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GOLD TRAIN

ACCIDENTAL SPY RUSSIA ADVENTURE 2

2ND EDITION!

The world’s largest lost treasure, mystery, espionage, major international conspiracy, and two people who must prevent the catastrophe and who’ll experience something incredible along the way!

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FULL DESCRIPTION
GOLD TRAIN (Accidental Spy Russia Adventure 2)
2nd edition

International espionage and conspiracy thriller, based on an alluring mystery of one of history’s largest ever treasure troves: the lost Russian Imperial gold reserve. Permeated with a dreamy forbidden love triangle and exciting psychic powers.

GOLD TRAIN is the second full-size Accidental Spy Adventure, featuring sleuthing international journalist Jade Snow and FSB operative Alexei Moguchev.

It all starts with one secret phrase scribbled in a black, leather-bound journal of an assassinated Russian journalist:

“Accounts wrong that all gold left the country or was buried in Lake Baikal.”

This sets off an epic treasure hunt, which along the way uncovers a major international conspiracy to unseat the government of Russia, and begins an undying, yet forbidden passion between two unlikely people that will defy reality, time and space. Full of tantalizing twists and turns, action and revelations throughout, the book’s unexpected culmination and ending will leave you speechless!

11/27/22
From author, Lada Ray
Just yesterday, I reread the whole Gold Train for the first time since its original publication in 2012, and had an unexpected blast. I was engrossed in the adventure and all the story’s twists and turns. I rediscovered how much I enjoy my two characters, Jade and Alexei, and how much I appreciate their otherworldly, yet forbidden, relationship! They are so 5D, so out of this world… yet firmly with their feet on the ground! They are amazingly blessed and strangely cursed at the same time; they are locked into this reality, yet free and united beyond it.

“FIVE STARS:
What evolves is a brilliantly crafted thriller with murder, mystery, espionage and captivating twists and turns throughout. The author takes us on a tantalising, rip roaring, dangerous, action packed, yet passionate journey across modern day Russia.
Jade Snow is to journalism, what Jason Bourne is to action and espionage. The author has managed to develop a character with a fascinating thoughtful purpose. “Gold Train” is an absolute must read, the author goes beyond the obvious and whisks us along into the heart-stopping world of Jade Snow with breathtaking appeal for the next paragraph and page. The author’s knowledge and comprehension of the Russian political scene brings a very credible and believable level of authenticity to the plot.
A mesmeric thriller, “Gold Train” is marvellous book which has something for every reader. It leaves you wanting and calling for the next instalment in the adventures of international journalist extraordinaire, Jade Snow.”
~ J.J. Collins, Author

“Once I read THE EARTH SHIFTER, I was eager to read more from Lada Ray.
I love the way she blends the historical with fiction and the paranormal. The words flow smoothly as the story unravels. Her writing grips me as soon as I open the book and the ride to the end is full of murder, conspiracy, intrigue, passion, loss and sorrow.”
~ Sherry Fundin Reviews

“On top of breakneck action, the ending blew my socks off. It was 100% an original book. It’s even inspired me to learn Russian.”
~ Rachel’s Book Reviews

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GOLD TRAIN MEGA-EXCERPT

Complete chapters 9-13!

WHEN THE STORY KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR!

I’m inviting you to experience an extensive mega-excerpt from the newly re-edited 2nd edition of Gold Train! These chapters have never before been shared free with the public. I hope you enjoy these consecutive chapters, taking place in gorgeous St. Petersburg and stately Moscow, at the FSB Lubyanka Headquarters and the Sculpture Park. I deliberately chose the chapters near the middle of the book, when the real adventure takes off and shoots into stratosphere.

Enjoy this holiday gift from me to you!

~ Author Lada Ray

A little sample of what you’ll read free HERE!

Chapter 9

My eyes flew open. Through the splitting headache, I recalled the events of last night: the ball, freezing, confused and alone in the cold St. Petersburg night, Alexei coming to the rescue, his hotel suite, lots of wine and vodka, presumably to warm up. Then… then… I felt my ears starting to burn. I couldn’t believe what I’ve done next! It wasn’t really like me. I… I loved Paul, didn’t I?
“Jade, are you awake?” Alexei’s buttery baritone floated into the bedroom and although my eyes were open for the past fifteen minutes, I didn’t say anything. Instead, I closed them and pretended to be asleep, frantically going in my mind through different how-to-slip-out-unnoticed scenarios. Maybe he’ll just leave and go to do whatever it is he came to do in this city so I could make my escape, I thought hopefully.
He tiptoed to the bed and leaned close to me. His scent drifted into my nostrils, tickling my senses and driving me crazy with desire. It cost me all my self-control to hold it together as I concentrated on breathing as evenly and naturally as possible. I think I passed the test of a sleeping person, because he kissed me on the cheek and quietly shut the bedroom door. I exhaled and sat up. Then, I heard him ordering breakfast.
My plan was to grab my things the moment he stepped out of the room, slip out quietly, catch a cab, get my stuff from Vera’s and escape to Moscow. It looked like I had no luck in this fairytale beautiful city. ……

