow
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