Gold Rush: A Dark Historical Paranormal Romance

Her husband is dead. Her claim is worthless. The monster who arranged it all is waiting to make her an offer.California, 1852.Dashia Wolfe crosses the country to become Samuel Moraday's wife, only to arrive in a lawless mining camp three days after his death. He has left her a collapsing shack, a barren claim, and no money for the journey home.A woman alone in Gold Country has only so many ways to survive.Then Jobe Dempcy comes to her door.The camp's massive red-haired blacksmith is feared by men who fear almost nothing. He knows where gold lies hidden beneath the earth. He can repair anything made by human hands. And he offers Dashia everything she needs: wealth, safety, and protection from anyone who would try to claim her.His price is Dashia herself.Jobe is no ordinary man. Centuries ago, he stole from the fair folk and was cursed to guard the gold he can never possess. He has survived through bargains ever since, giving desperate humans what they desire and collecting whatever they promise in return.But Dashia was never an accidental bride.Jobe brought her west. He made certain she would arrive widowed. And now that she has entered his bargain, he has no intention of releasing what belongs to him.Dashia should hate the creature who trapped her. Instead, she begins turning his fairy gold into something far more dangerous: independence, influence, and an empire of her own. Jobe may have chosen her because he believed she was desperate enough to submit.He did not realize he had chosen a woman every bit as ruthless as he is.Gold Rush is an explicit dark historical paranormal romance featuring a mail-order bride, an immortal fae blacksmith, fairy bargains, obsessive possession, forced proximity, villainous lovers, and a blood-soaked HEA.