Chapter 10

As I waited for the elevator, I decided to take a look at my flushed face in the cosmetics mirror I carried in my purse. And that’s when I realized that I left it in Alexei’s suite. All my money and documents were in the purse too, which meant I had to go back and face him once more. And although seeing that sensuous smile again was too much to endure, there was no way around it.
Reluctantly, I retraced my steps to his door. My hand on the doorknob, I was about to turn it, when I overheard Alexei’s voice. He seemed to be talking on the phone to someone he called Comrade General. I stopped, puzzled, and without thinking, cupped my ear firmly against the door, an old sound-amplifying trick of spies and domestic servants of all times and cultures.
As Alexei’s phone conversation progressed, I liked it less and less.
“She has left to get her things from Vera Golitsina. But I am pretty confident I got her,” he said quietly.
Then he paused, listening.
“No, not really. I believe we are good,” he responded to some unknown question.
“Slushayus’! Yes, I’ll keep you posted.”
Again, there was a pause. Then, Alexei said, “Yes, I realize that we are running out of time. I appreciate your confidence in me, Comrade General!”
I stood by the door frozen, digesting the new and very unpleasant turn of events, when I heard his footsteps. He was heading towards the door. I crossed my arms and waited. When he opened the door, his face registered a momentary surprise, but immediately snapped back to its usual, composed expression.
“Jade, what are you still doing here?” he said evenly. ……

Chapter 11

On the sleeper express back to Moscow, I noticed a strange man spending an awful lot of time next to my compartment. I thought that was odd and decided to check if I was just being paranoid or that I was indeed being followed. I pretended to head to the restroom, but instead, slipped into the connector area between two carriages. There, I stood quietly in the corner waiting, as a woman in a silk robe opened the door into the restroom and went in.
I could see through the glass screen that the man followed me along the narrow passage and pretended that he was waiting his turn. A couple of minutes later, the woman in a robe came out. The man looked surprised and quickly dashed inside to check that I wasn’t hiding somewhere, which obviously was impossible, since these accommodations are so incredibly tiny.
I watched as he re-emerged into the corridor, throwing confused glances in both directions and trying to figure out which way I could’ve disappeared. At that moment, I opened the connector door and casually walked past him as if I’d just returned from visiting another carriage. The man seemed to relax and slowly followed me back.
I went inside my compartment and locked the door. There was no doubt – I was being followed and very sloppily at that. But by whom? I didn’t want to think it was Alexei who sent this idiot. No, it wasn’t him. He’d definitely send someone brighter. But if it wasn’t him, then who? Could it be my tricky hostess, Duchess Vera? All this was starting to sound like a nightmarish spy movie. ……

Chapter 12

I stepped inside my hotel room, put the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the door and locked it very carefully. I needed some time to think and meditate. After a long and luxurious bath, I ordered dinner and lounged on the sofa, flipping through channels and thinking.
It was hard not to like Comrade General, despite the way he brought me in. Smart, powerful, can take a calculated risk, heart seems in the right place… In a word, my kind of a guy. ……

Chapter 13

I had no appetite, so I went straight to my room, again hung the “Do Not Disturb” sign and locked the door. I needed to think. I opened a bottle of red wine and sat on the sofa. This was a predicament with huge potential consequences not just for me, but for the whole country of Russia and possibly for the entire world. I sipped the wine and stared out the window of my hotel room. Down there, on a lively Moscow street, the day went on as if nothing happened, as if no catastrophe was on the horizon. But I knew better…unless I did something to prevent it.
And that’s when I remembered the Gypsy’s strange prophecies, which were materializing one by one. She predicted that I would miss my St. Petersburg train and that I’d go to a ball and meet a prince. With the thought of Alexei, my heart immediately jumped in my chest and I involuntarily pressed my hand against it, as if afraid this vital organ might inadvertently escape from my body’s confines.
Clenching my teeth, I willed myself to get back on topic. So, what else did Rada say? Yes, she said that Svetlana would not be able to complete her investigation, that someone else would do it for her. Now I finally understood the glance she gave me while uttering these words. That someone who’d finish Svetlana’s work was me!
The question was, what other predictions were about to come true? ……

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