Monday, August 28, 2023

Three Books by Joan Donaldson Yarmey are featured today on Saturday's Blurbs #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Books #Blurbs #Mystery #Romance

 


Sleuthing the Klondike

In the summer of 1898 Helen Castrel arrives in Victoria, British Columbia, from England and she hires Baxter Davenport of the Davenport & Son Detective Agency to go with her to Dawson City to find her second oldest brother, David, whom she hasn’t seen since she was eleven years old.

David had been trouble to the family since he was young and was sent to Canada as a remittance man ten years ago. The last communication her father, Charles Castrel, received from David was late the summer before when he sent a telegram from Victoria saying he was on his way to the Klondike gold rush at Dawson City. Since then Charles Gastrel has heard nothing from his son, not even a letter stating where his remittance money was to be sent. Helen needs to find David to make sure he’s alive and to deliver a message from their father.

Mattie Lewis, Helen Castrel’s lady’s maid, insisted on accompanying Helen, not only to look after her but because she has worked for the family for years and remembers David better than Helen does. She also has her own motive for wanting to find David.

Baxter Davenport isn’t sure about travelling north with two women. He will have a job to do and doesn’t need to be looking after them. Plus, he doesn’t like the idea that Helen Castrel is excited about being a sleuth along with him. He soon finds out that both women can look after themselves.

The three head north armed with an old photograph and a recent description they obtained from David’s former landlady. They arrive in Dawson City where the gold rush is in full swing. There they are challenged by deceit, fraud, and danger in their quest to find David.

https://books2read.com/Sleuthing-the-Klondike

https://www.amazon.com/Sleuthing-Klondike-Canadian-Historical-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0C18F5D72/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1685272048&refinements=p_27%3AJoan+Donaldson-Yarmey&s=books&sr=1-1

 

 

Rushing the Klondike

In this sequel to Romancing the Klondike, it is 1898 and Pearl Owens has been in Dawson City for two years. She’d originally come north with her cousin Emma to write about the people and places along the Yukon River for her hometown newspaper and had stayed to write about the Klondike Gold Rush and Dawson City.

Pearl has been unlucky in love. She fell in love with a man named Joseph Ladue, the founder of Dawson City, but he loved another woman and returned to his fiancée in New York in 1897. Another man, Paul Gamon, has expressed his desire to court Pearl, but Pearl wishes only to be friends with him.

Pearl’s best friend, Florence, and her older brother, Andrew, cross the Chilkoot Trail and arrive in Dawson in search of gold. Pearl remembers Andrew as the scrawny boy who threw snakes and spiders at her and Florence when they were children. She is taken by the handsome man he has become.

Andrew’s first desire is to stake a gold claim after such a long, hard trip. He feels a growing attraction for Pearl but must decide whether he wants to win her hand or follow his dream.

https://books2read.com/Rushing-the-Klondike

https://www.amazon.com/Rushing-Klondike-Joan-Donaldson-Yarmey-ebook/dp/B0B7TRFH2S

 

 

A Killer Match

Jenna Hamilton is a dating coach and the co-owner, with Adam Owens, of a bookstore in the Net Loft on Granville Island in Vancouver. Hillary Greenwood is her best friend and owns a hair salon in the Net Loft. Hillary’s car is being repaired and one of her hairdressers, Bruno King, offers her a ride home after work. It is dark and raining heavily as they leave Granville Island in Bruno’s 1965 Mustang. A truck comes up behind and rams them three times—the third time sends them crashing into a streetlight pole. Bruno is killed.

     This looks like a case of road rage until Bruno’s condo, and Hillary’s house and her salon are trashed. Jenna had set up one of her part time employees, Michele, and Bruno through her dating coach business and she helps Michele adjust as the life Bruno had presented to everyone begins to unravel.

https://www.amazon.ca/Killer-Match-Joan-Donaldson-Yarmey/dp/1990086241

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