I was so captivated I couldn't stop reading until I devoured all three books. Overview Music Video Charts. Opening the iTunes Store. If iTunes doesn't open, click the iTunes application icon in your Dock or on your Windows desktop. If Apple Books doesn't open, click the Books app in your Dock. Click I Have iTunes to open it now. View More by This Author. Description Book 3 of Yukon Quest historical fiction series set in Alaska in the late s.
After narrowly escaping death in Canada's Lake Laberge, the half-drowned Miranda Colton is thrown upon the mercy of Thomas "Teddy" Davenport, a botanist intent on finishing a book about plant vegetation, and determined not to be diverted by romance. Just a few miles away, Karen Ivankov; her husband, Adrik; and Miranda's very pregnant sister-in-law, Grace Colton, struggle to live through the chilling Yukon winter in only a tent. They grieve for Miranda, whom they believe is dead. Meanwhile, Grace's husband, Peter, regrets his past treatment of the wife he has given up for lost, unaware that she is alive and about to make him a father.
Peterson keeps the pace light and the characters mostly one-dimensional. Grace has her baby, a boy, Andrew or Andy. She is left in dawson as the others go share a claim and cabin with Adrik's friend, Gump. They come back later to get Grace when she is recovered and the baby is stronger and the weather more mild. There is a misunderstanding in the telegraph that is sent about the accident on the lake Grace is assumed dead not miranda.
Peter is heartbreaken and lost but finds that he still needs to go and retrieve his sister. This is after he has been returned the Colton shipping company and met Grace's mother who informs him he is wealthy from the trust that grace has. He heads north and discovers that his sister is married to the man that nursed her back to help a botanist, Teddy Davenport. As Miranda finally gets to Dawson she looks for her friends, but isn't fruitful in finding any only glipses of them until Peter is there.
When the baby gets sick, the group comes back to Dawson and everyone is reunited. However, Jacob and Gump are left back at the claim, where a misunderstanding and murder are taking place. Cec, loosing patience in not finding what he's looking for, uses force to enter the cabin and kills Gump, when jacob tries to help he is the one caught with the gun when the neighbors come to help and he is accused of murder while his friend is dead. Peter, Miranda and the baby head out for callifornia, Miranda wishes to visit her family, but sticks by her husbands side and stays in Dawson so he can continue discovery for his book.
When Adrik and the rest of the family head back to the claim, they learn the news of Gump and Jacob and go to see what help they can offer. Karen discovers she is expecting and the decision is made to return to Dyea before winter.
Jacob is excused after much prayer and help from friends. Oct 12, Annalise rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Teenage girls and up. This was a great ending to the series!! I totally loved it! Great ending to a great series! So glad the story line is continued with the Alaskan quest series! Aug 12, Bailey rated it really liked it Shelves: Rivers of Gold was an adventurous end to the Yukon Quest series. It was just as interesting as the other two books, and once again we got to see a new side of life in the North at this time.
Botany, a mining town, and life on a claim wove together throughout this story adding unique facts and occurrences throughout. I really appreciate how in each of these books we get to learn so much about a different aspect of life in this area at this time. Miranda's story was wonderful. From Teddy's unique personality to the search for her friends to her newfound love of learning, Miranda's story was a highlight of the book.
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Most of this book is about reconciliation and reconnecting with lost loved ones, and for the most part, this left me feeling rather antsy while reading. With all of the almost meetings, missed possible connections, and time it took to finally get everyone together, it continually made me want them to reconnect faster so we could get on with less predictable aspects of the story.
You know they are going to reconnect eventually, so the length of time it takes for this to occur may be seen as more of a frustration even though I appreciate how everything came together rather nicely in the end. Everyone had good endings. They were happy and settled, and this made for a heartwarming wrap up to a great series.
The story of Bill Barringer throughout the books was disappointing for me. It never seemed fully formed or fully played out. Hopefully, this storyline will be more complete after the Alaskan Quest series. The threat that is woven throughout this book is thrilling and climactic, but it also left me wishing it had been something that had been in play throughout all of the books rather than just the last one.
That would have made for a more dramatic execution of the story as a whole, but it was still an exciting plot point for this final book. Overall, I found this book a fascinating addition to an enjoyable series. Nov 18, L8blmr rated it really liked it. This final story in the Yukon trilogy was a much better read for me than the second book.
I am a sucker for reunions and there were many, relationships of varying kinds began while others were altered or ended, and some characters even succeeded in their quest for gold. If there is a theme to this story, I believe it would be "resolution. The status of one minor character related to two more important characters has been in question since the firs This final story in the Yukon trilogy was a much better read for me than the second book. The status of one minor character related to two more important characters has been in question since the first book and I didn't feel like it was ever completely resolved.
It was more like, "Oh, well, I guess However, each of the three featured couples found or re-discovered their HEA and you can't ask for more than that. Apr 14, Rachel rated it really liked it. Yet another Tracie Peterson book that was hard to put down. This one being the final book in the Yukon Quest trilogy. Honestly I have few complaints with Rivers of Gold. The majority of it has to do with some of the characters nearly running into each other multiple times. Other then this it was a fantastic read and a great way to end the series. Her Alaskan Quest trilogy is the sequel to this.
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If you a fan of Mrs. P Yet another Tracie Peterson book that was hard to put down. May 07, Mrs. Trust is hard to accept, yet Peterson showed how in unexpected ways. This book, the final in the series, was so full of adventure, twists, and turns showing the importance of trusting in God.
Rivers of Gold (Yukon Quest Book #3) By Tracie Peterson
Read the whole book in less than 24 hours! Tracie Peterson is a masterful writer and storyteller. Such a smooth read. Just enough adventure, mystery and romance! I couldn't wait for the happy ever after! Hope you will have the Yukon Quest Book continue! Feb 06, Rose rated it really liked it. I loved the way the three books were summed up in this one. But as I said before, even though I am a Christian, the message was almost overbearing. What rang true most of all was the story of Crispin. Sep 06, Gwenyth Lynes rated it it was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this concluding book to the story of the Hawkins and Colton Families and friends they made on their travels to the Yukon.
Rivers of Gold This was a Wonderful story during a time and place of a hard life in the Yukon. What a great work of faith in God and how he gives us only what we can handle. Nov 23, Tamhack rated it it was ok. This is the third book in her trilogy Yukon Quest. This was more of a page turner than the other two. Again I did like the setting and that she weaved in faith and the reliance on God to get through the many trials of this world.
I still wasn't keen on the "romance" part of the book. Separate Roads Ribbons West Book 2.
Rivers of Gold (Yukon Quest, #3) by Tracie Peterson
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