Treasure Trail By Morgan Brice, Performed By John Solo
Genre: Urban Fantasy, MM, Paranormal Romance
Tropes: Second chance, starting over, found family
Released: Audio-Sept. 22, 2020; ebook-June 26, 2019
Publisher: Darkwind Press
Series: Treasure Trail, Book 1
Length: Audio-7 hrs, 12 mins; ebook 259 pages
Erik Mitchell traveled the world uncovering art fraud and relic theft, which pitted him against spoiled billionaires, unscrupulous collectors, mobsters, and cartels. He worked with law enforcement across the US and Europe, but then a sting goes wrong, Erik ends up injured and returns to find his partner cheating. He decides to stop globetrotting and buy an antique shop in scenic Cape May, New Jersey, rebuild his life, and nurse his broken heart.
Undercover Newark cop Ben Nolan went down in a hail of bullets when a bust went sideways, after a tip-off from a traitor inside the department. When he recovers, he spends a couple of years as a private investigator, only to tire of seeing the worst of human nature. So when his aunt offers him the chance to take over her rental real estate business in Cape May, it seems too good to be true. Now if he could just believe he could ever be lucky again in love.
Sparks fly when Erik and Ben meet. But when a cursed hotel’s long-ago scandals resurface, the two men are pulled into a web of lies, danger, and deception that will test their bond – and might make them Cape May’s newest ghosts!
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
Loved the book, loved the audio even more!
Treasure Trail was the first book I read by Morgan Brice and the first (as far as I can remember anyway) urban fantasy book I read – that was back in June 2019 and I haven’t missed a Morgan Brice book since. I was thrilled when I found out that Treasure Trail was coming to audio and being performed by one of my favorite audiobook performers, John Solo.
Below are some comments I made when I read the book; they go double for the audiobook. 😊
I can’t really say why, but I just never thought that urban fantasy books would appeal to me; boy was I wrong. I am so glad that I decided to read this book. It grabbed me right from the start and kept me fully engaged until I finished it. It brought me to tears in a few places, which is a sure sign that I really liked it. 😊 I really liked the MCs and there were several secondary characters that I also found interesting.
The book has mystery, suspense, romance and good friends who help each other. Both of the MCs have special gifts (they can see ghosts), but Erik has something more. As Erik and Ben get to know each other bad things keep happening around them. There are unsolved murders, a skeleton found in a closet, and other interesting objects involved in the story.
After I read this book, I learned that some of the supporting characters are from another series by this author (Badlands), and some are from series written by her other pen name, Gail Z. Martin. You don’t need to have read these books to fully enjoy Treasure Trail but I’m sure that fans of these other series will be happy to visit with them again.
Treasure Trail was a great introduction to the urban fantasy genre and a great introduction to Morgan Brice’s writing.
Story: ♥♥♥♥♥
Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Spicy
Morgan Brice is the romance pen name of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy male/male paranormal romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with the happily ever after. Gail writes epic fantasy and urban fantasy, and together with co-author hubby Larry N. Martin, steampunk and comedic horror, all of which have less romance, more explosions. Characters from her Gail books make frequent appearances in secondary roles in her Morgan books, and vice versa.
On the rare occasions Morgan isn’t writing, she’s either reading, cooking, or spoiling two very pampered dogs.
Series include Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail, Kings of the Mountain and Fox Hollow. Watch for more in these series, plus new series coming soon!
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