This takes place over a number of years. There’s a lot of angst, revenge, side characters and plots. I’m just not feeling it.

Jane is the heroine, she leaves a terrible life in the Midwest America and works railroads. Ruel is the hero, a Scottish man setting out to find his fortune.

The beginning of the story was okay, H and h meet in India for a railroad being built. H is there with his brother and he (brother) ends up getting hurt on the railroad. H holds this against heroine for over 3 years, although simple communication could have resolved this problem. I HATE this plot line, and it seems to be found so often in older books. I don’t mind the angst or fights but if they are based on a lie or something that should have never happened I find it so annoying. One simple sentence could have erased all of this pain and the desire for revenge the H wanted on h. But then the book would have been half the length 😆

So for 3 entire years there’s no interaction between H and h then he comes back and has her build a railroad on his island he bought.

Side characters started having more page time than the main characters. The hero’s brother is married and when she started cheating on her husband I was out. Closed the book.

So it might end up being a truly memorable love story if you put in the effort. It’s just a very complex and heavy book and I’m not feeling it anymore 🙁