I'll preface this review by saying that I read this as an audiobook and sometimes I find it difficult to enjoy romance in audio format. 
 I struggled to complete this book. There was a lot of world building around the people, racial dynamics, businesses and politics of Virginia City and much of the story took place outside of the romance. Many dramatic events occurred that could have been cut right out of this book and it would have been stronger for it. 
 Strangely, I didn't 'feel' the attraction that Eddy and Rhine had for each other and their sex scenes really didn't work for me. This might have been because the audio narrator sounded like an elderly woman - not sexy! 
 Serious issues were covered in this story including bigotry and the vulnerabilities of the desperately poor. I think that if the romance element had been stronger then it could have carried the other messages much more effectively.