Bridge of Gold
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings2
Average rating3.5
Repairs on the Golden Gate Bridge Uncover a Century-Old Murder
Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure.
Underwater archaeologist Kayla Richardson is called to the Golden Gate Bridge where repairs to one of the towers uncovers two human remains from the late 1800s and the 1930s. The head of the bridge restoration is Steven Michaels, who dives with Kayla, and a friendship develops between them. But as the investigation heats up and gold is found that dates back to the gold rush, more complications come into play that threaten them both. Could clues leading to a Gold Rush era mystery that was first discovered during the building of the bridge still ignite an obsession worth killing for?
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8 primary booksDoors to the Past is a 8-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Allison Pittman, Pepper D. Basham, and 5 others.
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DNF. Couldn't find myself caring about any of the 6 (?!) characters split over 2 timelines.
I went into this story expecting a quickie read with some history added in. Instead I got a deeply layered story with all sorts of detail about the San Francisco Bay, from the beginning of building the Golden Gate Bridge to a contemporary story that features a long-sunk ship near the footings. Generally I feel internally divided by dual-timeline stories, but this one was very well balanced and I loved both of the heroines. I kept being very afraid that at least one of them wouldn't actually get their happy ending, since both stories got extra-intense as the respective greedy bad guys go after the leads in both time periods.
I also loved the details about diving, historical and modern, and the nod to Pirates of the Caribbean with the whole skeleton-in-the-sunken-ship feature. I liked how well she was able to capture the feel of both modern and historic timelines so it was easy to keep the two heroines' stories straight.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.
