If you like action
and drama along with your romance, then FULL STEAM AHEAD! Karen Witemeyer has another quality read
under her belt. I have most all her novels on my keeper shelf and this one
doesn't disappoint.
From the opening
salvo where we meet Darius Thornton until the very satisfying epilogue, Full
Steam Ahead draws us in and keeps us swimming page after page.
The energetic
opening introduces us to the hero Darius Thornton dealing with the tragedy and
grief of a steamboat boiler explosion. Next, we meet the heroine , Nicole
Renard in the midst of a traumatic attack of her parents requiring her
courageous intervention.
Darius obsession to
find a solution to steamboat boiler explosions and his ultimate goal to save
countless lives and Nicole's mission to protect her loved ones and incur her
father's favor provide the gist of Ms. Witemeyer's plot. Darius is an eccentric
young man, not your usual hero. He remains focused on his goal to the detriment
of his general appearance and health until Nicole, his new secretary has to
come to his aid during one of his experiments gone awry.
Nicole remains just
as adamant in her pursuit of concealing the Lafitte Dagger which she sees as
her Father's legacy and obtaining a
husband and heir for her father's shipping empire. She risks her life again and
again mostly for failure of realizing that her true value rests with her heavenly
father.
I highly encourage
you to read the author's notes at the end as they lend much to the historical
perspective and reveal how much of the story revolved around the history of
steamboats and the pursuit of public safety in America.
This one is joining the other Karen Witemeyer novels on my Keeper shelf!
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