Klondike Fever

by Suzann Ledbetter

Book Overview

Spur Award-winning western writer Suzann Ledbetter takes readers to the most savage territory in America--the Klondike. Raised in the blooming fields of the West, beautiful and brave Megan O'Malley... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451192877
• ISBN13: 9780451192875
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 6.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Exciting work

In 1897 Seattle, Megan O'Malley worries about the delinquent behavior of her teenage son, B.D., who recently stole money from her and is hanging out with the wrong crowd. Megan concludes that she must take her boy out of his current environment before he lands in deeper trouble. She gets a couple of her friends to abduct the surly teen and place him on a ship heading to Alaska where Megan is already a legend. The pair leave the ship at Skagway and trek across mountains, swamps, and rivers to Dawson. At Dawson, they literally fall into a gold strike. However, it is the reappearance of Pete Vladislav, an alcoholic, who once loved Megan, and his ward, Colleen that adds excitement into the lives of the O'Malleys. Megan and Pete quickly fall in love with each other; while B.D. and Colleen find themselves also falling in love. However, Pete falls off the wagon, leaving the two women, who mean everything in his life, hurt. Pete flees Dawson to come to grip with his recent failure. However, while meditating at his mountain hideaway, Pete accidentally shoots himself, leading to his leg being amputated. After he recovers, he disappears again to cope with being a cripple. If he fails to overcome his problems, this couple will have found that they only discovered fool's gold. KLONDIKE FEVER is an exciting Anglo-Americana historical fiction starring a wonderful female protagonist and a great supporting cast. However, what makes Suzanne Ledbetter's novel an intriguing, very refreshing reading experience is the various changing relationships between several of the characters. Readers who delight in late nineteenth century historical fiction will enjoy this tale and want a sequel starring the two lovable teens. Harriet Klausner