REVIEW: White Gold by Spencer Dane

[Spencer Dane]

Reviewed by Greg Cason 6/28/2008

Zach Taylor may have thought he was retiring to his Arizona ranch, but guys like him always end up in the middle of the action. In White Gold, book 2 of the series by Spencer Dane, trouble comes looking for Zach Taylor. Valeria, the daughter of Miami crime boss Don Carlos Santiago, has been kidnapped and Zach is recruited by her husband Matt Crawford to rescue her. Zach needs to put together a team of experts to find a legendary cache of lost Nazi white gold worth a billion dollars and pay the ransom. And, he has to do it all in 10 days. To make things more interesting, Zach’s up and down romance with Erin McShane seems to end with her sudden disappearance. Stepping up to fill the void is Zach’s high school girlfriend, movie star and avowed enemy of Erin McShane, Jocelyn Haley. Jocelyn wants him back and isn’t going to take no for an answer.

In White Gold, Zach doesn’t get to have all the fun. Erin is off on an adventure of her own. The beautiful investigative journalist is on her most dangerous assignment as she tries to learn the truth about the disappearance of her father, Senator William McShane.

The fast-paced White Gold picks up where Blue Diamonds left off with a tight plot full of unexpected twists and turns. All our favorite characters were back and Dane added some new ones for us to enjoy. Again, Dane gets all the details right when it comes to the strategy and equipment the characters use. He lets us know just enough that we understand what’s going on without slowing the action down. We get to peek under the hood of Zach Taylor and see a little bit of what’s behind the strong and silent persona. And, best of all, we get a hint about a third book. The plot of White Gold is resolved, but Dane lets us know that Zack Taylor is in for some more action in the next book.