So this was a decent enough story but it was way too short. The author is very good and I've read other stories by her. She is very accomplished technically but her stuff just needs to be longer. I could see where this book could have been filled out with more mining stuff more peril more getting to know each other etc. Heck it even needed more sex. It was pretty realistic in the actions of the hero who bought the girl as his wife and didn't hesitate to have sex with her the first night. And it wasn't great for her. Realistic. There were two spanking scenes which were realistic to the times. I think regardless of our modern sensibilities, a man might have spanked a wife who went out into a known dangerous situation even when she'd been told not too. Still there was no background at all to the characters. This was more of a vignette than anything else.

So to the author - I beg you to write a full length novel. ( )