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Tomorrow's
Treasure
by Linda
Lee Chaikin
Waterbrook Press, Feb.
/ 2003
ISBN: 1578565138
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I love Linda Chaikin's books!
The Arabian Winds is my all-time favourite exotic romance
novel! The passion and chemistry between two characters was
never done as well as between Alison and Captain Bret in that
series. Ah well. Back to this latest novel by Linda.
This novel plots the mystery
of a young woman named Eva Varley who believes that she has
always been the beloved daughter of two Missionaries martyred
when she was an infant. However, she slowly discovers that
this is not the case and that the dear Aunt and Uncle who
have raised her have been keeping secrets of their own. When
she encounters Sir Rogan Chantry up-close-and-personal, she
discovers that he has a few mysteries of his own. The mystery
of the infamous Kimberly Black Diamond draws them together
several times in the novel. Romance blossoms between these
two occasionally and the author pits the traditional marriage
for money and influence against the marriage for love theme
quite common of novels set during this time period of the
eighteen hundreds amongst the wealthy and elite.
This story was great. It
was full of mystery, intrigue, romance, and danger. I was
disappointed in what I perceived as lack of chemistry between
the two main characters. But what can possibly match her earlier
novels (as I went on about above.) I felt that their romance
needed more development and details to make it work really
well. However, it was acceptable.
The plot is what grabs you
in and keeps you reading until you devour the book. I must
say that I found it somewhat predictable in a few places but
I credit that to my exhaustive expertise at this type of romance
novel. All laughter aside, Linda would have to come up with
something quite off the wall to surprise me and the fact that
the novel was somewhat predictable was sort of comforting
in that it was satisfying to see it work out as it did.
Would I pick up the next
in this series? Definitely! Linda Chaikin is always a must
read!
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