Taylor doesn’t spend as much time developing her primary characters, as neither Landis-not his real name-or Kathryn are developed at all. Taylor also describes Alaska and its territory is great detail.ĭownside: Sadly, Mrs. Taylor does a nice job blending real-life historical figures-in addition to Jack London, Soapy Smith and Harriet Pullen, a woman who befriends Kathy early in the book and remains friends with her throughout-are real-life people whose stories blend with Mrs. In the end, the truth about Landis and Jake is revealed, and Landis and Kathy have their Happily Ever After.
Kathy is kidnapped by Slavin, who dies in a fall, but not before shooting Kathy, who survives the shooting. Soapy joins forces with Marc Slavin, a “man” who tried to rape Kathy three times earlier in the book, to try to keep the evidence of his criminal activities away from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She finds the evidence to nail Soapy, as well as the truth about Landis and her father. Kathy goes undercover, working in Soapy’s brothel to investigate him, as Landis believes Soapy is involved in illegal activities. Here, Kathy gets a job as an entertainer for notorious “businessman” Randolph “Soapy” Smith, who is involved with many things, among them a house of ill repute. He does allow Kathy to travel with him across Alaska, where the following things happen:Īfter one of their many arguments, Kathy and her friend Jack London-yes, “The Call of the Wild” Jack London-head further inland to the town of Dawson.
The reason? Landis claims to be involved in some super-secret agent mission, which he can’t tell Kathy about. There is, however, a lot Kathryn doesn’t know about her husband, primarily because Landis doesn’t tell her.
Kathryn and Landis are attracted to each other, become lovers and marry. The passage is fraught with peril, as Kathryn becomes the target of several rape attempts, one of which she is saved from by Landis Jurrell, the hero of the book.
The book begins with the heroine of the book, Kathryn, hereafter known as Kathy, Hammond, heading to Alaska to find her father, Jake, after her mother, Dorothy, passes. His review is of “Golden Torment” by Janelle Taylor.
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